November 17, 2014
(I asked Alex what he wants to do the day that he gets home
and also told him that he would not feel uncomfortable not having a companion
because I probably will not let go of his arm J
. This is his reply: )
Real quick: can I get some extra money on my home card to
mail home packages and stuff? I would appreciate that. Also, I'd prefer
something kinda low-key. But I can't say I would mind eating out. Great Steak
would be good, JCW's would be awesome (I've been craving cheese fries for like
two weeks :P haha), or just somewhere that's not McDonald's. haha If you
still want to go to Lauren's reception, y'all can go and I can watch/catch up
with the kids. I know you're not gonna let go for a while, so I need to take
every chance I can to catch up with everybody else! ;) haha
Hey, hey, hey!
This week was one that didn't have too many
surprises/awesome stuff. Our investigators seem to be harder and harder to get
in touch with, and we've been doing a lot of less-active contacting, which is
always super boring. haha
There were some awesome highlights, though! Elder Pendleton
and I went on splits with two awesome members of the ward, Brother Malave and
Brother Kelley.
Brother Malave was going to go with Elder Pendleton to teach Lamarre, but Lamarre cancelled, and our backup plan (visit some HT-ing families) fell through, too. So Elder Pendleton and Brother Malave went to Five Guys.
Brother Kelley and myself went to teach Lynn, and we had a great lesson! As we talked on the way home, he gave us some great ideas about how to integrate her into the ward, as well as ideas to help Jim in his progression. Brother Kelley also specifically requested to come to our next lesson with Jim, to talk to him about helping us out with scouts.
I would call it a successful night :)
Brother Malave was going to go with Elder Pendleton to teach Lamarre, but Lamarre cancelled, and our backup plan (visit some HT-ing families) fell through, too. So Elder Pendleton and Brother Malave went to Five Guys.
Brother Kelley and myself went to teach Lynn, and we had a great lesson! As we talked on the way home, he gave us some great ideas about how to integrate her into the ward, as well as ideas to help Jim in his progression. Brother Kelley also specifically requested to come to our next lesson with Jim, to talk to him about helping us out with scouts.
I would call it a successful night :)
On another night, all of our appointments fell through. We
resorted to going through the area book and calling formers, which turned out
to be an inspired decision. We called some of them, and got an appointment for
an entire family who had baptismal dates last year! We are excited to go out
and teach them next week. (They're Hispanic, so there will probably be dinner
involved, too. SCORE!!!)
Unfortunately, Lamarre won't be able to make his November
30th baptismal date, because he didn't come to church (it's tough for him to
take Sundays off, because he's a barber, and Sunday is like his biggest revenue
day).
That's about it-short and sweet, y'all! Things are starting
to pick up, so hopefully there will be some more cool stories next week!
-"Eldah" Boone
(I also asked Alex what are his feelings about coming home)
Sorry-had to get off for a bit. I'm not really sure how I
feel. I'm definitely excited, but I don't want to leave at the same time. I'm
worried about money and girls and college and all that stuff, but excited for
all of that, too... I just don't know... :P
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