Following the Spirit

This week has been the start of a new transfer and a new companionship with Elder Hoskins.  We are both fairly new missionaries trying to figure out how to best accomplish the work, and so far we have had a lot of fun together and work really well together.  The biggest difference between this week and the past two transfers has been a large increase in tracting, where we found five new investigators, but I will say more about that soon.

So the majority of this week has been characterized by introducing Elder Hoskins to the ward and showing him the area and the main families we work with.  During all of this we have done a lot more service, where we helped at the food kitchen in Saint Vincet DePaul's, fed pigs in a pig farm, and pulled weeds at a pear farm.  Following those service projects, as said, the main thing has been contacting and tracting.  Elder Hoskins loves to tract and he knows how to push to the very end, where the last door is the door that will answer and have an interest in us returning.  It has been good for me and it is nice to see how other missionaries do the work.

The big thing this past week has been General Conference.  We ended up watching General Conference at the Elders Quorum president's home (there name are the Foutz).  It was fun and I got a lot more out of conference this time than I have in the past.  One miracle that occurred during conference was in between the Saturday sessions, where we felt prompted to visit a less active family who lived really out of the way of where we were going.  We knocked on their door and nothing major happened, but as we knocked on the doors around the home we came across an older person who was very interested in asking us questions and wants us to come back.  It was an awesome experience that came from following the Spirit.

Following the Priesthood session we were able to attend an Elders Quorum activity where pizza was served, and then Sunday went fairly normally outside of watching the Conference sessions. Overall, it was a good week for seeing the area grow and I am excited to see what the coming transfer brings.

Thanks for reading,

Elder Baxter

 Introducing Elder Hoskins and Elder Baxter