Hey everyone how are you all doing? This week has been
kind of long as it has rained the entire time and it seems like we haven't seen the sun
for the past month. Anyways some of the highlights from this week start on
Monday. We went to a junkyard. There were a bunch of old cars we took time to
scavenge through and we were looking for old seat belt's that we could make belts out of. That was
really fun! After that we went to lunch, and after lunch we went to a family's
house and we had a birthday party for Elder Crandall because he was turning 20.
On Tuesday we had our interviews with the mission president which went quite
well. President Cooke is winding down here as the mission president in the
Washington DC North mission. He will be done around the first of July. After he
is released he and his family are taking a vacation to California for a month
then they're coming back to their house which they bought in the same ward that
they were serving in. It seems because of his short time he was making the
interviews a little bit longer than usual which was quite nice. It was really
cool just to be able to talk to him and be able to get to know him a little bit
better.
On Wednesday I was able to interview someone for baptism which was a
pretty cool experience that I'm very glad that I was able to have the spirit
was very strong.
Thursday we had our district zone meetings.
On Friday we spent the day at the farm
working on various tasks that they needed to finish up. We spent a lot of time
finishing the staining which took place last week, we also took time to take
the ponies from the field that they were in and bring them up to the barn and
then we brought them back when they were done. After we were finished at the
farm we went to dinner at the Blewett's home. Another family from the ward was
also there which made it a really fun time.
We were able to meet the Blewett's daughter who is a
nonmember. She is about 23 and she plans
on attending college at UVU in the fall. She has been hanging out with lots of
missionaries as of late and it really seems like the Lord is working on her. As
of right now she is out in Maryland for the summer working at the summer camp
that some members own. We are hoping this summer, that she will create some solid connections with some other
members and hopefully she will start becoming more and more interested in the
church.
On Saturday I was able to perform two more baptismal interviews and
just like the first, they were a great experience full of the spirit. Later
that night I was able to go to Lacsamana family who are in the Gaithersburg
ward. I called them up a few nights before and told them that I need to see
them before I leave. It turned out that it was an answer to their prayers. I
know they're going through some hard times and none of the missionaries in
their ward right now don't really understand what is going through their lives right
now. Personally I don't completely understand what is going on, but I was in
the ward when a lot of the things that they're dealing with right now were
developing.
During the night we had dinner and I was able to give
sister Lacsamana and her mom a blessing. Those blessings were one of the most
spiritual moments on my mission. That night helped me see that God really does
care about everybody and their circumstances. That something that we say a lot
and sometimes I feel like it's kind of deluded because of the repetition, but
when you seeGod's work in someone's lives it really does bring a much greater
meaning.
On Sunday we had a meeting with all the missionaries for mission
leaders in the stake at 7 o'clock in the morning we talked a lot about what was
going on with the efforts of missionary work in the stake after that meeting we
went to church and enjoy the services it was for conference we had opportunity
to hear from the stake president and a bunch of the stake leaders. Another
great highlight of Sunday, we are able to meet in new family in the ward and
have dinner with them. On my mission I have appreciated the opportunity to get
to know people a lot more than I did at home. I love talking and listening and
hearing people's differences and their different points of view. As you listen
it really does broadens your perspective and you have the opportunity to learn
from them and their lives.
Thank you so much for all the emails and all the love
and support. I am so sorry for the late email once again.
I hope all of you
have a wonderful week thank you so much much love!
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