November 25, 2013

Not much happened this week.  Last night we had a lesson with some people who are Methodist.  They mainly had questions about things we believe in. The meeting went pretty good.  They told us that we are welcome over anytime and would like to have us over again.  We are going to try and set something up with them again.

We had a lesson with an investigator whose dad practices polygamy.  He has 2 moms.  He mentioned that he doesn't want to be apart of what his dad is doing and wants to know what the main stream Mormons believe.  I think there is a real good chance that he will be baptized.

Sunday we found out that one of our less active members passed away Friday night from pneumonia.  We went and visited him just the day before.  Also one of the Deacons in the ward broke his neck while snow boarding Saturday morning.  He has feeling in all his limbs.  It could take up to 2 years to fully recover.

It is really cold here.  We wear our thermals all the time and we our still cold.  I'll think I'm going to get a couple of sweaters to wear and hope that that will help me stay warm.

That's about all for this week.

I love you.
Love,
Scott

November 19, 2013

Things are going pretty good here.  I am feeling better but a couple of days later my companion got sick.  Needless to say last week was very long.

Yesterday we had training with a member of the 2nd Quorum of the Seventy.  The training was on how to teach more simply and gave us list of 4 things that our investigators to know.  They are;
1. That God and Jesus both appeared to Joseph Smith
2. The Book of Mormon is the word of God
3. Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world and
4. The Priesthood has been restored

Hopefully we will be able to use what was talk and be able to teach more simply.

We were able to meet with Larry last week but Justin was busy.  Larry told us that Justin had a dream that he was a member of the Church.  Justin also hasn't been reading like we would like him to and he hasn't been able to come to church yet, so we will have to see what we can do to help him.

My workouts are getting harder because it's getting cold.  The other day we did go for a bike ride up a canyon that is by our apartment.  It was all up hill.  We did find a trail to ride, there were a lot of switchbacks and was looking out over the valley.  I realized how out of shape I am.  I'll have to work on that.

The members are feeding us pretty good.  I am trying to cut back on what I eat at dinner and it's working pretty well.  As of right now we don't have an appointment for Thanksgiving but I think that will change before long.

I do have another package I will be sending home soon.  I'll be sending home a couple of jackets and some long sleeve shirts that I don't need right now.  I will also be sending home another binder full of letters.

That is pretty much my week.

I love you.

Love,
Scott

Nov. 11, 2013

The family history library was open today so we went there to email today.

This week went by fast.  Wednesday was transfers and Elder Smith got transferred.  I got my knew companion Wednesday night.  Him and I get along really well.  Thursday Elder Layden unpacked.  Friday we went and saw a couple of investigators and some less active members so they could meet Elder Layden.  Saturday we cleaned a 2 mile stretch of the highway.  When we got home my stomach started hurting.  I laid down to rest.  I felt awful.  Our ward mission leader told me to just stay home Sunday and rest, so that is what we did.  We stay in Sunday and didn't do anything.  I am feeling a lot better.

That's about my week.

Love,
Scott


Here is the fish that Elder Smith caught.  The bottom picture is what it has looked like here the passed couple of days.

Nov. 4, 2013

This week for me was alright.

We meet with one of our investigators twice the week.   Things went pretty good. Although he uses marijuana. He says it's for medical purposes. We are going to have to find out if he has a prescription for it not and weather or not his is using it for just medical purposes or not, which could be hard to prove.
Friday we we're suppose to go on exchanges with the Zone Leaders, but one of them had his 4 bottom front teeth knocked out playing soccer last Monday.  Needless to say he is on a liquid diet for the next  month of so.  The dentist also told him to not eat any apples for a year or he may loose his teeth.  He also cannot workout for the rest of his mission.
Tuesday we had a mini exchange with the Zone Leaders. Elder Davis, the one who got his teeth knocked out, went with me to a dinner appointment. The family that we had the dinner appointment with made Elder Davis a smoothie for dinner.

Elder Smith decided to catch a couple of fish that we swimming around the canal. Elder Smith caught 4 fish and out them in a mason jar. They all died the next morning. He went and got more but they died that night. I guess he's just not suppose to have fish.

We did receive the transfer call Saturday night. I will be staying in Wenatchee. Elder Smith is being transferred to Kennewick. Elder Smith was kind of freaked out about it. He said he felt like needed to do something but didn't know what. I just told him to go to bed.

That's about my week. I love you and appreciate all you do for me.

Love ,
Scott