I think I'll live another day.
Hola! This week was long!
Monday we played basketball after I bought some new ties. I
still can't decide if I am going to burn a tie or not. Anyway basketball got
very lit. I was very tired afterwards.
Tuesday was a pretty normal day. We set a baptismal date
with one of our investigators and I had a corn dog with barbecue sauce.
Wednesday we had a district meeting and ate at Maxie's. We
discovered that Hansen is actually a small settlement on Hoth. (see picture for "small town") The wind doesn't stop. For dinner we had Great
Value BBQ Pork Sandwiches. They were surprisingly ...
Thursday we did weekly planning. It was very efficient since
they changed the way we do it. We also found a really great investigator who
hasn't been here very long. We could tell he really liked to read so we gave
him a Book of Mormon to read. I'm excited to visit him again.
Also we called D C this morning. We asked him how
he was doing and he said:
"I think I'll live another day." -D C
Friday we had an encounter with a big dog. It ran at us,
touched its nose to the Book of Mormon I was using as a shield and then walked
away. The people at the house weren't home. We also ended up on a really
sketchy "road" next to a canal. Pretty much all of our appointments
cancelled. But I GOT A POPSOCKET! Thanks Mom!
Saturday we did a lot of looking. We found a bunch of
houses we wanted to try and we did that. Elder Snow got a lot of Girl Scout
cookies and I saw a really interesting sticker on a door we knocked. I had a
lot of pizza for dinner and then realized we still had to go do missionary
work. Once I got moving things got better. And we found a new investigator from
Peru who just really wants to join the church. He will be baptized soon. Then
he will be a seventy about a year and a half later.
Sunday we went to visit a new investigator we found who
really wants to be baptized. We went to the Hansen ward for sacrament meeting
and it felt like we hadn't been there in a while. After that we stayed in
Murtaugh and taught a lesson to an 8 year old. He wants to be baptized. We also
ate dinner at the same lesson. Later on I helped an investigator live the word
of wisdom by taking (he gave it to me) his tea and we had the Hansen Tea Party.
I still felt weird holding it though.
Monday was good. We kept busy the whole day and visited a
lot of people. Yeah. It was good. Our heater got fixed too. It is now quiet and
we don't have a bunch of space heaters keeping things warm. Oh yeah. AND IT
SNOWED? It was up to the mid 60s earlier in the week and now there is SNOW!?
Yeah, Idaho can't make up it's mind either. I also got some Mail?!? We did some
service and someone had to unplug a power brick using a screwdriver. Nobody
died. So it was good.
Things are still going. Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
Love you!
-Elder Hazeslip
(oh yeah, i'm personally counting the 15th as my 6-month
mark)
HELLO! As you probably figured out, we had a Tuesday
preparation day. Just for warning in advance this time. Next week will be the
same way. Also! I got the pop socket
thing! It is amazing thanks so much! I also got the cards from you and
grandma/pa.
Q & A
1. The leech urban legend from ASMSA. What are the facts?
Does/did an instructor have leeches and students fed them their own blood? Do
tell.
Yeah. Dr. R did that. I only know that H claimed to
have fed the leeches. I wouldn't doubt it if she did. I was in his classroom
and she asked him if she could do it and he said yes. I think A may have done
it too. He definitely has leeches though. Feeding them your blood is optional.
2. Is your heat working at the house yet?
Yes, the landlord came and fixed it yesterday. The space
heater actually worked pretty well.
3. Please tell us more about F.
F. is a member. He needs to record an audiobook. He fills us
in on sports. He paints sports signs too. He has an amazing entrepreneurial
spirit. He is the kind of man this country was made for.
4. What does this mean? “I can't let Elder Ruesch pass me. I
cannot lose.”
The Spanish missionaries follow each other on Duolingo. I am
well ahead of Elder Reusch now, so there is no risk of him passing me in the
leaderboard. For a while it was back and forth though.
5. When is your temple day this week?
TODAY! It was really cool. The last time I went was in the
Provo Temple during those MTC days. By the way, I finished my first journal
this week!
6. Will your mission be using Facebook still? If yes, when?
Yes, from what I understand the plan is to roll it out to
all missionaries during Zone Conference.
7. How are your investigators?
They are doing really well. We found one last week who is
currently scheduled to be baptized next Saturday. We will see if we can get
approval for that though.
8. Anything funny happen this week?
We ate with a family of older siblings. They were fighting.
One said that the other's brain was a jellyfish. She responded with "Well
you're dumb!" It was too beautiful.
9. What did you learn this week?
Last night I learned a little bit more about the Atonement.
We watched a video with a member about an artist who made a painting of the
Atonement. I knew that the Savior suffered for all of our illnesses, but there
was a part of the video that said He did it so that he could judge us fairly.
That makes a lot more sense now, since the things that we suffer here in our
lives have such an impact on our decisions.
10. Do you need anything?
Thank you for the Pop Socket! Could you download the full
MP3 of this talk and send it to me? They have a portion of it in an Ensign. There
is a link at the top to the full devotional. Idk if it will let you send it but
we will see. His Grace Is Sufficient
Thank you sooooo much!
I love you!
-Spencer
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