11/6/12

Dear Family and Friends,

 

Rachel and Ryan, I realized soon after I sent my e-mail last week that I did not mention you both. I recieved that post... brick. It is awesome! I unfortunately could not three hole punch it to put it in my letter binder, but now it sits in the front of that binder in a pocket :). I also recieved your package. I LOVE the shirts and the pictures AND the FOOD! I ate the gummy snacks and the nutella in two days. They were yummy. Unfortunately the muffin mix stuff was punctured somehow and went all over the inside of the box! That was sad. But it was all yummy and awesome. Thanks! Dad - Thanks for the e-mail. I always enjoy the quotes you use in it. Where do you find all of those quotes from philosophers? Many times I have recited the quote you sent to me three weeks ago in the mail - "A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still." How true that is. By the way, I met a sister benson who knew you that said she grew up with you. She remembered you burning down the barn. I gave her your e-mail. Hope that is ok. She is in my ward. Mom - To answer some of your questions, Elder Palmer is from Idaho Falls. He is the ONLY companion I have known that knew where Ririe was. Ambulence Families are not reactivation families. They are fellowshipping families. They are called that because most of the Investigators we meet are super sad. Thats why they listen to us. So we call up the ambulence family to be a fellowship family that can be ready at a moments notice to fellowship this investigator family. This mission also uses them as a finding family. They find a family that they can teach in their home and bring them to us. Thank you for that e-mail! I did vote. It went very well. Everything worked out as planned.

 

Today we are going to the temple. That is why I did not write yesterday. Today is our P-day this week. This last week we had a church tour with a woman named Sonja. She was fantastic. She doesnt want to come to church though, which is a bit frustrating because we did everything for her to feel the spirit. The most frustrating thing is all these people who come to the verge of baptism. Paris is one of them. (The son of the woman who gave you all a call about her medical problems). He came so close! He still is close. But I think he's going to become a former investigator. I've cried many times for him. Jacob is another. So close, yet so far. Chris. Tracy. And the list goes on. Sometimes I feel like if I just let the emotions for these people flow, it would just be unbearable. Somehow God keeps missionaries going to where they forget those pains and we can just deal with it and hope they get baptized.

 

Well, my companion forgot his camera at home. You can blame him for me not finishing this letter... ish. (I only typed that because he was looking at my screen.) Just kidding. The timer is almost up. 2 minutes to go. I hope you all have a great week! I love you all!