weekly update 6/20/2011

> Hello Family!!!!!
>
> First of, We were tracting last night and we came accross a fellow
> Ballantyne. She said it was spelled the same way and everthing. She
> was probably the first Ballantyne that i have found since I've been
> here. We set up an appointment with her. I thought that was pretty
> exciting!
>
> Something hilarious happened on wednesday. In the evening after we had
> gotten back from a meeting in chorley, we went to the flat and drop a
> few things off and headed back out to tract. We have a door that locks
> itself as soon as you shut it. and we had forgotten the key. So that
> night we were calling the land lord and anyone that could possibly
> help us. No one could so we ended up staying at the zone leaders flat
> for the night. First thing in the morning we ended up having to pay a
> lock smith £42 to pick the lock. And now we don't want that to happen
> again. So we each have a key plus we each carry a back up key. It
> shouldn't happen again with 4 keys coming out with us each day.
>
> Along with locking the key in the flat this whole week was pretty
> trying. There were a few things that just didn't seem to go right.
> Both, Elder Cofone and I agree that this week will be a lot better. We
> discussed the process that preceeds something great. It's noticable
> from the start of this dispensation, when Joseph Smith is ceased upon
> while he was praying just before the first vision. So were looking
> forward to a good week.
>
> This week wasn't all to bad. Early in the week we saw the miracle of
> teaching Matt and Compton, an on the spot lesson. They actually
> grabbed our attention and started asking us questions. We asked if
> they had time for us to share a message, and they agreed. They were
> very good we were able to answer a lot of their questions. But because
> they are busy salesman they said we wouldn't beable to catch them in
> and wouldn't give us their information except for a phone number. We
> will call them and make arrangements. I was greatful for the
> opportunity to answer their questions about the church and also about
> religion as a whole.
>
> We had another round of trainings this week. It was great! This was
> president Bullock's last training. There was so much to take in. It's
> a good thing we got sheets of some of the things that were discussed.
> We have been keeping the commitments we made by doing the role plays.
> Elder Cofone and I both like the questions role play that the
> assistants left us. It is very challanging and helps us to think of
> effective questions.
>
> Thanks again for everything!
>
> --
> With Love,
> Elder Ballantyne
>