Only the Edge of the Hurricane

Wow, this has been a really good week.  Thought we were going to get hit pretty hard by the Hurricane, but we barely felt the edges of it hit us on Thursday.  We have been doing pretty well out here in the field.  We started out the week doing a lot of finding again. We were talking to so many people everyday.  School snuck up on a lot of people I think, so some appointments we had earlier in the week got cancelled.  I really have a hard time remembering exactly what happened then, but I do know we did a little more contacting than we usually do.  It was good though.  Thursday we had the follow up training meeting.  That was pretty interesting to try and get to.  The ZL's didnt need to go up, so we had to find another way to get up there.  They agreed to take us to H where there were some other Elders going to the meeting that took us.  We left like 40 minutes earlier than we thought we needed to, just to be safe.  Well we started our trip and got stuck in heavy traffic going to H.  There were so many cars, no matter what road we took.  Probably because the only freeway like thing takes a toll, so everyone stays off of it.  But so we got up there like 35 minutes after we expected to.  So that was crazy getting up there.  And then from H to Fort Lauderdale, thats when we felt the little effects of the Hurricane.  So there was a lot of rain heading up the road, so we were going pretty slow.  So we ended up getting there like 6 minutes late.  5 out of 8 companionships showed up when we did, or after us.  It was just crazy weather and traffic.  But so the meeting was good, we talked a lot about how we use How to Begin Teaching from PMG with the AP's, while the Mission President talked to the Trainers.  It was pretty good meeting, then we came back and we were supposed to go to this referral appointment that had been set up for us at 3 after we got back.  On the way, it started pouring, we got wet really fast.  The place had a security gaurd, and he couldnt reach the room for us to go to, so we werent alowed in.  We couldnt meet with the referral until the next day.  The next day we planned and then were able to go the referral with a recent convert.  We had a great lesson, and she was really excited for the Book of Mormon.   Afterwards we were able to see another recent convert.  He is now moving back to Peru, so that was really sad to find out for us.  He was hard to get to know at first, but we have been seeing him a lot and we have really gotten close.  He has a great love for the Book of Mormon and has already finished the Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price, and he has only been a member for 2 or 3 weeks, I forget time.  He is really great but is leaving this week. The next day, our plans went perfectly.  We saw everyone we planned on seeing, and actually overachieved some of our goals.  We had some great lessons, and J , the recent convert that had come out with us before came out with us again.  He has a powerful testimony and really helps in our lessons.  It was probably planning and goal wise our best day.  We met some great people and really got some amazing lessons that day.  Yesterday we went to an FHE, where the girls in the two of the families had invited their friends to come.  One of the them seemed very interested, and we are going to be talking more to him hopefully this week.  We didnt have much of a chance because the two of them left pretty quickly once it ended.  We are really excited that members are helpiong us out, and looking for opportunities to share the gospel.  One of the biggest thing we are always asking from the ward is to help us fellowship our investigators.  When the ward is involved, everything just seems more natural.  The people here are great.  I am very grateful for the opportunity I have to be here, and hope I get to stay longer in this area.  Transfers are a week from Wednesday, so we will find out then.  Thanks for all of your support and for al you do for me.  I love you all and I love this gospel, it is God's work.