June 9, 2014
- How's your week been? What were the
highs/lows? This week was a pretty
good week, it was busy but good. We had exchanges on Wednesday
and into Thursday. It was pretty fun. I stayed here in our
area with the district leader, Elder H. We had a good
time and got a lot done. Unfortunately, on Wednesday after DM
(district meeting) we had to walk to get the car back. It was in the shop because we got the
dent fixed. So Elder H and I spent part of Wednesday walking for 45
minutes to get the car. It was not
fun not being without the car for a few days. So a low and a high
was at the beginning of the week after dropping the car off for the
service we had to walk home because we did not have the car. Of course, it poured rain all the way
home and we were soaking wet. It was fun though and we had a good
time J On Thursday
our exchange was pretty awesome, we finally got in to see T and we
were able to have a decent lesson with him. I think we were able to get the ball
rolling with him again. We almost got him to church, but on Friday he hurt
his ankle and was not able to make it. Hopefully he will be able to
make it soon. The whole exchange and experience with T was a
nice HUMP day present for me.
Hopefully he will continue to progress. Saturday was a fun day. We were up
at the S family’s all day helping them in the yard. We
started building an herb box for them and we helped them plant a few rows
of beans. It was a good day, it was nice with no rain and blue
sky. I’m finally starting to get my tan back. Another high was the dinner we had with
the B family last night. We had good hamburgers and hot
dogs. The best part and funny high of the night was their 3 year old
son, Simon. He is a crazy, funny little
boy and boy does he ever remind me of Masen when he was younger. All
of the sudden we looked out the window and his pants were down and he was taking
care of business out in the yard. It was really funny…straight
out of America’s Funniest Videos.
- Any exciting news this week? We also finally made contact with J again and we are going to have a lesson with her on Friday. She has been MIA for a while since she’s been in the hospital. As mentioned above, we almost got T to church but then he messed up his ankle.
- What are 5 positive things from the week? Well as of yesterday, we have reactivated 3 more people. The car is finally problem free, let’s hope it stays that way.
- Do the AP's do splits with all of the elders? How come they came to do exchanges with you last week? No, basically President just chooses people for APs to go with to see how things are going. So I guess you could say we were just the lucky ones to get chosen.
- Who are the new AP's and where are they from? Elder D is from Tremonton and Elder S is from Fillmore.
- What's up with the departure of the Tophams and the arrival of the new mission president? I think the new President gets here on June 28th and Pres. & Sis.Topham leave shortly after that. We/they are on the final count down at this point. By July 1st everything will be done and we’ll be moving forward.
- Are there any last conferences or things you'll do/have with President Topham? We have zone conference on Thursday. We also have stake conference this weekend. I’m guessing President will be at that. Also I may see him at transfers if Elder G gets transferred so we will see what happens.
- How's Elder G? He is
doing well. He continues to be Elder G J No dead
animals have been skinned lately. He just continues to stay out of
trouble and build his Legos and like his Star Wars paraphernalia .
Unfortunately, I may be on the final weeks with him, we’ll see how it
goes.
- How are things with the people you are teaching/meeting with? Give me the lowdown on who you are working with and what you're doing. Things are going great right now. We have finally been able to start teaching T & J again. We’re praying that we can continue moving in the right direction with them and not lose contact with them. Other than that things are still pretty much where they were.
- Did you get the HUMP Day package? Yes, I got it and I loved it. I know you won’t believe this, but I even waited until Thursday to open it. The stuffed camel is pretty funny/awesome. I am surprised I don't ever remember seeing/hearing that commercial. Unfortunately, Elder G wasn’t here when I opened it (he was on exchange). He got home later that night and saw it all and thought it was great. He loved the camel as well. Thank you!!!
- How's the branch? Things are going great. Pres. W is doing an awesome job getting things rolling and moving forward. We had a branch council meeting yesterday about the training they received from Elder Holland. They discussed how the time should not be spent on calendaring stuff but rather discussing the needs and people of the branch. So we are headed in the right direction.
- Is there anything we can pray for? Please pray that we can get T to church and continue help him progress.
- Is there anything you need? No, not that I can think of.
- How's your weather been? It has been up and down. It has been nice for a few days and it has rained pretty hard on others, but I will take this weather over the cold and snow any day.
Well there is another week in
the books for you. Finally, things are starting to move forward with the
work again. To top it all off, I hit half way mark…I can’t believe it.
I will get a letter in the mail here soon and also dad’s Father’s Day card. Hope you
have a great week, love you!!!
Love,
Elder Muir
