Weekly Update 7/26/2011

HELLO EVERYONE!!!!!!

This was a good week. Elder Le Cornu, our district leader, conducted a great district meeting, I really learnt a lot. We were in a small district of 2 companionships. It was really nice to be in a small district. But now we are now in a threesome with Elder diaz and we are back in the blackpool district, which I will explain later.

This week we have done a lot of finding. the best thing is the people we were setting appointments with seem pretty solid. As we confirm the appointments it has been going excellently. They usually pass the test perfectly.

This week we did really well with tea appointments. Usually we start the week with 1 maybe 2 appointments. This week, However, we had 4 with one potential appointment. Unfortunately some have canceled but we still had more than usual. It's been really good to see the member work build.

The most exciting thing that happened this week was of course the emergency transfer that took place yesterday. Elder Cofone and I are both really excited to be in a threesome with Elder Diaz. I feel that we have a great companionship going on. We all have strengths that compliment one another. I am looking forward for the next few weeks.

We also realized the added responsibility that all three of us have now that we serve in both south ribble and Preston. We have decided that we will be focusing on south ribble more, considering Preston already has the zone leaders anyway. We decided it will be a 70-30 split. 70% of time in South Ribble and 30% of time in Preston. So we aren't going to completely abandon Preston. We know the lord will help us with the added responsibility, and that it will make us each stronger and more effective servants.

We were able to teach a lesson yesterday for the first time in a threesome. I feel that it went well. The spirit was definitely present during the lesson. Elder Diaz shared an amazing story about his conversion, with really broke the ice, then partnered with Elder Cofone's and the members testimony with me directing the discussion, we were able to help him feel the spirit and helped him to ponder on the things we taught. It was a powerful lesson.

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With Love,
Elder Ballantyne