SO, I can’t believe another week went by, just as unbelievable as how last week went by so fast. Crazy eh? I’m going to be out 11 months in 2 weeks. FREAKY.
So this week was a little bit slower than the others, but it’s still so good! To kick it off, we played chair soccer AGAIN! Elder Anderson got nailed in the chest though. He had an imprint of a soccer ball on it for a little while. Let’s see, after that we called Gus. So, literally, coolest miracle ever! We called up Gus, and we were calling to see how he was doing and he said that he was on nicotine patches but that he was having a bit of a craving for a smoke. So, I just stopped him right there and said "Alright, we are coming over." Didn't wait for him to agree. So we started calling members up and NO ONE was open to come to a lesson with us! GAH! The struggle! If a missionary calls you up to ask if you can go to a lesson, that means that they need YOU! Yes! SO, we called EVERYONE! No one answers, or they say they are busy. We then remember we have some return missionaries upstairs staying with the family that we live under. We run up there and we grab one of them and take him to the lesson! It was really cool though because he (Elder Waldron) had served here about a year ago. So we go to the lesson and he is just living the dream! He was just soaking up the time he had with us! What was so cool though was that he really pushed me and really showed me some different ways of going up and talking to people! It’s been a while since I had been with a missionary that has been out that much longer than me! It was awesome though! Really got out of my comfort zone!
Let’s see. Tuesday through Saturday we spent cleaning out our area book. We did drop by nonstop because past missionaries did not know how to keep an updated area book. Super painful but we have cut down the area books size by at least half. At least it feels like it.
So, this past week, I forget which day, we were at Bear Creek park and we were teaching this lesson with Gus, and we were about to leave, when John showed me this tree. I had literally seen this tree like 50 times. He just walked into it though and disappeared. I was so excited! I raced into the tree after him and I looked up and there were just a ton of branches going up! And I just climbed that thing like a monkey! So much fun!
Other than that, it was a great week! Sunny and Gus came to church! God is just so good though! Love being a missionary! I told President Burt today that I am not going to leave ha-ha! It’s just too good! Sure love and miss you guys though!
Love
Elder McCown
