Dear Family and Friends,
First off, I
wanted to say congrats to John and Karla and Family on the new baby!!
Whoohoo!! :) Another Cousin!! Haha, man, October will be here in NO
time!! What are we at right now? How many cousins are we??? (29) Anyways,
things have been going decently well. This last week was tough again, but
we are still grateful and excited for the wonderful experiences we had.
So today for P-day, we had the craziest party. We
had a big barbeque as a zone and some of the elders from the office and
the assistants came! Also, Elder Frost and his companion came! :) Yeah
boy!!! In addition to the barbeque, we also played soccer and basketball! It was so fun! :D
It was also really fun to catch up with Elder Frost! He is just
awesome! It'll be such fun hanging out with him after the mission :D
So
a cool experience real quick! This week I went on divisions with Elder
Schwartz (a great guy, friend of Todd Baer). We had about five
appointments that day and I worked especially hard the night before to
get members to come with us to these appointments. Four of them fell
through... I felt bad that Elder Schwartz
and I were seriously just walking around trying to visit with someone
for literally 5 1/2 hours. Finally, at the end of the day we had a
lesson with a couple, L. and L. The wife is about to leave on a trip
to the Netherlands so when we got there she was really busy trying to
get her hair all done. I thought, "No, not again. The cherry on top of
the evening." We talked to L. (the husband) for a little bit and explained that we
have a small message to share. Suddenly L. (the wife) burst into the room (still
with a whole mess of hair stuff trailing her) and said, "I am so sorry
that I look so horrible, but I wanted to hear your message!" L., L.,
and the hair stylist (N.) sat down and listened to our message. We
centered it around families and the spirit was so strong. We were asking
questions like crazy and teaching so well (I credit it all to the
spirit). The member we brought shared his testimony about his parents
being sealed in the temple and we ended by sharing the hymn "Familes can be
Together Forever." L. wants to watch the video "Together Forever" and
his daughter comes home soon so we are going to show them both. Also,
N. was so interested that she gave us her information and was willing
to learn more about the Gospel of Jesus Christ that has been restored
:) Amazing lesson! I felt on fire because I knew that we taught by the
spirit!!!!
Here are some answers to the questions from this week:
(Is it starting to cool down yet?) So
right now it is still hot but we can tell that the weather is changing
because there has been an unusual number of overcast cool days of late,
with means we are heading into fall...WHOOHOO!!! :) Finally!!!
(Have you had any problems with fleas or other bugs?) About two
weeks ago I woke up with about 20 bug bites on my body that just jerked me
sideways in a bad way. I was itching the whole day so I put some
terrashield on my bed and took a good shower. Since then I haven't had
any problems. Elder Kern woke up one day and felt itchy as well. That
night, we came home and he had big splotches of red with white centers ALL OVER his body. He had two really rough nights but we went to the
doctor and all things seem well now. :) Fortunately!!!
(How is your health? You haven't mentioned anything for a long time...) Health wise I am
doing great!
(How are all your clothes holding up?) My clothes are doing well! The shirts I have been using are
starting to be really yellow and fall apart, those are mostly just the
short sleeve ones. I still have three, unused shirts in my suitcase so
next summer I will start using those with the good shirts I still have.
When fall is really here, I'm tossing the bad shirts. The shoes Dad and I
bought when I was like 15 or 16 are starting to really fall apart! They
still look presentable but the insides are trashed. I am making them
last to my year-mark though :D (What do you look forward to the most?) I usually look forward to my studies
during the day! I really like to study and learn new things. I've really
been expanding my knowledge of the Bible while connecting scriptures to
my Book of Mormon. It's cool because when Elder Frost left, I've only
been using my Spanish scriptures and it has really helped me know my
proselyting scriptures better. In regards to the temple, I think I am
going to try and go around my birthday, maybe I'll try and go with Elder
Frost again, who knows! :) Haha! (Once someone becomes a Zone Leader, is he always a Zone Leader?) Usually the Zone Leaders will stay in
that spot until the end of the mission but sometimes they are made
Assistants or receive other assignments throughout the mission. It
really just varies but generally Zone Leaders are Zone Leaders for the
rest of the mission.
(What has each of your companions taught you? If you could choose one
thing that you have really learned from them, what would it be?) Elder Frost really taught me to work hard and to be
obedient. He taught me to do my best and then be satisfied with the
results. Elder Kern has taught me to love the people and to look more
for their needs. He has also taught me patience and positivity!
Well, that's basically the week! Take care everyone; love you all :) |
| "Here's a project that I worked on this week. It's a map about the Book of Mormon and the Bible! We've used this in our lessons and it has been awesome! (Written and Designed by Elder Adam Bushman)" |
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| He was the boss BBQ'er at home - now he is in Chile. Love the photo-bombing Elders! |
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