Monday, October 22,
2012 9:43 AM
Hey Family,
First off, You're the
best. I luves you lots. :) Next order of business, Father, we get a
car every other week, which does help getting to farther places. Elder
Moses is doing quite well. He's growing tremendously and is taking more
and more initiative every day which is amazing. He went to a year of
school before his mission. Right now, if everything continues to go well,
we will have 2 baptisms in November, which will be truly amazing for those
individuals as they make those covenants to follow Jesus Christ.
I got letters from
Dylan Barney, Hayden White, mom #18, Kati Kamas, and a beautiful package from
Kayla Nelson O'Dwyer and Family. It had much deliciousness in it
including but not limited to a scrumptious cookie mix and yummy
granola bars.
Apparently, I hear
the polls are pointing toward Romney, eh?? As a missionary, I refuse to make a
comment, "*no comment*". :) I kind of twisted my foot the
other day on a step that just jumped out of no where...actually, Deej, it was a
yeti. I started asking people if they had seen that Yeti that just beat
me up, but no one did ;) Just kidding, but seriously ;) Luckily, good ol'
arnie gel saved the day and it feels pretty dang good. At first, I
thought I sprained it, but thankfully no.
Well, I have a funny
story for you :) We talked to this guy on the street the other day, but
he basically talked to us and came up to us. He started talking about how
he had come to a LDS service, but didn't like it because there were too many
babies crying. Mind you, this guy's voice is kind of that Italian
sounding sing song voice, so no matter what he's saying he sounds Satirical.
Anyways, so it kind of sounds like he's joking so I'm kind of joking with
him about how maybe they were speaking tongues etc, and he's all like
then there has to be an interpretation of tongues etc. and
how there is something wrong if you can't hear the word of God. So that
was the beginning. Then he starts going off on the spiel about Noah
and his sons. One of the funniest lines he said that made it into my
journal was that God cursed Nimrod because he was killing all of God's
dinosaurs. Then, he started to kind of walk away, but I felt that I
should at least give him a card, so I tried and he straight up rejected it when
he saw that it had pictures of people of different races on the back. I
mean straight up rejected it and went on this other tangent about how
integration is bad for our country and on and on. Wow. This guy was
crazy. Finally, we got away. But, it made for a funny story. Oh, I
forgot, he also mentioned how we are the stewards of the earth or something, so
we have to make sure that every animal is here when it's all over, including
the dragon, yes the dragon, which according to him, is one of God's favorite
animals :) tee hee
I hope you liked the
story :)
Back to business,
things are going well here. I absolutely love the members in this ward.
There are just so many fantastic ones; it's amazing :) We had 2
investigators in church yesterday, which was excellent. We have also seen
the Lord's hand at work here as He directs His work. Things fall through,
but the Lord always has other plans in mind as we exercise faith in him and
prayerfully set goals and make plans. On Saturday, an appointment fell
through which allowed us to go out to Atlantic Beach earlier than we would
have, which in turn allowed us time to visit a family that is less active that
invited us right in. We had a good get to know you talk, and then we were
able to set up a dinner appointment with them next week, and they have a kid
they're raising that is unbaptized and is 11 and they want him to progress
toward baptism! Miracles, miracles, miracles. They're out there, the
miracles, you just have to look for them :)
Last thing, we did
some service, unloading some hard wood flooring and my pants that I brought
decided to get a divorce and become a pant and a pant :) Life's good
though. I just wish I were a better missionary. I often feel pretty
inadequate and that I have an insurmountable amount to learn and
change. I guess I'll just keep trying :)
Love,
Elder Patty
ps. I hope the
ballot comes soon.
pps. the weather here
is quite beautiful. I like it :)
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