"What a Fine Life"

May 2, 2017

So we did it, we conquered winter! Hopefully. It snowed a bit (a lot) earlier in the week, but it's been nicer the last 4-5 days. I don't want to say that spring is around the corner though, because "mother nature" will hear it and will curse the land with an eternal winter. Though, let me tell you guys, it's really warm here. Elder S. was even wearing a short-sleeved white shirt recently! I didn't even think I'd need any of those.

Also Elder S. and I are getting to know each other a little better; we have both been trying to scare each other in our free time. We have some fun videos from it.

It's been a pretty interesting week, too. Most of the week we were either tracting or cleaning, but we did finally have a lesson with A.! We just kind of talked to him and tried to get to know him a bit so we could teach to his needs. But the lesson went well and we're scheduled to come back on Wednesday! We also had a lesson with M. "the heathen" & B. who are former investigators that we tracted into on accident. We knocked on their door and they let us right in, saying something like "There you are, come on in." We were a bit confused, but we weren't complaining. And after about an hour and a half of them telling us all about their other experiences with missionaries (which is quite extensive) and telling us what they thought about our religion, we went on our way. They were really fun, but they didn't seem too interested in hearing the lessons.

Recently we've been spending a ton of time packing, cleaning, and unpacking. We did actually successfully move out of our old apartment and into the new one! It took up our entire day yesterday, but we did it! Now all we've got to do is unpack everything and do a deeper clean of our old apartment before the end of the month. In some cases (at least our case) the place that they send us to is a place where missionaries have lived for like 4-5 years. Just think of how much junk that many missionaries could leave behind (and there is a lot)! We had a crossbow, about 7 coats, a lot of boots, scented cubes(?), 5 lamps, a wolf blanket, a bucket of (recent) Halloween candy, and a questionable box of stuff (and by stuff I mean things that we didn't even know existed).

Someone who is preparing for a mission should go to LDS.org and watch some of the videos on there--Mormon Messages especially. One that we've been using a lot with our dinner appointments is "The Will of God" in the Gospel Library app (at least I think that's what it's called). Or, just explore the Gospel Library app some. There are some really cool things in there.