Hey everyone, guess who's back? Elder Z.S.Weber is here again with
another update on how the work in the Taft Canyon and Prairie Ridge
Wards is going. And how is it going? Well...kind of hard to say. So,
we have one investigator that is coming along really well (Kathy...I
think I've mentioned her once or twice here). She's been coming to
church, keeping her commitments, and has a baptism date for the 2nd of
July. Things are going really well for her. However, beyond Kathy, we
really don't have anyone else that we are working with. Either they
dropped us, we dropped them, or we just simply haven't been able to
meet with them at all. So, we're in a rough spell right now.
With that said, there was sadly very little that I can report on for
this week. I'm sorry to say that, but it's just how it is. We haven't
had much that has happened, and what has happened isn't really all
that worth mentioning. What is worth mentioning, though, are two
things. First, we are still struggling with finding housing. Y'see,
we're supposed to move from one house to another every three months.
However, because of a lack in members that are willing to house us, we
have been struggling to find a new place that we can call home. It
seems as though everyone has been trying to find an answer to this
question, from the Zone Leaders to the Ward Mission Leaders in both of
our wards.
For a while, it sounded as though we had come up with a solution to
our problem. The Zone Leaders made it sound as though they believed
they were going to be moving to a new apartment, and that the
apartment they were currently living in would be the home for elders
that couldn't find much housing. So, we were under the understanding
that we would be moving in with them, and then take over the apartment
once they left. However, just a few days before we would be moving
into that apartment, our Ward Mission Leader in our Taft Canyon Ward
revealed to us that we were going to get housing on the 21st, so until
then we were encouraged not to move from our current housing.
All this adds up to us not knowing at all what we're going to do.
Besides our troublesome housing problems, the only other point from
this week that was really interesting was being able to practice and
prepare for our Zone Conference that is actually happening tomorrow.
This will be President Brown's last Zone Conference as our Mission
President, and as such, most of the missionaries attending will be
preparing different songs and pieces to perform for our beloved leader
and teacher. We've decided that we are going to perform the hymn
'Joseph Smith's First Prayer', sung to the tune of 'Come Thou Fount',
which I much admit I first thought was the actual tune of the hymn
'Joseph Smith's First Prayer'.
The song sounds pretty good, all things considered. I mean, we're not
the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, but we do pretty well all the same. My
only problem that I really see with the practices is that the Sisters
want us to try and sing a little bit higher than we normally sing for
these performances. Now, I don't know how all you feel about it, but
whenever I hear myself try to sing at a higher pitch than normal, I
always feel that there's a colony of dogs nearby screaming, "Someone,
please, make it stop!" I don't sound good singing high, or at least
higher than normal. Seeing as this performance is going to make me
stretch, I hope it all works out in the end.
Beyond that, though, I don't really have much to mention for this
week. Sorry for not having more to report on, or having a spiritual
thought to share this week. I just feel so...blah. Hopefully, with our
plans and activities that are set up for next week, my next email will
be better than this one was. Have a great week guys, and Stay Epic, My
Friends!
—Elder Z.S.Weber
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