No longer a teenager.

     Well it’s the 5^th to day so….. HAPPY 5^TH OF JULY!!!!! Ha ha well this week has gone by very fast! And yes, I have been transferred to a place called Rocky Mount and it is a city its so crazy! There is a ward and everything!!! There is even a target and Sam’s club!! I haven’t seen those in forever!!! Its so crazy I think its really really funny how I had forgotten about most of this stuff and was just happy to have a Walmart!

     Tuesday morning when I was about to leave Roxboro to transfer meeting president calls me and asks me to be district leader. Tomorrow I have my first district meeting that I'm in charge of and I'm hoping it will be good. The focus of the meeting is on the doc of Christ. As we increase in Christ-like attributes our ability to teach with love and the spirit will increase.   

      We have a lot of people to teach here and that’s just amazing! The Lord is putting people in our path. I have a really funny story that happened yesterday and let me tell you it was scary! Ha ha OK so on the way back from shopping (on our bikes still we share a car every other week) we pass taco bell and we both decide we would like something to eat, and we go in and this lady takes our order and I think nothing of it and then sit down. I start to eat and talk with my new comp (Elder Conner's who is also cool) and then I decide I need to get a refill and I get up and this kid at a table I pass spills all over the place. The lady starts to clean it up and I say something like “oh no” and go sit back down. When I look up and she is still cleaning up and she looks at me and said,

“Why didn’t you help me clean up?”
I say “because you’re getting paid.” 
“Why do you keep on smiling at me?”
 I said “because I'm just happy.” Then she walks up and asks "Can I sit down? We say "yes" so she sits right next me and starts asking who we are? We started to talk about the gospel and the plan of salvation and invite her to church and she said she would like to go because she hasn’t been to a church in a long time. God works in strange ways.

Later that night we had an appointment and taught a very interesting lesson outside on the porch, then just as we started biking home the rain started coming down and it was pelting us in the eyes. We just kept on going until this man stops in his mini van and offers us a ride home. He was of a nondenominational religion and he was a little interested to know what we believed, as we testified, he decided that we did truly believe in Christ.

     That's it for this week. I'm so grateful that I am able to enjoy this time on my mission. It is scary to think that already halfway done.  Thanks for all the birthday wishes I know that it’s going to be a great one!!!! I love you all so much. It was been a great 20 years and I'm looking forward to many many more with all of you!!!
Well I got to go so take care and be safe!
ELDER MAUGHAN no longer a teenager =) hahahahaha