Well we just had transfers. I will be staying with Elder Weiss to finish training him, but I bet that means I´m gone in six weeks. (That´s the fourth of July for those of you following along at home) 3 of the 8 people in the district left, which means this coming week is in for lots and lots of . . . fun for them. That first week with a brand new companion is rough.
The Ipads came to the country finally! The only problem is that only those missionaries legal in the mission get them come June 10. Not really fair, since I am TOTALLY illegal and every time I try to do anything about it I get a message from the office, "Don´t worry. About a thing. ´Cause every little thing, it´s gonna be all right." We´ll start a protest soon, I´m thinking about writing up a list of grievances on the current mission secretary.
As another funny story, Elder Weiss and I had to stop a minor apostasy this week. The elder´s quorum pres. started explaining that, in times of emergency when you really, REALLY need to give a health blessing and there´s no consecrated oil around, you can just use vegetable oil or water instead. We stopped that as fast as we could.
Other news on Angel - the guy is progressing like crazy! He reads the book of mormon every day and his testimony is increasing! The other day he said, "Look, just explain all the commandments and commitments and covenants I´ll do at baptism - and we explained all the major commandments and he just said, "yes. Yes. Yes. I´ll totally drop coffee to get baptized. Faith? Why don´t we open to Hebrews 11.1 or Alma 32.21? I love the symbolism of baptism - dying and being reborn in Christ." We are so excited to see his faith growing! We´re also best buds because he´s a big history nerd and is always coming across some ancient Spanish Dollar or 1870s solid gold american specie. which we sit and chat about and where it might have been and what wars it might have paid for and which famous people might have used it. And the other day, after I commented that the bible was too heavy to carry around all day, he gavea me a little pocket bible with an introduction, "may the flaming sword of the Word always be with you." Found a new best friend and the next branch president.
Oh, we need some advice - what are some fun games that fit the following criteria?
1. Easy to play
2. Easy to explain
3. Easy to learn
3. Keeps 30 people´s attention for about 45minutes
4. Requires few materials. A whiteboard we do have.
It´s that every friday night we have the job to do the game portion of the FHE and we´re rapidly running out of ideas. Any brainstorming would be super helpful for us! It doesn´t help that I´m still district leader and all my creative energies go to not making District Meeting totally boring and the same every week - life is hard, and the creativity skills I haven´t used/developed are being pushed to the limit.
Love, Elder Maxfield
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