Monday, November 26,
2012 10:10 AM
FAMILY!!!!!!!
Long time, no
read...okay...maybe just a week, but whatever. :) Let's see. Before
I get to the nitty gritty of my week, let me address a few of your questions/concerns/snide remarks...
Yes, transfers normally
would end up being on Christmas this year, but since the rule is that they'll
never make a missionary miss 3 Christmases (and because it would be
nearly impossible to do transfers on Christmas day) this transfer is only going
to be a 5 week transfer and then next will be a 7 week transfer. Both
will be super weird. One will feel super short, the other super long.
Sounds like y'all had
a good thanksgiving. Good stuff. We planned most that day, and then
had dinner with the family we stay with, which when all their family came over,
ended up being like half the ward :) just kidding...but seriously...
Yes, we do get the
Ensign, but it goes to the apartment. Ergo, perhaps only an extra copy of
the General Conference edition would be okay to send. I want to really
study that and probably mark it up a whole bunch. We STILL haven't
received our GC edition Ensign. Sheesh. Super backed up I guess :)
So now to
me...yesterday in church, we only had 1 investigator there...and he was the one
getting confirmed, so he had better have been there or the confirmation
wouldn't have gone as well. The confirmation was really special and
powerful as well. He's such a great guy and I'm so excited to see him
begin his journey back to our loving Father in Heaven. That's one of the
best parts about being a missionary--seeing the Gospel of Jesus Christ change
people, witnessing the power of God at work. We have a couple of
investigators who are on track for hopefully getting baptized in December (after
I most likely leave, most likely, but that's okay :). One of them, who is
super solid, seems to have dropped off the face of the planet this past week.
We haven't been able to get in contact with him at all, so we don't know
what Satan did this time to someone who was coming to Christ, but it's getting
kind of annoying. You may ask why I would consider him still on track for
December...because he's just that solid ;)
I hope next Sunday
I'll be able to see the First Presidency devotional. Hopefully. I
hope you start getting snow too. Otherwise, next spring/summer isn't
going to be good...for anyone...mostly the farmers :(
This Wednesday we
have interviews with President again, which should be really good :) I
love my mission president. He's so solid.
I'll tell you one of
the most difficult things about being a missionary is trying to remember
EVERYTHING!!!!! There are so many things that we have to remember.
To start, if we didn't have our planners, I'd probably curl up and die.
But then we have so much to remember and so much to do, and there just
isn't enough time to do it all. Prioritizing is key, but still it's like
"We really need to go visit this (Less active, former investigator,
potential investigator etc) again...we haven't seen them for (a week, a month,
for a millenium etc) when could we do that this week? Oh wait, let me
see...no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no...well...our next open day that we have anytime
to do anything else is next transfer. Oh dang. That's not going to work.
Let's see if we can sneak them in somewhere. Oh, I know I know.
Looks like we have a 15 second break right there. What if we
traveled at light speed and saw them then. No that won't work...we can't
travel at light speed and they live 30 minutes away...by car. Oh, and we
don't have the car this week. Well, shoot." Story of
missionary life (with a few alterations and embellishments here and
there :)
Anyways, hopefully
this week goes great. Holidays just butcher missionary work, I feel.
Who wants to set up an appointment on Thanksgiving?!?! Nobody,
that's who. :)
So, time continues to
fly. I love you all so much. ps. I got letters from mom #23, grams,
and Sis. Sherman.
Love,
Your favorite son
currently on an earthly mission,
Elder Patty
ps. Happy
birthday this Friday mom. Big 35 :)
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