Hello everyone! It has been nonstop good times here in Cleveland this week. We had Zone Conference and we had training visits with the Zone leaders, so there wasn't a dull moment, or that many at least.
Here's a quick run through of this week:
Monday we had another average P day for the most part. We did our shopping and I found my new favorite tie at TJ Maxx, so I was a happy camper. Afterwards, we played some basketball at the church and called it a day.
Tuesday was another average day for us. We had a couple lessons and called a whole bunch of people and set up quite a bit of lessons.
Wednesday was more or less the same exact thing as Tuesday.
Thursday morning we had Zone Conference which was absolutely amazing! We talked about the Missionary Purpose Triangle and we helped the Zone leaders by teaching it in a mock lesson. One other thing we discussed was how we should pray to invite and recognize the spirit during lessons. The overall theme of this conference was K.I.S.S. or Keep It Simple Stupid. It's a pretty solid theme. That night we went to Buffalo Wild Wings because every Thursday they do the buy one get one deal. While we were there in line a lady started talking to us and said, "You guys are Mormons right? The Mormons are an interesting faith". We talked to her a little bit longer and then she asked where she could get a Book of Mormon. We told her that we would love to get her one. So we got her name and number and since she's not exactly YSA age the Cleveland 3rd elders are going to take care of it. It was super awesome to talk to someone in person though and have them be interested. Looks like Buffalo Wild Wings is a divine place!
Friday was the same as Tuesday and Wednesday with the activities. It consisted of lessons and reaching out to members, so I can't complain. I also got bored and decided to make a leather wallet which is pretty sweet. It's ridiculous the hobbies you pick up in isolation.
Saturday we had a training visit with the Zone leaders. I spent the day with Elder Tolman. It was funny because I spent a day and a half with him before coming to Cleveland because he was companions with Elder Erickson for 3 weeks. So it was a fun reunion. For lunch we got some Taco bell and had a good ole time. After lunch we had a couple lessons and headed over the church. We were supposed to have a missionary coordination meeting with the Branch mission leader and the 2nd counselor in the Branch presidency, but it ended up being cancelled after we waited for 20 minutes for it to start. After that we played basketball and had some Little Caesar's which is the bomb! The Zone leaders ended up staying the night because it was too late for them to drive back to their apartment so the fun continued!
Sunday morning the Zone leaders just went downstairs and did a training visit with the Cleveland 3rd elders. While they were doing that, we had a couple lessons in the morning that went well. Afterwards we hopped on our Branch devotional and had some lunch. I also got bored again and make a leather key chain just because I could. Every Sunday night we have a mission wide devotional call and we got to meet the Horgesheimer's family which was pretty neat. Other than that, nothing else really happened.
Funny moment of the week:
So on Friday night the Sisters sent a message into our District chat saying to pray for them so that they could somehow have marinara sauce before Monday. Everyone said that they would pray for them and then the next day rolled around and we were on our training visit with the ZLs. My favorite quote goes along the lines of "sometimes we pray to move mountains, but don't be surprised when God gives you a shovel". With this in mind we decided to go deliver some marinara to the Sisters by ding-song ditching them. We also taped a pass along card to it for fun. This will forever be know to us and the ZLs as the Marinara Miracle. Don't be surprised if they make a movie about it.
Miracle of the week:
One day we were with the Cleveland 3rd elders, they were telling us about a guy they got on date but then he just stopped responding to them. They were concerned that he got nervous or anxious because of the commitment and they thought he wasn't interested anymore. Eventually he did call them back and it turned out that he was just in the hospital and he was still good for getting baptized. We were able to set up a time to interview him for baptism and everything is good now. We are very excited for the Cleveland 3rd elders and their investigator!
Love,
Elder Bohn
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