Power Hungry

       This was also not a great week for me. I got sick on Monday and so I didn't end up leaving the house until Sunday. I feel better now, but it was rough especially because the house was so incredibly hot and musty. Our AC doesn't work and the swamp cooler stopped working as well, so I was stuck inside while the temperature slowly rose to over 90 degrees everyday until like 8pm.

        While we were stuck inside, we did share scriptures over the phone and that can do more than you realize. One lady started crying and said our phone call and the scripture was an answer to prayer. The Lord doesn't waste effort. 

         Some other missionaries met with Lucas this week. Apparently he's started his own religion now. We invited him to pray and this is the direction he feels he's been given. He has a Wikipedia article about it apparently it's really similar to our church.

         This was the last week of transfers. I'm leaving Elder Titus and I'm leaving Layton to head to Clinton and be with Elder Raine. Elder Raine is headed home after this transfer so I'll be killing another companion, maybe my nickname should still be the silent assassin. I am happy with the way transfers went, it was the first time that I wanted to leave the area and I did. I also wanted to train because I felt that would help me grow the most as a missionary. That didn't happen, but I'm not upset. Elder Raine is super obedient supposedly to the point that it's toxic. Last transfer for the first time I had the desire to be obedient, but for some reason I wasn't. With Elder Raine it's hard to picture that I won't become much more obedient, so I feel that the opportunity for a lot of growth is still there and with all fairness to Elder Titus, if we were together another transfer it would've stunted both of our growth. I'm going to miss Elder Titus it was so much fun being his companion, made for a lot of great stories. I also get a car in this next area so that'll be nice and I'll get to drive it so that'll be fun. Unfortunately, however, I'm moving to a 2 man apartment. I'm going to miss having roommates, instead it'll just be me and my companion and that's a little scary. 

          I grew so much last transfer, it's actually the first transfer that I was happy with my personal growth. I'm able to teach so much better now, my desire to be obedient and do the work has increased, my testimony has grown, I got to see the testimony of others grow, all in all the United Transfer has been my favorite one so far, even though I was sick and had some depression. This next transfer is called the Power Transfer. My hope is that I'll become a much more powerful missionary and powerful tool in the Lord's hands. 

          Also, the baptism was moved to the 10th. I'll still get to attend even though I'll be in Clinton so that's super exciting still. 

                 

I've reached the next chapter, 

Elder Blacker