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On transfer weeks, preparation day is on Tuesday here!!!


Another transfer will begin tomorrow in the glorious ATM (Arizona Tempe Mission). House Grandview (ward) is losing the courageous Elder Marshall (he must have been very valiant in the pre-existence) to the Mesa zone. In his place, I will have another counterpart. I am yet to learn who the Batman to my Robin will be. 


In the meantime, let's recap the week!


The focus for me this week was on being a finisher. Finishing the transfer strong. Finishing every street contact with them giving me a definite yes or no on whether we could teach them. It was fun. We worked very hard and saw a lot of good things.


One experience that was cool was actually while I was on an exchange in the South Mountain YSA area. We were going down a list of phone numbers that they hadn't been in contact with recently. We probably went through 20 numbers where no one answered or they said they weren't interested. Then we got to the name and number of Allen. I had the sure feeling that this was going to be a big contact. I told my companion and we decided to pray before we called. He picked up and (insert onomatopoeia) we were off to the races. To skip the monotonous minutiae, we taught a full-on lesson, and he committed to reading the scriptures daily! The spirit leads us, even when we are just calling people.


Today I realized I have seen Brian Stokes Mitchell live. Don't be jealous.


Elder Sheppert


PS-Bars are coming next week

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