Wednesday we had the Missionary Leadership conference down in Tehachapi. Ever Sister Training Leader and Zone Leader throughout the mission came. It was was good to see old friends. It also surprised me how many people knew who I was. I met a ton of new STL's and zone leaders and they are all like "Elder Carper I have heard so much about you!" or "So YOU'RE Elder Carper" they told me it was all good stuff so Im algood with it!
MLC was one of the coolest things ever, it really was a time for Personal Revelation for my last few weeks as a missionary! Elder Burke and I had to do something super scary though during MLC. Sister Wilson was introducing a new way to contact people at doors in order to find families. We sing them primary songs! So Elder Burke and I got to demonstrate that role play. Yes it was terrifying!! I wanted to die! I hate singing in public. We sang "You are a child of God" to Sister Wilson during that demonstration. The good thing that happened was that we made Sister Wilson cry cause it was so bad. I actually dont know if thats why she cried but its likely!
We literally spent the next two days after MLC planning for ZTM and planning for our area. We were both so done with being inside that we didn't even try and see anyone we just went and knocked a bunch of doors. I was so sick of being inside. ZTM went really well though. Elder Burke and I were really prepared and were very unified and able to help everyone in the Zone. It was crazy to see how one missionaries doubts could drag others down with them. At times I almost felt like I fought with a couple missionaries to follow the spirit in setting goals instead of being pessimistic. I was kinda frustrated I have to admit! I gave a training on how to receive Personal Revelation for our areas. It was really cool actually, I don't remember what I said but Elder Burke told me it was a good training. I challenged all the missionaries to change for the better. If I can do than anyone can do it!
We went on exchanges with the Meadows District Leader. I went with the DL Elder Culpepper and had a ton of fun! He is a good missionary and we talked about how to help missionaries that are struggling. The bottom line is that love is the key to everything. If a missionary doesn't feel loved than he/she wont be motivated or happy. They need to feel loved and they wont trust their leaders until they feel that way.
This email is too long but I need to say that the family we found last week is AWESOME!! We have been finding tons and tons of people but this family is extra special! Dallas and Victoria are gonna get baptized for sure! We taught them the restoration and set them with a baptismal date. We went back a few days later and they had gone through almost the whole Book of Mormon! It was chalk full of sticky notes and questions so we had a huge QnA with them. They asked some major good questions! They also came to church this sunday and LOVED it. So things are going super well. Their date is for September 12 so I wont be here but there is a chance that they could be baptized on the 29th of August! Maybe...but its there choice and I dont plan on saying anything! We will see how it goes though!
Love you all!
Elder Carper
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