THE VARIETY SHOW

We had a pretty great week this week! We loved having the opportunity to see the new missionaries and contact on the train! That always help give us new energy to go work hard and talk to everyone! It was also really sad seeing so many of the missionaries go home this week because we are so close to them but it just makes me so happy to see all of the success that they have brought and the examples that they are leaving for the rest of the mission. It was crazy though because we had to load all 32 missionaries’ stuff into a trailer and it was just Elder Zacher and I so it took forever!! Then we had to unload them right after so it took so much energy! We were joking that was our gift to them for 2 years of service hahaha.

We did a ton of finding this week though and we didn't really have too much success but on Saturday we had a huge miracle! So for our ward we did a variety show at the Logan Square so a little but before Elder Zacher had the idea that we should draw on posters and tell everyone to come so we went to the corner of the street and we contacted there for like an hour and it was great because hardly anybody knew that it was a Mormon church so we really got the word out! Nobody was really interested because they all had plans but as we were contacting there was a group of young kids and they all walked past us and then an older guy passed by later with a beer in his hand and he told us that he was going to drop stuff off at home and see if the young kids wanted to come. We didn't really think anything of it and then like 20 minutes into the show all of them walked in!! We gave them a church tour at "half time." We thought that they were thinking we were crazy because the activity was super funny and they were video taping parts but when we were talking to them and talking with one of the sons and he was like Oh I never knew this was a Mormon church I thought it was a catholic or Christian church. Then a few seconds later was like oh yeah I was baptized in this church down in Mexico a while back. He told us about how his missionaries were from Utah so we knew it was the right church! It was a huge miracle! And a member in our ward invited one of his friends and we are going to start to teach her so that was a huge miracle!

Elder L. Tom Perry last week was amazing though! Elder Zacher and I got to meet him and shake his hand so that was super sweet! He was so busy here though so not very many of the missionaries had the chance to meet him! It was an amazing experience listening to him! He talked a lot about his experience on his mission and how we need to be more creative with the missionary work that we do and some ideas to find more people!

Today has been great though! We are just playing basketball with a ton of the Elders and we are having lots of fun! I am a little area sick today though. I am missing a family in Chicago 4th ward a ton but I am just happy to be serving in the area I am now! We are starting to find more success here in this area! 

I love you Mom! Have a great day!