Hey Y'all, it was a snowy week but it was a good one. Hope that you enjoy reading my emails about my mission for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Even though i'm only 4 months in, I have already been able to bless others and feel the outpouring of the spirit. Hope y'all had a merry Christmas and i wish you a happy New Year!
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Its cooooold (sorry for all of the weather subjects, i'll stop in a week or two)
So this week was a very interesting one, with lots of events, conferences, and everything else.
Skating: So last pday we were able to go Ice Skating. It was a member in one of the surrounding stakes that has set up a Ice Skating rink kinda thing in their backyard. So about 3 o clock last Monday, most of our zone went over to the house and skated. The last time that i did something like that was about 10 years ago, back in Georgia. And it wasn't on the ice, it was roller bladding, and i fell a lot. With the help of a little chair that also likes to slide on the ice it was a lot easier than you would think to be able to go about it. And i was also able to do it without the chair, and i only almost fell down about 3 times. It was fun and it's something that i will love to do again.
Skating: So last pday we were able to go Ice Skating. It was a member in one of the surrounding stakes that has set up a Ice Skating rink kinda thing in their backyard. So about 3 o clock last Monday, most of our zone went over to the house and skated. The last time that i did something like that was about 10 years ago, back in Georgia. And it wasn't on the ice, it was roller bladding, and i fell a lot. With the help of a little chair that also likes to slide on the ice it was a lot easier than you would think to be able to go about it. And i was also able to do it without the chair, and i only almost fell down about 3 times. It was fun and it's something that i will love to do again.
Friday, December 16, 2016
Another Week, Another P-Day
So this past week was pretty good. Enjoy the email!
Sledding: So last P-day, after going shopping and everything like that, we were able to head down to St. Anthony for our P-day fun activity. A member over there had a hill, with snow, lots of snow, so we sledded. It was fun, some pictures and videos will be attached (probably). After sledding for about an hour we headed over to get some hot chocolate at a gas station. then we played a couple of cards games and headed back for dinner. Sledding was fun. Growing up in a place with only about 2 inches of snow is very different from Snow that is always on the ground for months. It was fun, and thankfully i didn't get too cold over the hour of landing in snow, later today we are having another fun activity.
Sledding: So last P-day, after going shopping and everything like that, we were able to head down to St. Anthony for our P-day fun activity. A member over there had a hill, with snow, lots of snow, so we sledded. It was fun, some pictures and videos will be attached (probably). After sledding for about an hour we headed over to get some hot chocolate at a gas station. then we played a couple of cards games and headed back for dinner. Sledding was fun. Growing up in a place with only about 2 inches of snow is very different from Snow that is always on the ground for months. It was fun, and thankfully i didn't get too cold over the hour of landing in snow, later today we are having another fun activity.
Monday, December 12, 2016
The snow, hasn't stopped.
Last week, as you all may remember, i freaked out over my
email about all of the snow that i was receiving out here in Rexburg, ID.
Well............. it hasn't gone away. It hasn't snowed many times since, but
its always been cold and so the snow never went away, it froze, and just stayed
there. It's great, but i hope that I'll still love the snow by the end of this
Christmas season and the winter, which lasts until March or April.
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Winter Has Come
Everyone one of y'all,
Hello
This week has been up and down, and has been very weird because of the Holiday time of Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving: This one the main day of the week and it was very interesting. The day before and after Thanksgiving were very slow. Almost no one was actually home for the holiday and some of our appointments fell through. But the day of thanksgiving was a service day/p-day. We started off with waking up and getting over to St. Anthony at 8:00 to serve others! It was a free thanksgiving dinner event and we got there for the setup. People from the area brought about 20 turkeys and 1 or two hams. Along with the stuffing, jello, pie, turkey, ham, corn, and rolls, it was a feast for anyone who stopped by. A lot of people came over the hours and it was great to see people enjoying the holiday with family and not having to spend too much food. We worked until about 1:30 and headed back to Rexburg. Right after we changed we headed over to someone in Rexburg to have thanksgiving dinner at 2. It was my great aunt and Uncle Fred and Wanda Scoresby. They had called the week before and talked about it and we got permission, so we ate there. It was a good meal and the only meal we had that day set, where usually missionaries on thanksgiving have many meals and get a little bit too much food. After dinner it was around 5 o'clock and it was the time of the start of the P-Day. Because we weren't supposed to bother people with their families, we had a zone activity. We went to one of the buildings and played volleyball, soccer, and card games until about 9. With the amount of food eaten, directly followed by about 3 hours of straight sports, it was nice to get a good night's rest.
