Dear Family and Friends:
Today marks my first P-day in Texas!!! This week has been crazy!
The week started off last Tuesday by leaving the MTC at 3:50am (wasn't
fun). Then we took an hour and a half train ride to the airport which
was interesting because I've never really been on a train before.
After that we arrived at the airport and we boarded at about 8. After
a couple hours on a plane we arrived in Texas! We were picked up by
President and Sister Whitney along with a few pairs of Elders at the
airport and we were taken to one of the church buildings where we ate
lunch and had an orientation. Then later that day we had some awesome
Texas barbecue for dinner at the mission home! That night like 15 of
us elders stayed in one apartment which was nuts. The next morning we
headed to the stake center and were assigned our trainer/companion and
our area. My companion is Elder Hughes he has been out for a year and
a half and is from Utah and he is awesome and our area is Killeen,
Texas 1st and 3rd ward. Our area was a 3 1/2 hour drive from Ft.
Worth. The day I got here we just jumped right in to the work. This
week I've already been able to teach investigators, contact referrals
including one that didn't speak English, meet both bishoprics and the
stake presidency, and participate in a play at the ward party (I
served in Alpi, Somoa for 2 years haha). A cool thing about this area
is that it is very diverse in terms of people. We live in the same
area as Ft. Hood which means there are a lot of people coming in and
going out. I've been able to meet a lot of different people who come
from a lot of different backgrounds. It has been awesome to hear their
stories. Texas has been an awesome place. So far all of the people
I've met here in Texas are extremely friendly even the people that
don't want to hear our message. We get fed pretty much every night. I
think there are only 3 days this month we don't have a dinner
appointment. I'm excited to see what else Texas has in store for me
these next 2 years.
Miracle of the Week:
We were contacting referrals this week. We started by calling all the
referrals with phone numbers and we would pick out a time that we had
open for an appointment and we try to schedule them for that time.
When we called, each person that answered was willing to meet with us
and they all were available at the times we had available to meet. We
contacted 9 people that day and the fact that we were able to schedule
all of them in the various times that were available throughout the
week is nothing short of a miracle. "...For I know that the Lord
giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare
a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth
them." 1 Nephi 3:7.
I love all of you
-Elder Beau Power
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