The visit of a Seventy

This week was incredibly busy! Friday, we had a conference with a member of the Seventy named Rafael E Pino. We had to wake up at 4 o'clock to get there on time. It was an incredibly long day but it was a super good conference. He mostly talked about dedicating more of ourselves and leaving behind the things that don't help us. He said that our mission has a ton of potential. I'm especially happy I didn't drift off during the conference hahah.

Half of the mission with Elder Rafael E. Pino and his wife!

After the conference, the zone leaders stayed in the port and we went to work with different areas because the next day we had a leadership council with the Elder Pino. We luckily got to go with Elder Hernandez (one of my old companions) and Elder Harris from Charlottesville Virginia. They're both super fun and even though I was exhausted we had a lot of fun. They also have a super nice house so it was great. Elder Garcia from Texas (one of my old companions as well) doesn't have a companion right now so he stayed with us as well.

Saturday was great because we were able to talk a lot about how to achieve our potential, and what things we need to improve. I learned a lot about the importance of our studies in the morning and how that helps us have more power in our invitacions. 

Haircut by a recent convert!

The elders in my zone went to eat wings!  Twas fun!

Yesterday we were assigned to talk in sacrament meeting, I was assigned the topic of service so I talked a lot about how my dad is a great example of service and how everytime that it snowed in NJ my brothers and I knew that we had to go help the neighbors shovel their driveways. The ward loved it, I think mostly because none of them have ever seen snow so it was cool to hear what it's like to shovel snow hahah. Anyways that was my week! Hope you all have a great week!

Elder Gurney