Hey all!
How's everyone doing? Seems like the wedding planning has been going well!
This week was pretty good! The weather has been all over the place! It's like 70 one day, then 35 the next. It was suppose to dump tons of snow Saturday, but it only got to like 40. Sunday's are always really good weather! 👍 it's defi nitrly warming up, but the humidity is killer some days! And it's not even summer yet! I'm not excited...
So where I live, in Sterling, is a lot like Sandy, or Provo, but with no mountains in the background. I never know which direction I'm facing! There's tons of apartment complexes, townhouses, and small shopping centers. But when you get towards the Potomac river and Trump Golf Course, the houses get huge! Trump actually owns a house up in an area called Lowe's Island. (The golf course is in that area) Members have seen the motorcade going through the area a few times.
We had 2 lessons with Yitzhak his week. Tuesday and Saturday. He didn't come to conference and didn't come to church yesterday, which is sad... He said he still wants to get baptized, but he hasn't come to church, his wife is disapproving and she isn't here so we can't teach and talk to her. She gets back from El Salvador in June, so we might have to wait till then...
Lyndsey is now kinda in the member's hands. She has a lot of good fellowshippers and they all say it's inevitable that she's getting baptized. It's just a matter of time. We don't meet with her like at all, cause she's super busy! But she comes to church every week so we still see her and talk and stuff.
We got a new investigtor that is super promising! Some sisters in the zone next to ours found her and we had a pass of lesson with her on Saturday. She is seriously like a Mormon fan-girl! No joke! She went to the temple lights, (they do Christmas lights at the D.C. temple like at temple square, but not as big) and loves seeing missionaries on the streets! She's obsesed with our church and the poeple! She apparently screamed and honked at us like my second week as she drove by! She's got tons of energy, but is nervous to come to church cause everyone is gonna walk up to her and say hi and wanna talk to her cause she's new. She just wants to walk in and blend in with everyone. We're finding her some young women to befriend so she'll feel more comfortable, but she'll definitely be there next week! Miracles!!!
Cool moment from this week. We were biking to a referral's house and on the way, there was a girl sitting on one of those green electrical boxes just off the bike path. We said hi as we rode by and she said hi and waved. We rode by, but then I got a feeling we should go back. We were gonna be late to the referrals, but I told Elder Jacobs we should go back and talk to her. So we stopped, put our bikes down, and went and talked to her. She was a super nice girl named Cas, and we just talked for a couple minutes while she was waiting for a friend. I gave her a Book of Mormon and told her how much it meant to me! I testified of the happiness it brings and that the church that espouses it, is God's true church on the earth! She was very appreciative and loved that we took time to stop and talk to her. She knows some young women in our ward, so we're gonna try and talk to them and met with her soon!
So this transfer, we're trying to get more member involvement! The members will come out with us on splits and come to lessons, but there's so much more that they can do! So we made a list with the ward mission leader, of things members can do to help move the work along. We told the ward that we'll be coming by and visiting all the members within the next couple weeks, to share with them the ward mission plan and get their involvement!
Tell the Hansens I love them!!!! They're an amazing family! I remember sitting up on the stand during my farewell and telling the other adult speaker that Colton's talk was better than mine! She was like, "Ya, me too!"
I hope all is well at home and you all had a good week! Love you all so much!
Love, Elder Duke
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