Winter Quarters YSA #17

Hey guys! So it is transfer week again and because Elder Gleim finished up his mission, I will be staying in the YSA for another transfer and I'll be getting Elder Fails as a comp. He's a great guy so it'll be really fun!

But Elder Gleim and I had a good last week! We started off last Monday with meeting Todd. Todd has been taught for a little while now by some other elders and we are going to start teaching him now! He has a lot of questions and loves learning which is super cool. He also likes talking so that is fun trying to focus him, but it's all good. We had a super cool lesson with him about the Restoration and he seems to want to come to church! He wasn't able to this last week but hopefully soon. 

Tuesday we went to UNO (University of Nebraska Omaha) campus and street contacted and met two people named Nick and Connor that both seemed pretty cool! Connor seemed super excited to learn more about the gospel and it's been pretty cool preaching about Christ during the middle of Christmas time. And then Wednesday we went street contacting on Creighton university campus and we ended up meeting a couple of people who are also named Nick and Connor. They definitely are less interested than the two from the day before, especially cause Nick mostly just wanted to have a friendly debate, but we were able to get their phone numbers so we can talk more later.

Thursday we went on exchanges and I was with Elder Tucker. We had a good exchange except for the part when we were on campus and this guy started off super nice and was down to hear our message, and then when we got into it he started debating a lot of the things we were saying. The sad part was that every time we tried to share why we believe, and bear testimony, he would just follow it up with telling us that we were wrong. But that's just life as a missionary and the great thing is that every time you find someone that doesn't want to listen, you're one person closer to the person who does want to.

Okay the big news for the week! King (from my last area) got baptized!!!! We were teaching him pretty much the whole time that I was there, but when I left, I honestly thought he was kind of a lost cause. He hadn't been making the kind of choices that he needed to and we had been teaching him twice a week for a while. But somehow in the four months since I've left, he quit smoking, moved to a different part of Omaha, and figured out a couple of other things and now is a member of the church! He even spoke at this thing called why I believe and did a great job! God is good my friends.

Anyways I have been thinking a lot about who the Baby Jesus would grow up to be, and I would invite you all to think this Christmas season not just about the birth of Jesus Christ, but about his whole life and I promise that more understanding and appreciation for his Birth will come and that this Christmas can be one of the most meaningful ever. I love you all and hope you have a great week!