Pittsburgh Mission Memoirs

"ELDEEEEERS! What's happening?!?" "Nothing much, Hector. It's our P-Day." "Then you are coming over here to have pizza!" "Oooookay?" *click* Bro. Hector Morales got himself a new apartment recently, and ever since has opened up his doors wide to us missionaries. He's always inviting us over to have pizza or ice cream and all kinds of stuff, and such was the case this last Monday....

I'm sure you all remember John. Of course you do. I talk about him in nearly every post. Well, we're still teaching him and he's still trying to quit smoking. The reason I bring him up is because we actually started teaching another John, who I'll call Jon so we know the difference. We met Jon on the street, smoking (like most other Pennsylvanians). As soon as we started talking...

I have learned something this week - when a new missionary comes into an area, the entire area is turned upside-down. Elder Blake's presence in this area has caused all kinds of things to happen, both good and bad. Most of what happened was completely out of our control, but I can say we've had a lot of amazing miracles.   Take Spanish, for example. Elder Nelson was a Spanish...

"...and Elder Nelson will be serving in Harrisburg Walk with Elder Lucio. Now go where you need to go." The missionaries in the transfer meeting began to shuffle where they were assigned. The Zone Leader, Elder Brutinel, finished reading off the list of which missionaries would be going where and who their companions would be. The missionaries were getting together with...