Week 20: 4 companions in 4 transfers!

November 18, 2014

We just got our move calls last night - I'm staying in London North! My companion, Elder Jentzsch, is being moved to Bedford, and my new companion is going to be Elder Everitt!

We had several miracles this week, so and I'm short on time, so I'll quickly write them down.

We had a member-present lesson with one of our investigators earlier this week, and the awesome member had a few different miracles when she was coming. First, there was a lot of traffic when she started her ride on the bus, but somehow she managed to get to the appointment on time. Second, she happened to study all about the same topic we were teaching about that morning, so she was a HUGE help with our lesson. Third, she's been having a lot of pain in her leg and has been finding it hard to walk, but she managed to get all the way down to South Kensington for Stake Conference a few weeks ago! She was absolutely ecstatic when we saw her that morning. I love being a missionary!

Another miracle happened this week when we called some of the former investigators in our Area Book. One of the former investigators, R, answered and couldn't believe that we were calling him. He said that this was exactly what he needed right now and couldn't believe that we had called. We had two great lessons with him, and he readily accepted a baptismal date for December! We also invited him to a Thanksgiving dinner some of the local members set up, and he had a blast at it! We're getting really excited for him!

The final miracle was another former investigator in the Area Book, named P. She was super excited that we were calling her, and she invited us to meet her at the KFC where she worked. She gave us free drinks when we got there, and she told us that she was moving to Sri Lanka in a week, but wanted the missionaries to visit her there. We got her contact information, and we referred her to the Elders in Sri Lanka. If we hadn't called her that day, she may never have had the opportunity to see the missionaries in Sri Lanka. FOLLOW PROMPTINGS!!!!

Thanks for reading! Hope everyone's doing great back in the States!

Elder McOmber

Funnies of the Week:

Everything good comes from Germany. Whenever I happen to notice something good or cool, Elder Jentzsch tells me that it comes from Germany. And he's usually right.

My companion wanted me to remind him to write in his journal every night, so every night I shout "Tagebuch!"

We were just finishing an appointment with our investigator when the investigator's pastor called. He put the pastor on speakerphone and told him that he was sitting with some Mormon Elders. The pastor moaned and said, "Oh, they're bad - bad doctrine. They believe in Joseph Russell." Yup. The pastor definitely knows all about us.

Last week, we had dinner with one of the new families in the ward. They were actually moving in right before the dinner appointment, so we helped them with their stuff, and then we ordered Indian takeout. We realized we didn't have any utensils, so we walked around each of the local stores asking for forks.

The Christmas decorations started coming up probably 1-2 months ago. TOO EARLY.

Our Zone Leader dropped his Nokia phone the other day, and it broke. Myth Busted!

Football!