EFY!!!

So last week’s EFY was amazing, but the one this week has gotten off to an even better start! Despite all of the mishaps that I endured on the way here (thinking I lost my wallet and locked my keys in the car, getting to Ypsilanti just in time for the session director fireside, and not being able to cash my Papa John’s paycheck at Wal*Mart because their machine wouldn’t read the numbers on it), today, the first official day of this session, was great! First of all, I can tell from today that my guys are most likely gonna be a lot less rambuxious than last week, which is kinda surprising because this week I have 12 and last week I only had 8. And, they all seem to want to participate and listen during devotionals and meetings. We had our devotional on faith this evening. I played the intro to The Restoration and then we discussed how our faith affects ourselves and those around us. Most of them participated in the discussion, and I thought it went really well. I shared with them the story of the time Elder Toupin and I went to contact one of Fallowfield’s media referrals, and how the guy asked us why we were so happy, and we told him that it was because we knew that the gospel had been restored and it brought us so much joy that we couldn’t help but be happy. This triggered a discussion of times when other people have noticed that we are “different” because we actually live what we believe and it makes us better people spiritually. The Spirit was there and I think the devotional was a success. And, to top it all off, it’s 11:00 and they’re ALL in bed with the lights out! I’m so happy!

On a random side note, I got to go to Tim Hortons today and get a dozen donuts plus 20 Timbits. I used the dozen donuts as part of the “Getting to Know You” activity. They each chose a donut (each one was different), then I asked them to explain why they chose the one they did, and how it represented them and their personality. As far as I can tell, they really enjoyed it. I thought it was fun and it worked really well, especially since it was a last-minute substitute for the activity I did last week (I couldn’t find where I put the Starburst cards).

Well, that’s all I’m gonna write for today. I think I’m gonna take advantage of my group’s awesome obedience and actually go to bed before 11:30 tonight!

Until next time,

~David~