The First of the Last

As June begins, as does the last full month of my mission, which is

really crazy!

This week was pretty good, we started it off by doing some service for

a sister in the Ward (we took a bunch of stuff that she was throwing

out to her curb so the garbage people could pick it up the next day).

That was pretty fun. I always love being able to help people out with

stuff like that!

On Thursday, we had Zone Conference, which was actually the last Zone

Conference of my mission, which is weird! That meant that at the end

of the conference, I got up with all of the departing missionaries and

bore my "Death Testimony" which was a very surreal experience as I've

gone my whole mission watching others bear their death testimonies it

was weird to finally be the one doing it. Me being the classy

music-minded person I am, I bore my testimony using lyrics from the

chorus of Coldplay's "Fix You" about how through relying on Jesus

Christ and His Atonement, we all can be made whole, no matter what

trials we go through or what mistakes we make he has suffered for us

so that if we trust in Him, he will be able "to fix [us]". The rest of

the Zone Conference was about prayer and how to both strengthen our

own personal prayers and how to help our investigators pray as well,

which were all things I needed to hear! It was honestly the best Zone

Conference I've had in about a year!

On Friday, we taught Christiana the rest of the commandments and she

continues to be very accepting of the Gospel and the things that are

required of her. Unfortunately, due to some scheduling stuff (Stake

Conferences and such) her Baptismal date will need to be pushed back

to the end of June, but I know that she will definitely be ready by

that point to enter into the waters of baptism!

Much of Saturday was spent helping the Taylors (Ward Mission Leader

and his family) move their stuff into a truck that they have now taken

to Tennessee. It was a good move and I'm happy that we were able to

help them make the move go even smoother, but I'm very sad because I'm

going to miss the Taylors a lot! Now with my luck, they will call a

new Ward Mission Leader either right before or right after I go home,

so I more or less, get to be acting Ward Mission Leader for a little

bit... yay...

Well, that's all from me for this week! I love you all! Have a fantastic week!

Sincerely,

Elder Sam Williams

8301 Ashford Blvd #606

Laurel, MD, 2070

1-2. Service selfies!

3. Lunch with the Taylors at The Greene Turtle after the move!