This week... This week was cool!
Last Monday when we were washing our clothes in the apartment laundry room (which has no door and is freezing cold!) the two guys in there with us started talking about religion. We usually do our studies in there while we wait, and the guys didn't mind when we jumped into their conversation. I think our open scriptures made us look credible even though we were wearing sweats. One man said he was going through a hard time and said he couldn't find the truth. Tah-Dah! We taught him some of the truth, and then set up a time to tell him a little more truth the next day. He went to church on Sunday and is asking when he can be baptized. What a question! We'll have a few more hurdles to jump before he's ready but we're very excited for him! He loves to share what he's learned so we've already met the majority of his family.
The "I'm Mormon Primo!" guy jumped into the Spanish Ward; he says he feels more comfortable there. He's ready to be baptized whenever he decides which date seems best.
We had a change in the bishopric but I'm really impressed with what Bishop Cisneros is already doing in the 5th Ward. We gathered all the active priesthood holders after church hours last night, split up 2 by 2, and went to visit less active priesthood holders on the roster. I was real happy I could hold a normal conversation with him (bishop and I were partners) for an hour. Elder Bednar really lit a fire with his talk on Hastening the Work at Stake Conference. Is Hastening the Work a big theme in Reno right now?
I'm giving a training tomorrow at Zone Meeting. The topic I was assigned is accountability. We are accountable for our works and the desires of our hearts. We report the fruits of our labor each week through mission leaders all the way up to Salt Lake each week and we can analyze numerically how well and how effectively we're working. We're accountable first to the Lord, and then to our local leaders as we work. I believe the theme I'll use will be "Big Brother is watching you." From George Orwell's 1984 that sounds a little creepy, but if you know the nature of Jesus Christ and your own divine kinship to him as a son or daughter or a true and living God, that phrase takes on a new and very warming feeling. Christ, our older brother, is watching us. He always will because he wants to help us succeed - and only through his grace will we succeed! I hope our thoughts and actions are in accordance with the reality of that truth.Thank you Dallin for the 100 days of being a missionary achievement certificate! I hadn't realized i'd hit that mark yet. Plenty more days ahead!
I love you and I miss you very much!
Stay Salty,
Elder Tyler Meidell
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