Zone Conference this week...

Hey Mom!

This week was good and we did have a Zone Conference this week and Mission Leadership Council, so we were doing some preparing for that.  Zone Conference went well, we instructed on using the Book of Mormon in conversion and drew on the talks "What Think Ye of the Book of Mormon?", "Safety for the Soul", and Hugh Nibley's parable about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon.  The central message was that you cannot testify with converting power unless you yourself have been converted by the Book of Mormon.  It went well.  Things have been going very well.

Love Y'all!

Father and Son reunited at the baseball field

Full of Exchanges...

Hey Mom,

This week was good and full of exchanges and all of that stuff.  Things have been going alright in Fuquay, still working a lot with the members and tracting.  Not much new to report, but we do have a Zone Conference coming up this weekend which will be good.  I'll let  you know how it goes!

Love ya!

Calendar for Matt...

Our family has a tradition of sending a complete two-year calendar with each missionary that goes out.  For Matt's calendar, we asked Jake to fill in each day for the month of December 2017.  His letter for this week was simply what he wanted his page for Matt to be.  I didn't know this but apparently, this year, December has 32 days! haha

December 2017
1.  A Scripture a day keeps the Devil Away
2.  Luke 14:20
3.  Alma 17:2-3
4.  Song of Solomon 7:3
5.  D&c 35:13-14
6.  JAKE COMES HOME!
7.  1 Corinthians 13:1-3
8.  Omni 1:26
9.  D&C 138:55-57
10. 1 Kings 19:11-12
11. Craig's Birthday
12. 2 Kings 6:15-17
13. 2 Kings 2:23-24
14. Jacob 1:19
15. Revelation 22:18-19
16. James 2:17-26
17. Be sure your staying In Shape
18. Get into a Bible bash today!
19. Moses 6:59
20. Obedience
21. Sacrifice
22. Consecration
23. Helaman 10:3-5
24. Zechariah 2:6
25. You call home tomorrow!
26. Christmas Day! 
27. Blah Blah Just come to church
28. Have the most epic P-day 
29. Hebrews 11
30. Abraham 3:21-28
31. Be sure you Have D&C 4 Memorized!
32. New Years Eve

Questions, Questions...

Investigator update:

How is Maddie progressing?

She is doing well we have a lesson this week with her member friends who live in the Beaver Creek ward near Apex.

How is Andrew progressing?

PPPPTTTBBBBBHHTTTT!!! Sorry that was undignified anyways he wants to progress at his own pace so he no longer wants to meet with us, we're going to stick some of his member friends on him though. 

How did "finding" go this week?

Great we have a few solid people we found, Darrel is a minister, we confounded him is his ways and we will be seeing him again on Thursday. 

Tell us all about Elder Hawks "departure"...

Good, nothing out of the ordinary happened we worked right up until he left and we said good bye at transfers.

How are things going with Elder McConkie?

Great he is the man!

Where is he from?

Southern California, Rancho Santa Margirita is the name of his town.

What kind of things does he like to do?

He loves basket ball, ping pong, beach and Risk

How long has he been out?

17months

Tell us about your experience being a zone leader, how are you liking it etc:

I like it, its a good change of pace and different responsibilities you get to know a lot more people as well which is nice, best thing about it though is you always have a solid companion.

Is there anything you need?

nope

How often are you invited over for dinner?

5-6 times a week

Jake and his comp, Elder McConkie

New Companion...

It's transfer day!  Elder Shields' new comp is Elder McConkie.  So thankful for them both.
-J Olsen

Elder Shields and McConkie Fuquay-Varina ZL's