Hello
This week has been up and down, and has been very weird because of the Holiday time of Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving: This one the main day of the week and it was very interesting. The day before and after Thanksgiving were very slow. Almost no one was actually home for the holiday and some of our appointments fell through. But the day of thanksgiving was a service day/p-day. We started off with waking up and getting over to St. Anthony at 8:00 to serve others! It was a free thanksgiving dinner event and we got there for the setup. People from the area brought about 20 turkeys and 1 or two hams. Along with the stuffing, jello, pie, turkey, ham, corn, and rolls, it was a feast for anyone who stopped by. A lot of people came over the hours and it was great to see people enjoying the holiday with family and not having to spend too much food. We worked until about 1:30 and headed back to Rexburg. Right after we changed we headed over to someone in Rexburg to have thanksgiving dinner at 2. It was my great aunt and Uncle Fred and Wanda Scoresby. They had called the week before and talked about it and we got permission, so we ate there. It was a good meal and the only meal we had that day set, where usually missionaries on thanksgiving have many meals and get a little bit too much food. After dinner it was around 5 o'clock and it was the time of the start of the P-Day. Because we weren't supposed to bother people with their families, we had a zone activity. We went to one of the buildings and played volleyball, soccer, and card games until about 9. With the amount of food eaten, directly followed by about 3 hours of straight sports, it was nice to get a good night's rest.
Another Week, Another...
Email,
Thanks for reading everyone. This week has been really exciting for many reasons, the crowning of which was the Baptism of Peighton!!!!!!
Peighton: SATURDAY WAS THE BAPTISM OF PEIGHTON. AND, IT WAS AMAZING. It was a wonderful program and it was spectacular to see everyone from the ward, from her seminary classes, and others, come and support her in making this big decision in her life. I'm thankful for the opportunity I had to teach her, because if it was someone else, it would've happened just a surely, for she was prepared. She has really grown as a person and seeing her baptism and confirmation the next day really attested to that fact. She can now receive the blessings about the companionship of the Holy Ghost that we have talked about since the first visit. Pictures are below.
Thanks for reading everyone. This week has been really exciting for many reasons, the crowning of which was the Baptism of Peighton!!!!!!
Peighton: SATURDAY WAS THE BAPTISM OF PEIGHTON. AND, IT WAS AMAZING. It was a wonderful program and it was spectacular to see everyone from the ward, from her seminary classes, and others, come and support her in making this big decision in her life. I'm thankful for the opportunity I had to teach her, because if it was someone else, it would've happened just a surely, for she was prepared. She has really grown as a person and seeing her baptism and confirmation the next day really attested to that fact. She can now receive the blessings about the companionship of the Holy Ghost that we have talked about since the first visit. Pictures are below.
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Not that cold in Iceburg
Hello everyone,
This week has been pretty weird but good nevertheless.
Here is what happened.
Tiesssss: Last P-day was tie making day. We started off with all going to Walmart and picking out yard of fabric to make our custom made ties. ill send a complete picture a little later of the final product, buttttt it looks good. When then went to a church building and made the ties. The member that was nice enough to show us how to do it was amazing. She brought a showing machine and pretty much let us do it all ourselves, just showing us what to do at first. It was pretty cool and now i know how to make many a tie in the future.
This week has been pretty weird but good nevertheless.
Here is what happened.
Tiesssss: Last P-day was tie making day. We started off with all going to Walmart and picking out yard of fabric to make our custom made ties. ill send a complete picture a little later of the final product, buttttt it looks good. When then went to a church building and made the ties. The member that was nice enough to show us how to do it was amazing. She brought a showing machine and pretty much let us do it all ourselves, just showing us what to do at first. It was pretty cool and now i know how to make many a tie in the future.
P-day Galore
So this past week was really weird with schedules and stuff, so here we go.
P-day/Halloween: After i sent out emails last week, we headed over to the house of a member in the Mission Presidency. It was a house that reminded me of Cameron Crest Farms. But everyone there (members of our zone that could make it) brought food and had a lot of fun. After and around the time of Dinner we played a game of Pool, played Phase 10, and talked a lot and had fun. After dinner was the time where we were allowed to watch G rated movies. Everyone there wanted to watch Aladdin, but it wasn’t in the house and would’ve cost money to watch, so we watched Tarzan, a movie that was very reminiscent of a play I saw about a month before i left for my mission. Then we watched a couple minutes of Fantasia 2000. The whole day and night was very weird and relaxing, because it was weird just sitting around not doing anything gospel related, i mean weird. Also just watching a movie was weird. But it’s all good.
P-day/Halloween: After i sent out emails last week, we headed over to the house of a member in the Mission Presidency. It was a house that reminded me of Cameron Crest Farms. But everyone there (members of our zone that could make it) brought food and had a lot of fun. After and around the time of Dinner we played a game of Pool, played Phase 10, and talked a lot and had fun. After dinner was the time where we were allowed to watch G rated movies. Everyone there wanted to watch Aladdin, but it wasn’t in the house and would’ve cost money to watch, so we watched Tarzan, a movie that was very reminiscent of a play I saw about a month before i left for my mission. Then we watched a couple minutes of Fantasia 2000. The whole day and night was very weird and relaxing, because it was weird just sitting around not doing anything gospel related, i mean weird. Also just watching a movie was weird. But it’s all good.
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