You're a little more country than everybody else

Happy Monday!

       This last week has been pretty great :) In our first full week together, Elder Pulsipher and I taught 20 lessons, extended two baptismal dates (one accepted), and set up lots of footwork for the work to continue for the foreseeable future. We had 14 less-active members at Church, too! We've gotten along well and been able to do a lot of work! He's only been out for 5 months, so his Greenie Fire is great to have around :)

       We (the English and Spanish-speaking Elders in Waterbury) had dinner with our Bishop last night, and when we were there, he mentioned that he was making pecan pie for dinner. He saw me smile and said, "Yeah, I thought you would like that, Elder Boone. But not just cuz you're a little more country than everybody else.... Yeah, actually. That's exactly why." We all got a good laugh out of that (and the pecan pie was DELICIOUS!!)

         All of us Waterbury Elders are growing concerned with our growing midsections. It's a real tribute to the dinners and members who've been feeding us, but we still decided that we're gonna do something about it. We tried cutting sweets after like 8:00, but we caught Elder Hermosilla eating some chips at like 9:45. He was just scarfing 'em down at his desk, and we started to give him a hard time about it. He just said, "Why fat is so good?!" (He meant to say, "Why is fat so good?" but his English is still a little iffy.) We all laughed for probably 5 minutes about that.

             It's great to hear about Anthony and Jesse!  You'll have to let me know where they're going :)

           One more cool thing about Steven-he went to the Temple last week! Since we're allowed to go with recent converts, Elder Pulsipher and I abused that and went. We got to watch Steven do baptisms (Elder Pulsipher was a witness and I recorded) and then got to do initiatories and an endowment session. It's amazing what the Lord reveals when you're earnestly seeking for answers.

            Life is going well here in Connecticut. We've seen the Lord hastening the work (a combined 5 referrals in the last week alone), and as we keep busy, we're seeing so many miracles-both large and small-in the lives of the people we've been working with. Since I've gotten here, our sacrament meeting attendance has increased by an average of 15 people per week, we've had baptisms every month, and we've seen members get more and more active in the Church. Bishop says that the growth has been even more since the beginning of the year, and he's excited to be a part of it. It's a great time to be a Missionary, and especially here in Connecticut! 

        I love alla y'all and hope this finds you well!

-Elda Boone

PS-One of our members wants a legit Idaho potato. Like a BIG one. Any way we could make that happen?