Well I had changes today. They changed both me and Elder Heath. I am now in the sector Vivaceta with Elder Saravia from Bolivia. I have my first latin companion and Im very excited to work with him. He just got into the mission about 2 months ago so he´s very new and excited to work. I also became district leader for the first time here in the mission field. Im very excited to serve here in this new sector and with a new companion.
Last week in our zone class, we had a lesson from the assistants of the mission. They talked about how about a year ago in the mission, we were setting goals of 20 baptisms per zone and actually completing those goals but now in the mission zones are putting goals of 6 or 7 baptisms and not achieving. They asked for a few personal reasons why from each missionary written on a piece of paper. A lot of the answers were obedience or just ourselves and how we hold ourselves back from our potential. They had us split up with a random missionary and think in silence for 5 minutes and then share what we learned about how we can make ourselves better. As I sat there in silence I started thinking of general things that I can change and then the thought came that we always focus on the general qualities of a missionary. I started thinking about how I can do better with the members and just with the people in general. As I was thinking I looked down at my little note taking folder and saw a picture of Eli Pratt and I when we were very young. I started thinking about how much I miss that guy and things like that then the thought came to my head that I should treat every person here as if they were Eli. As my best friend, Eli has always been somebody I can talk to openly and he will understand everything I tell him and give me good advice. Also, I´ve been somebody he can talk to openly. I decided that I should be more personal with the people I serve. I should treat everybody as if they were Eli expressing their trials or fun times to me. Ive been learning a lot more about how I can talk with people by putting that in practice. Today in the taxi I started talking to the taxi driver about the soccer game last night and how Chile lost and then we started talking about music and then eventually we arrived to his family and his kids. He was telling me about how one of his goods looks like a gringo with blonde hair and white skin. Even though I was only with that guy for about 20 minutes I really felt like I got to know him better as a person and I was a lot more happy. Id like to thank Eli for being the person that makes me a better missionary and who keep me really motivated.
So, last night we went around visiting a few members from my ward because I figured I was leaving. We took some pictures and then they started talking about our ward there and how it can be better. I realized a lot of the members themselves dont even like the ward they are in and how they all look for excuses to why its so bad. They were saying about how the leadership lacks love or how the youth arent motivated to do much. I was thinking about how if every single member sucked it up for a few minutes and really realized that nobody is perfect in the world, then member they would realize how they can help the ward be better. Everybody in the ward has so much potential but there is a lot of pride holding them all back. I love them all and I miss them all but The Lord wants me here in this sector now. We have a lot of investigators set up for baptism soon. Last week in this sector they found 22 new investigators! We will definately be dominating here but in a humble way.
Thank you all for all your support, love, and examples in my life. I challenge you all to think about what you can do to help your ward.
Love Elder Ty Peck
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