Email October 27, 2014

Hello Family! Well I can say that this week was definitely a TON better than last week. Instead of having two investigators drop us, we have a couple potential investigators. Unfortunately they're only potentials at the moment, but that's okay! One is a family of a mother and son (as far as we know, but there is possibly more in the family) and we taught the son a bunch of things from all of the lessons then invited him to read the Book of Mormon and pray about it. This is how it happened: we had a lesson with Brad which was cut short because he needed to go somewhere. So we went to pick up our dinner money from the members who needed to cancel on us and when we got there Bobby was there. Bobby is the son of the mom. We talked with him and he used to attend a non-denominational Christian church. We just got to know him and went from there. He lost his father when he was a young boy (he's 14 now) so we taught him about the Plan of Salvation. Then hopefully to his mom. Unfortunately we weren't able to teach them both, only the son, but they're neighbors to the member so it's always possible! The other potential came when Elder Raab and I were helping the 1st councilor move his mother-in-law out of the elderly home and into his home. It was raining pretty hard and we were moving a couch across the parking lot to the truck and this lady was waiting for us to get out of the way so she could get in. She said, "Moving day, huh?" And we said, "Yep that's the one!" And she said it was her turn next week and so we offered our help and she took it! She tells us she will be in the barber shop in the home so we gave her our number and she is going to be calling us today to give us the details. We're super pumped because these potentials just came out of nowhere. It was sweet. Hopefully they'll be able to pan out! Other than those things, not a ton happened this last week. We do have a pretty huge event happening this coming week, though. It's called a Zone Blitz. What happens is ALL the missionaries in the zone, so 10 companionships in our zone, and potentially the APs and Mission Presidency come up and work in a single area for one day. So that's taking place in the Grass Valley area. :D I hate to have to say that we need the help...but it's going to be SO helpful. I am excited to have it because there are so many less active members we need to contact and with this all happening we will be able to contact them all in one day. Woo! I'm super pumped for the work we'll get. Unfortunately I'll most likely only be here for two more weeks afterward because transfers are November 11th. But that's okay, I'm excited for the work here. I love this place. :) Well, that's basically it. We've spent a lot of time planning for the Zone Blitz because it's a HUGE event. We are grouping all of the less actives and former investigators together in the areas, dividing areas, prioritizing who to see and where to go, etc., etc. It's been a lot of work but we have some great ideas and great potential. I'm super excited! So yeah. It has been a good week. I'm looking forward to everything that's going to come our way. It's going to be a LOT of work even still until Thursday for the blitz, but it's needed and going to be just dandy. :) I love you guys! I hope you have a fantastic week. :) Love, Elder Cevering P.S. (Come Friday...) Happy Halloween!!! :D Have a blast for me, we're going to be in at 6pm that night! Hahaha