Wow, it has been a week! I was transferred to a new area this last week near the city of Woodridge and it is an English area so I guess I'm basically an English Elder now with my new companion, Elder Glines. It has been a crazy ride with all the transfer details, but we are finally settling in and to be honest, I've had the most fun this last week doing missionary work than in any other time of my mission.
One night we were driving back late from a lesson when we decided to stop and go and contact some people. Elder Glines has a goal of inviting someone to be baptized everyday and has been going strong for almost a year (he's such a cool missionary!) so we hopped out of the car and walked into the train station. When we got there, there were probably 3 or 4 people in there: one lady was sitting on the bench quietly, there was another standing by the window looking at her phone, a man talking to himself and swearing in the middle of the room and another guy roaming around the back just waiting. As we walked in, we were laughing and talking about how cold it was and we all split up and talked to different people. I talked to a guy named Troy for a while and was able to give him a Book of Mormon (I gave him one that my brother Max had written his testminony in--Troy loved it) and invite him to be baptized, and by the time that we left that train station, everyone in there were best friends! We were all laughing together, talking--the guy in the middle who was swearing had a ball of socks we played catch with (i think they were clean socks) and it stood as such a testimony to me of what the Spirit and of what the Gospel can do. I think we brought a little piece of Heaven to that cold train station, and that was a miracle.
Like always, thank you for your love and support and thank you for your prayers. Love you all and wish you the best! Stay warm!
Elder Arkoudas
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