Week 28: UNO with Frank

We had our ZTM on Wednesday.  Elder Pottle and I got put in charge of cooking the pork.  The Zone was attempting to make Café Rio style burritos.  We decided to go all in and do the actual recipe, except Dr. Pepper substituted for Coke.  We asked a member print off the recipe and we got cooking right away.  Our kitchen was a mess.  So many herbs and spices.  While the pork was in the slow cooker, we had an epiphany that we needed to make the Café Rio tomatillo sauce.  We asked the same member to print off the recipe and we made enough for the whole Zone.  Needless to say, lunch was a success.  ZTM was great.  The Spirit was strong.  We got to give a training on how we can better help the youth.  I always love giving trainings because I learn so much studying the topic.

This week we had an exchange with the Zone Leaders.  It was the first exchange I've had where I stayed in my area.  I can tell you that it's a lot more stressful to have a Zone Leader come into your area.  I had to figure out what we were going to do and hope that he thought it was a good use of our time.  We knocked a few doors and found a few people.  We aren't sure how solid they are but we are meeting with them this week.

On Thursday, we got a call from an older lady in our ward.  Her husband isn't a member and is suffering from Alzheimer's disease.  She was asking us to stay with Frank for an hour or so until someone else could come be with him.  Frank tends to worry while she's gone.  We biked 20 minutes north and got to Frank's house.  We talked to him about his life and how he grew up in the streets of Brooklyn.  We then played Uno with him which was super fun.

The weekend was pretty awesome.  One of the youth, Nathan, got his mission call to the Idaho Pocatello Mission.  We have gotten close with him over the past weeks, talking to him, and taking him out.  He's a great kid.  We then had two farewell talks for missionaries going to Italy and Paraguay.  The whole Sacrament meeting was centered around missionary work.  At the end of the meeting, we sang Called to Serve.  The Spirit was so strong.

Mosiah 2:22 "And behold, all that he requires of you is to keep his commandments; and he has promised you that if ye would keep his commandments ye should prosper in the land; and he never doth vary from that which he hath said; therefore, if ye do keep his commandments he doth bless you and prosper you."

That was the week in a wrap.  The snowball keeps rolling down the hill.  I have been blessed to serve in the Viera 1 area.  The ward is great and I love them dearly.  When we invest in other people's lives, we will love them more than we could ever expect.  Have a great week. 

Elder Poulsen

He had a hard time distinguishing 

between a 0 and a skip card

Post-ZTM

Week 28: Mosiah 2:41

I wanted to share a few verses in Alma that I came across in my studies.

Alma 26:11-14  "...I do not boast in my own strength, nor in my own wisdom; but behold, my joy is full, yea, my heart is brim with joy, and I will rejoice in my God.  Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things; yea, behold, many mighty miracles we have wrought in this land, for which we will praise his name forever.  Behold, how many thousands of our brethren has he loosed from the pains of hell; and they are brought to sing redeeming love, and this because of the power of his word which is in us, therefore have we not great reason to rejoice?  Yea, we have reason to praise him forever, for he is the Most High God, and has loosed our brethren from the chains of hell."

I love these verses so much.  I know that I am nothing on my own but with God I can do all things.  I have seen many miracles from God and I know that He lives.

Elder Poulsen