As we were walking to the library I found a Costa Rican 2000
Colones bank note. Does anyone know how much that is? I thought it was just
kind of random to find Costa Rican money on the side of the road in North
Carolina.
Well, this was quite the energizing week. We had district
meeting this week on the NCRM emergency plan in preparation for hurricane
season. That will be pretty stressful on me if we get a hurricane, because
there's an almost confusing order to the chain of communication. Afterwards I
went to Leland on exchange with Elder Winger, one of the missionaries from my
MTC district. He's also going to be staying at the Village this semester so
he'll be in my stake at BYU. We as the seasoned veterans of the mission (Elder
Winger had just spent the past year of his mission as a zone leader) discussed
the issues of the district and we quickly came to the conclusion that we were
lacking member-missionary synergy. In later accounting calls I found out that
this problem is had in the entire district, and I wouldn't be surprised if the
entire zone was suffering from a lack of unity between the full-time
missionaries and the ward/branch councils.
We got back and made the preparations for Antonio's baptism.
That was such a great experience. I have taught few if any people who have been
as prepared for the gospel as he was. He said that after he came up out of the
water (which was way too hot, by the way) he felt something of a chill run
through his whole body, like nothing that he had ever experienced before.
To cap the week off, the Worldwide Leadership Broadcast came
almost as an answer to prayers. It was such an inspiring meeting. Elder Packard
and I had an especially interesting time as we both have brothers on missions.
Elder Packard looked right at me when Elder Holland was addressing the Stake in
Lima. We were even more amazed when Elder Anderson started talking of the Tampa
Stake, where Elder Packard's brother is currently serving as a zone leader. Every
one of the songs just about brought me to tears, it was very moving. Our ward
mission leader was moved to tears as well, and he was definitely fire up by the
broadcast. Hopefully we can see the work hasten in Wilmington. It was amazing
to be on my mission during such a historical meeting for missionary work, with
a brother also on a mission. The work of salvation is the most important thing
we can ever do. Nothing will ever be more important. I love you all so much!
Love,
Elder Perryman
