Season 6: Episode 4: First Ever AP Exchanges and Cookies

 What a wonderful week. Let's get into it!

Ok so to start it off on Wednesday, we participated in yarmouths district council which is fun, it so weird it's like theres that one DC that the zls come to and its awesome, and it's just fun to be in that position and go to all the districts. It's also cool to see how the gift of discernment works and to tell if anyone is struggling. Fortunately almost all the teams are doing solid despite unfortunate key indicators which is taking a toll of some teams. Plus we're heading into winter with less sun and odds are, more big sad... but we'll be that ray of sunshine ;)

Then Thursday we had MLC, the first one in person since covid happened, but unfortunately we were the only team (aside from the stls in this zone) that didnt go in person haha. But it was ok, we were broadcasted on a nice big screen TV, so we got to be included pretty well haha.

Two of the biggest discussion points where how to get light the world started and planned before october is over and what to do from 6-9. A little preface of what 6-9 is; the evening everyday being people time. So far it's been a grind calling folks on areabook, or messaging people, not a lot of lessons are happening we'll say haha. So we counciled a lot and it was actually pretty cool because one of the first things that were brought up was to deliver cookies to members or friends so we did that a couple days later and I like that you get some in person contact and you brighten their day with cookies what better combo is there??? 

Side note, because we did this we got back in contact with the 3 people we are teaching, ali reza and yeganah!

But yeah it was very spirit lead and was an enlightening meeting! Passing along the information was pretty fun to. It's so great to be working with so many missionaries! Such wonderful diligent and elect people. 

Then Friday came around and we had exchanges with the assistants, i got to be with the wonderful Texan, elder Calabuig, the same elder Calabuig I was with in LaSalle for a couple weeks! it was awesome, in person would have been a ball. But video call is the next best thing. So it was a fun process got to message many folks, work on posts, reels, all the works and then of course the best part of the exchange just talking and cultivating revelation. And there was a handful of things gained, but I'll share this because it took a little longer for me to realize, and here it is:

So rewind a bit, in Bedford that was kinda rough spot the work was very slow,  covid had just hit and we were in the deep of self quarantining and I didnt know what obedience was. (Dont worry I didn't do anything apostate) but it was hard to feel successful when time after time, member lessons, friend lessons, would fall though. Then after spending only one transfer there I get transfered to LaSalle and spent 2 glorious weeks with Elder Calabuig which whipped me into shape with the work because we were teaching a lot! Then the spirit called elder Calabuig to Halifax and I was then comps with elder Noad, but I don't remember adding him to my weekly list, but he did so he got my weekly's every week. And so facing similar challenges in Halifax when the was there, he expressed that my weekly's helped him out and showed him that the work happens regardless of what area you're in. So that was super uplifting to me! 

Now backtrack a little more, the day I was set apart to be a missionary, one of the blessings that was said was that my weeklys/letters that I would write home would help lift specific friends and family members, and it was during a personal study a couple days after that exchange that I remembered that my family had decided after my setting apart to write what we could remember about the blessing on paper, so during my personal study I found them and read  though them and saw that phrase written. And I just was in awe of the validation of that blessing. It was a super spiritual experience and a really uplifting study. 

Then the rest of the days are just full of grinding and getting the work done and making vids and helping the Facebook page.  

Anyways love you all again! Hope your week is great and it keeps getting better!! Keep on praying and reading your scriptures!

Elder Dahl 2.0
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada