Ocala = Home

9/13/10...Hey Everybody,


What a week. We were pretty busy...busy tracting. We knocked on so many doors last week. Most people didn't want to even talk to us, or give us a chance to say more than two words. Either that or they weren't home...or hiding from us haha. It's pretty funny when we walk up to a door and can see someone watching TV. Then when we knock they turn off the TV and pretend they aren't there. We were able to find a few new investigators. We worked out butts off, but for the most part didn't have much luck tracting. However, the Lord did bless us for our efforts. On Sunday a few people showed up at church that were interested in meeting with us.


We have a family we're working with right now. Actually it's more of the father of the family that we're working with. Anyway, it's a slow process with him. We'll have a really great lesson where the Spirit is there and everything goes well. Then we will go to see him for our next appointment and nobody will be home. Last Wednesday we just stopped by to see how he was doing and we ended up teaching him for about 45 minutes. We set up an appointment for Saturday morning at the end of the lesson. When Saturday came around we rode our bikes out there and he wasn't home at first. We decided to wait around for a few minutes and he actually showed up. We went inside to have a lesson and to read from the Book of Mormon with him, but just about as we were going to say the opening prayer some other people showed up to put phone lines throughout his house. We ended up leaving because he was distracted and it wasn't the appropriate environment. Elder Frampton and I were really disappointed. We had planned out a really great lesson to help address his needs, but didn't get a chance to talk to him much. On the bright side he had read a little of the Book of Mormon.


Speaking of Saturday, we rode about 30 miles that day! It's funny because on Friday we drove 28 miles. We also got transfer calls on Saturday. Elder Day is the only one getting transferred. I'm sad that he's leaving. We've been able to build a great friendship over the last three months. It's going to be strange without him here. We would relate to one another really well. I had some mixed emotions when I found out I was staying. I really thought I would be leaving Ocala, so I had been preparing myself all week. When I found out I was staying I didn't know what to say. This transfer has been much harder than the first two. I've felt so lost and confused at times. Especially during those first few weeks. I felt like I had no idea what I was doing. I was really discouraged. Then that would just discourage me more because I know being discouraged wasn't going to help anything (sorry if that's confusing). I would just pray and beg Heavenly Father to help me turn things around. I would, and still do, ask what I needed to change so that I could help bring people to Him. Well, I'm happy to say that He still does answer prayers. I'm working on being more humble, and working even harder. I don't let little things worry me, and get in the way of being productive. Slowly, but surely things have been getting better. I still have much work to do, especially here in Ocala. I now look forward this upcoming transfer.


Love Always, Zach