AH! No time!!!

Hello!

So once upon a time, Elder Paul V. Johnson from the Quorum of the Seventy is touring our mission! Yay! Which means we got to receive training and instruction and all sorts of wonderful stuff from a servant of God! Yay! They didn't ask me to sing this time so someone else finally got the chance! Yay! That all happened yesterday so today is Preparation Day! Yay! Which means that our family history library where we normally do our emails is open to the public and thus we can't use it....not yay. Luckily we still have the regular old Library but they only give us one hour....Super not yeah. I have a hard enough time already. Sigh. Such is life. 

The week was really great and things are finally picking up. Contrary to my assumptions, the semester ending did not bring back our investigators. They are all going home for the summer. Well not all but most. The missionaries here in the Fall will be happy with us. You're welcome. But at the rate I am getting transferred I might still be here. I am alright with that. I love it here in Windsor and I left our Zone Conference ready to start the work with new energy and ideas. That's always nice. Good things to come here in Windsor. 

As stated above, the week was great. Super, super stressful but really great. We'll start with the bad news and then work our way to the good stuff. :)
So, in my assignment as District Leader, I am "in charge" of a group of missionaries and I am responsible for their welfare. Without going into any details really, there was some serious disobedience that occurred within my district and so much of my time and energy went into working that out. Not a fun experience at all. We got it mostly sorted out and improvements are being made which is really great. I love these missionaries and when stuff like this happens it just breaks my heart. To all those serving, about to serve or thinking about it: Please, please, please be obedient. I promise you that it is NOT worth it. Moving on :)    

Now to the good stuff. We found two new investigators this week:Valerie and Wayne. Valerie is in her 20's and is really searching for truth. She had a conversation about the church with one of the YSA members working at the hospital and it peaked her interest. She tried to come to church on GC weekend but left because she was two hours early. We finally got a meeting set up with her and she is doing great. She came to church Sunday, really enjoyed it and wants to come back. I am so grateful for this member who was willing to share the gospel. I think we shy away from it too much. We have a glorious blessing and we should want to share it with everyone. Share the Gospel!!          

Wayne was a referral from a member in Detroit. He is in his late 60's/early 70's and he is sweet. His brother was a Catholic Monk who found a Book of Mormon, read it four time and then called the missionaries to baptize him about ten years ago. He (the brother) is very intent on getting his whole family into the church. When we met with Wayne he told us that he's "not a Mormon..yet. We'll see what you can do." :) He is great and we expect good thing from him. 

I think I mentioned this last week but Linda is getting achingly close to the font. Mark has decided its time and we took them on a church tour on Saturday and it went very well and they said they would come to church. That morning we called them to remind them and to see if they were coming and Mark said that they'd come if it didn't rain because they ride the bus and didn't want to get wet and then sick. As soon as I hung up the phone I started praying that it wouldn't rain and didn't stop until Ward Council and then picked right back up while we waited for Sacrament to start. It rained. They didn't come. Sigh.  
But! Valerie and Albert (Shawna's little brother) and Khosi showed up!! It was great. I feel like we hadn't had an investigator at sacrament in ages. Khosi came out of no where. Missionaries have been working with him and his Less-Active mom for about a year now and they just showed up this week. Miracles happen. Just not the ones we expect. 

The conference yesterday was super inspiring and great and I wish I could say everything that was great but highlights are:
"We aren't after baptisms, we're after conversions."
"Don't be weird! You're here to build character, not be a character."- On how to be a good missionary and get referrals from members. 
"That's dumb!"-On thinking you won't make it to the Celestial Kingdom or aren't good enough.
It was great and that is all I can think of off the top of my head. I love you all and I hope you have a wonderful week and kill your exams! Work hard, study hard, pray hard! Do the best things!
Love,
Elder Smith
PS Last week we went out for Sushi with the other Elders in Windsor and it was SOOOOO good. I never thought that I would like it but it was super awesome.