The week of going by so slow and fast I don't even remember what we did

I'm having a hard time remembering what we did this week. It was short, because we had P-day on Tuesday...................Oh! We had Zone Conference. That was good. President talked to us about how we need to use the scriptures more in teaching. I definitely need to use the scriptures more, so that was good. Oh! And during the conference, the Assistants gave a training about the key indicators we use to report our numbers each week such as other lessons taught, baptismal invites, member presents, lessons with recent converts and less actives, new investigators, and so on and so forth. So Elder Mautz is an Assistant now, you know, the zone leader in my last area. Well, he demonstrated the board Elder Nelson and I started using in Concord to show our key indicators and goals. I'll show you a picture in my picture email. It's a really handy way to stay organized and Elder Mautz  was in Concord with me, he saw the board and really liked it, and I taught him how to use it, and now he's spreading it around the mission! Elder Nelson and I are still tearing it up!

Well, another insight from zone conference I got is that nobody likes to call me Elder Huff. Everyone is calling me Elder Hulet, a missionary in the Guilford area! And in Concord I had a very similar experience and was always called Elder Hatch, a missionary who had previously served in Concord. Even my companions get it wrong occasionally, I just don't understand it. I guess I'm just not a very impressionable guy. 

I've had a cough my entire mission, but it has been relatively small and non frequent until these last two weeks. I've been hacking up my lungs! It hasn't hindered the work at all yet so I'm not too concerned. It'll go away eventually in one way or another. I might carry it for the rest of my life, but I'll be resurrected and receive a perfect body so I'm good with it. It's temporary no matter what. 

I also bought a cool new thermos to carry around with me. Up until recently, I had been buying a huge pack of water bottles each week because I drink a lot of water and I like to have water on the go all the time, but one day the water I usually buy wasn't there, and I saw these cool water bottles that were on sale, so I bought one and have been using it ever since. It's awesome. I have a water filter too so I've got clean water to drink. It fits perfectly on my bike and well as my bag. 

Speaking of the bag, it broke... It's a good thing it comes from the missionary mall and has a two year warranty. The latch popped of so I have to walk around with the flap open all the time ☹️. I'll send pics of that too.

Well, we had a week full of former finding, and that wasn't too successful so we'll have to try another method. Yikes this is hard. People are just...um.... Oh well, we are all God's children. I have to remind myself that a lot. So many people have just had rough lives and we have to understand that. It's not totally their fault if they are rude to us, or if they don't keep commitments. If they avoid us at all costs. So on and so forth. There are a lot of kind, genuine people in the world as well, they are just not as loud as the cruel, hypocritical, rude, fake voices out in the world. It's always fun to meet a nice, genuine person after a long day of slammed doors and being ignored, even if they aren't that interested in what we have to say. 

Well, still trying to get the members involved in the work and I hope the new Ward mission plan that Brother Eshiet has come up with will be implemented and actually followed. We'll see how it goes. Love y'all and I'll talk to ya next week!

Guilford Elders in the back, Elder Murray w/me in the front