The Hoffman Family; Saying Goodbye to Elder Wilmoth



Transfers are on Tuesday, so on Sunday we learned that sadly Elder Wilmoth and myself will both be getting transferred along with other missionaries from our district.  That has to be the low-light of the week.  We have been very busy saying goodbye to so many people and I will miss them greatly.  I will be getting moved to the Visalia 2nd ward with an Elder Stojka.  It should be a very exciting week. I never realized that I was going to miss so many people especially when its so hard to get the to church.

Highlight of the week.  We found 2 new investigators, Charles and Janelle.  They fed us dinner on Thursday. Jannele has come to church twice before, has been reading the gospel principles book and asked us for a book of Mormon, how awesome is that?!?  Charles has come to church in the past, but things have held him back from being baptized but now he feels that those things are taken care of.  They told us they wanted to come to church on Sunday and had somethings come up so they were not able to make it.  Jerry was confirmed on Sunday and Juni came to church and we finished his lessons so he will be getting baptized on Saturday, so hopefully I will be able to get a ride to that. This has been my favorite area and has taught me so much about the importance of opening up and not being so serious at times so that I can better connect and get to know the member and the people that I am teaching.  Elder Wilmoth is a fantastic missionary and I will miss him greatly.  We are hoping to end today with some kickball so hopefully that goes well.  I made more cookies this week and was able to give them to members and missionaries in need.


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