You know those detective movies where the detective knows he's on to something or someone because things start getting intense. Masked gunmen begin opening fire out of no where, he gets beat up on a street corner, or gets a creepy letter in the mail. I think Dash Point is having one of those times. Not to mention, I have felt like a detective sometimes. I ran after a car last week after it pulled out of the driveway last week. (It had an investigator with a baptismal date inside) and this week I ran after a woman walking her dog. Luckily, the dog stopped to use the bathroom so I was able to catch up to her. It was amazing I yelled "HEY!" and she stopped and wasn't outwardly disturbed at all! Anyway, this week was full of people wanting to bible bash with us and tell us all the "Secrets of the mormon religion." Happy happy Joy Joy.
Elder Garner is great. I love him. It is great to have a greenie that I can just trust to do the right thing. He is training me in fact. It was wonderful, yesterday, we were getting out of our car to see a man named Jeff. As we began to walk up Jeff's drive way, Elder Garner spotted a young man with a neon green beanie on and bolted for him. I couldn't see what he was looking at so I just jogged aimlessly behind, and then when I saw the green-beanie-adorned young man I began running harder too. We caught up to him. I asked him some questions. He was going to be baptized in the coming week in some other church, didnt have a testimony of anything, just looking to do what was right. I said, "have you ever read the Book of Mormon before?" He submitted that he hadn't so I ran all the way back to the car... getting there my heart was pounding as it was an uphill run, and I said to myself "Elder Garner, your step-father is too old for this." and I ran back down the hill with the Book of Mormon to find that ELDER GARNER HAD PUT THIS YOUNG MAN ON DATE FOR BAPTISM! We both set up a meeting for bishop to meet the parents and bring the great news. It was fun.
Christina, our On Date Investigator, has not smoked for FOUR WHOLE DAYS! YES! It feels so much better for me, let alone her! When I first called her about the Word of Wisdom she had already broken it the day after we issued it to her, and so I kicked a tree. This last time I called her, I didnt have to kick a tree because she hadnt smoked! Huzzah!
Father: Have I mentioned how grateful I am for your letters? I cherish each one. I esspecially liked the quote from Alexander Pope this week. Trust me, I understood it, I just had to reread it twice. It was about Pride. I wish I had it here with me. I want to know more esspecially about the frozen bursting pipes at home! What happened! How does that happen!? How long does it look like it will take to fix? You are about to have a Kreed Jr. in the family! How does that feel!
Mother: Dearest mom, thank you so much for your e-mails. Stop hurting yourself doing yoga. Well unless you want to keep giving me a good laugh that was pretty funny. Thanks for letting me know about Caleb's farewell. I am so excited that he is going on a mission! What a good missionary he will be. Its hard to know what to buy for P-day to put in my pocket. Today we bought our groceries before coming to e-mail.
Rachel & Ryan: Ola meus irmaos! Desejo que todos esta bem! Eu Amo Voces!
Jeremy & Heidi: Hello my brother and sister in law! I hope all is well! I love you both!
Elizabeth & James: Thanks again for the pictures! I am getting so excited for little Kreed to be born! I can't believe I am going to have a nephew! And despite whatever anyone says I will be his favorite uncle, plus one of whatever anyone else says! Olivia is so cute playing with your hat. I unfortunately was not able to watch the video of James's birthday because we are on the family history computers which dont have video watching capabilities.
Erik: It sounds like you are really enjoying school. I sure love you! I love you for the hard times you've helped me get through in my life. You are quite the inspiration to me. You know, I've told my conversion story a lot this week, and I don't know if I've ever told you that you were the conduit for my conversion. It was your lesson about the Holy Ghost during a family home evening that started it all, and helped me recoginize that the Holy Ghost is real. I love you.
Well, We gotta go. I sure hope you all have a good week. Please pray for Christina, Chris, and that we will find more new investigators.
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