Hi!
Samuel got confirmed and received the Aaronic priesthood
this week!
He also gave us his neighbor friend to teach which was amazing. His
name is Rhema and he's going to go to church this Sunday!
We have kind of
stopped calling the people we were teaching this past month because they like
talking with us but don't really want to meet with the local missionaries and
there's not much we can do without the help of the local missionaries which was
kind of sad, but the missionary department has made some really cool changes to
Temple Square!
So, in the past, when someone went on mormon.org
and requested a missionary visit or a Bible or a Book of Mormon, they would
route those requests directly to the missionaries in the assigned mission.
But
now, all those requests come to Temple Square to our teaching center and they
have asked us to call the people who have requested these items or visits to
make sure they're legit and then we are the ones who send the referral!
We've
had a lot more people we're talking to now and it's really fun to see how many
people really do want to learn more about Christ. Sister Almeida talked to like
5 people from Brazil yesterday who reallyyy wanted to meet with missionaries in
their cities which was just a huge answer to prayer.
Something I keep forgetting to tell you about is that before President Poulsen left, he designed this program for sisters in their
last transfer.
Some of the department directors of LDS business college come to
Temple Square on Friday mornings for 2 hours and they give us training on how
to interview well and how to explain the skills we've acquired in business
terminology because we've served on Temple Square.
It's really cool how they're
helping us ... I guess ... "translate" our missionary lingo into normal,
business words and they've had us create a "Me in 30 seconds" so
we've been doing mock interviews with them.
At the end of this transfer,
they'll give us a little certificate saying that we've completed a class at LDSBC
so it should help us find employment faster.
It's been really cool to see and
identify the different skills you acquire serving at a visitors' center. I
never thought about how much customer service goes into giving tours and
calling and teaching people over the phone and planning district and zone
meetings. It's been super helpful.
They also made us talk about what makes us
nervous about going home and helped us get over it. haha.
Sorry I don't have that much time to write this week but the
weeks are seriously just flying by I can't believe how soon I'll be seeing you!
Love you with all my heart,
Sister Helton
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