1/4 Of The Mish In The Bag!

So it's been about a week and a half since I've been back out here and it's been nothing less than great. We've been working in a trio so we've been getting a lot of work done. With 3 Elders it's really easy to go on divisions and we get pretty much twice as many lessons in one day. Well Elder Vellver went to another area this week to help the missionaries out there so Elder Barben and I were left here in San Diego to work just the 2 of us. Thinking we weren't gonna get that much done, we were completely shocked when we ended the week with higher numbers than the week before. We rocked this week and worked our tails off. We had a pretty sweet miracle happen on Sunday when we were able to bring 14 of our investigators to church. Yeah you heard me right, FOURTEEN investigators. That's a ton, this area usually only brings about 4 or 5 every week. Needless to say, it was a great week.

So when I went home for my knee surgery I was just 1 week shy of having a full 6 months in the mission. Well this past Friday I completed that week and officialy had 6 months of serving as a missionary for The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. That´s one fourth of my 24 months done, just 18 months to go. There is a tradition that some missionaries like to follow and I thought it would be pretty fun. At 6 months, you burn a tie. At 1 year, you burn a shirt. At 18 months, you burn a pair of slacks. And at 2 years right before you go home, you burn a Suit. We'll see if I keep up with the rest of my time out here, but on Friday yes I did burn a tie. It was pretty sweet up until the fire alarm went off. I guess we should've done it ouside huh. Oh well, it made for a fun experience.

I'm loving the mission and the work I'm doing. I've adjusted better than I thought I would and I'm having the time of my life living as a Tico and speaking the best language ever. You are all great and I love you all. Keep On Keepin' On...

- Elder Willis

 

Elder Barben & I in San Diego

Six months come and gone - up in smoke

Pura Vida