Memorial Day - P-day

Hello Once again Family and Friends!              5/27/13

         Ah... nice and cloudy.... just the way I like it. This week was a pretty cool week... and the only way I can tell it is with...

“MISSIONARY WEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKLLLLLYYYY”!!!!!!!

Missionary Weekly

Wow, I haven't done this in a long time. Welcome to “Missionary Weekly” where we check out the missionaries in the field during the harvest. Today... a new investigator over reacts? See what happened and Zone Conference, calling the missionaries to repentance. Exchanges with a new missionary, what fun things happened on that day? Read all this and more on “Missionary Weekly”!!!!!

  05/21/13 - ZONE CONFERENCE!!!! Great time. Basically at Zone Conference we talked about Repentance and planning to the Max. It was pretty awesome and I also gave my departing testimony, although I wasn't feeling it. Well I was, but it was different because we had a microphone instead of the podium.  It was great and Elder Henke put the training we were given to the test and went crazy with all out planning!!!!

 05/22/13 - Interesting day. We had an awesome first lesson with a new investigator that we will talk more about later, but all you need to know right now is that we had an awesome lesson.  Later in the day we got a call from her that she had found an injured bird and she wanted us to find someone to take it down to Anderson. *(To be continue) Later in the evening we had an interesting visited with a less-active, part-member family.  Let’s just say that I wish I spoke Spanish, but it was a set appointment. We had two Spanish speakers there, so it was Ok. They are a nice family. Elder Henke's Birthday was today, May 22nd.  He is now 20.  Yeah for May Birthdays!!!

 05/23/13 - *Now we return to the story of the Bird and the investigator.  So this morning was a little bit of a drag. It started off with a phone call from our new investigator. We were planning on doing service for her on Saturday.  She called and said, "I'm calling it off, and if you can't help a sick bird then how can you help me? Good day!!" >Click< L…Yeah, that just made the whole day worse, but all is well.  We got stuff done just the same, but sad because a lot of lessons canceled and such.

 05/24/13 - Weekly Planning for lessons and 9-mile bike rides up and down hills. L 

 05/25/13 – Exchanges today. So we had exchanges this week with Redding 1st ward Elders.  I was with the new missionary who doesn't seem that new.  He's from Dallas, Texas and is 21 years old.  He seems more mature than anyone else, but like in a fun way.  He kind of chastised me for our messy apartment, but I was fine with it and we cleaned it up.  We did talk to a lot of potential investigators, so he is awesome.  His name is Elder Ramos. Oh, we also had a Boy Scout Spaghetti Fundraiser. Two members wanted us to bid on some of the desserts that they were auctioning off.  We came home with a lot of desserts!

 05/26/13 - Not much happened on Sunday. We actually had to walk to church because we couldn't find a ride.  We had an early meeting to get to and no one involved in it lives very close.  A returned sister missionary had a fireside that night and showed off some of her pictures from the New York, New York South Mission. That was fun.  Oh, Michael and Jonathan, the Bishop's son, came by because they wanted some of the cake we bought and Michael did had a few questions from 2 Nephi 13 – 19 (Isaiah Chapters).  Elder Henke, the Genius that he is, answered some of the questions for him. J

          That's it for “Missionary weekly”.

Time for Q & A CORNER!!!!!!!

 Q1.  How are you and Elder Henke doing?  How do you feel?  Tell us more about your companion, like his favorite things, his talents and his family.

A1. We are doing fine. I feel good. Elder Henke likes computers and he is smart.  He is a band geek...lol He is the 2nd of 5 kids. The older and the younger brother are not too interested in the church... to say the least.  His entire family are members of the Church. He likes Lord of the Rings and Legend Of Zelda. He loves stratagem games and stuff like that.

Q2.   How are your investigators?  How many lessons did you get to teach this past week?  Do you have any baptisms lined up?  Hannah said they have one coming June 8th.  They do a similar goal thing for lessons taught and baptisms.  What has been the most successful approach, referrals or tracting?  Hannah does something they call OYM - Open your mouth.  They just talk to random people they see on the street.  Hummm, sounds scary but maybe a good idea?

A2. Well, I will tell you when we find some investigators.  We taught 17 lessons this week.  Nope, no baptisms right now. Yeah, goals are what all the missionaries use to keep tract of everything it talks about it in Preach My Gospel (Ch 8 "Use time wisely"). Referrals are usually the best or most successful method. Yeah, I thought I told you about “OYM-ing”. We do that a lot!

Q3.   Have you had many dinner invitations?  Have you cooked for each other this week?  Are you doing anything special on Memorial Day?  Will you have a regular p-day?  How is the district leader calling going?  What is the busiest part of your calling?  What do you like the most about your calling?

A3. All week we have had dinner invitations. Not really, neither of us had to cook this week. Maybe we’ll be getting our car back today... I hope so. The district leader job is going well. Exchanges are always the hardest or busiest part of my calling. The best part is just the opportunity to serve others.

Q4.   Are you finding ways to get around?  Do you think you will get a car again?  Don't district leaders usually have a car?  I think you will be fine without a car.  You have your bike and members who should be more than willing to give you rides when you really need them.

A4.  Sorta.... We might get our car back today, if Pres. Weston calls us back. Nobody in our Zone is very happy about the car situation, not in the least bit.... for exchanges, especially. Yeah.... in this area... look it up on lds.org. Sign in and go to maps and type in Shasta Lake and it should show you our Ward Boundaries.  It would be nice if no one worked and our area was small.

Q5.   What was the highlight of your week?  What was the most disappointing part of the past week?  What inspired you this past week?  What did you do to serve your companion this past week?  What did you do that was just for you?  What made you feel good this past week?

A5. Why must I answer the world's hardest question?  Zone Conference was the highlight. Losing an investigator because of an injured bird was the most disappointing part.  You faith note inspired me, Mom.  I got him a cake for his Birthday? Having fun with Michael, Jonathan and Henke was just for me... just having a good time always makes me feel good. 

Q6.   What are your plans for p-day?  What do you like the most about p-days?  What is the worst part of p-days?  Do you and Elder Henke have similar taste in activities or hobbies?  Is he a good cook or housekeeper?  What does he do that is the most helpful on p-days?  What do you admire most about him?  Remember to take good care of yourself and your companion. 

A6. For p-day today I hope we get our car and if not we’ll hang out at the stake center and then go shopping. The same old stuff....  the worst part is when it ends... Yeah, we like similar things.... Elder Henke is a good housekeeper? Idk if he is a good cook? I like that he actually has the guts to do stuff. 

 Well that's it for this email until next time!!!!!

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