Week 9

Monday, August 20, 2012 9:22 AM

To the most best amazing family ever created...

It is to thee that I now transcribe the thoughts of my mind onto this intricate and amazing device deemed keyboard, where they are thus relayed by tiny messengers into the midst of cyberspace....

Anyways,  Hello everyone,

I hope everyone is doing fantabulistic!!!  Life here is going pretty swell.  The heat on some days is TERRIBLE!!!!! Ughhh...disgusting, but I'll survive.  I can't wait for it to be cold enough for me to wear my coat.  

Concerning Dad's inquiries, we had 1 investigator and 2 less actives in church yesterday, which equates to 1 family.  We are helping to reactivate the parents, and we just picked up their 9 year old son as an investigator.  We waited for that last part because we wanted to see dedication and diligence out of the family before we baptize someone who will never be able to make it to church on their own and will just join the less active stats of the ward.  Recently, we have had 3 new active families move into the ward.  Crazy.  All 3 of them have kids and everything.  We also see a ton of visitors in the summer as people come down here for vacations for a week or so or a weekend.  That's pretty intense about the couple going to NCRM that stopped in Grand Junction.  Did you catch their names? 

We had a good lesson last night with an investigator, his mom and sister, who are members, out of 2nd Nephi 31, which is an amazingly fantastic chapter.  Afterwards, Elder Jensen drew a picture of the gate and the strait and narrow path, and that really helped it to set in a little more.  That family is the Fleck family, and I absolutely love them.  They are a family that I guarantee I will stay in contact throughout my mission and after my mission.  They are absolutely wonderful.  It's beautiful.  For mother's inquiry, Teaching is going well.  I'm understanding more and more and learning more and more.  We are definitely blessed as missionaries with special gifts when we are set apart as missionaries for the Church.  Obviously, I have a ton of things to work on and improve at, but that comes in time.  

ps. We got dumped on by rain on our way to the church building this morning.  Good stuff ;)

Oh, and also, currently we are in mail hold while transfers are commencing.  It should be soon that they start sending them out again.  Speaking of which, I forgot to write down what letters I received from you all this week.  And did I forget last week too??  Ummm...let's see from memory...I believe I received one from Grandma and I did receive the one with the stake newsletter in it from mother.  I think that was #8 or something close to it.  I'll have to double check.  Sorry, I'm still getting used to what I need to remember for letters ;) Dylan should be almost done with the MTC by now I would think.  He probably either left this morning or will leave tomorrow.  Could you get me his address, perhaps? 

I'm going to email you some pictures, but they're aren't very exciting.  I'm trying to think back to when DJ sent pictures, and honestly, I really don't know what to take pictures of.  I could do random crazy shots of me...but that's not very exciting :)

But, I'm eating well, doing well, sleeping pretty well (even though I'm pretty tired, pretty often), and enjoying life.  Yesterday, the spirit reminded me just how important it is to never lose hope because that is a slippery slope into the depths of despair.  (If you want to study some good stuff on hope, see Ephesians, especially chapter 8, I think).

Luvs forever and always,

Elder Patty