There is so much to write about this week I'm not sure if I can finished before I have to go, but I'm sure as heck going to try!
So this last week was nuts. I haven't been to be d before midnight for over a week straight and I'll tell you why.
Starting Monday night Elder Hendrickson and I had to
go on 3 exchanges back to back to back because of the illness that had
taken him down for 2 weeks. tuesday I went with Elder Ott in my area. we
did a lot of work. We moved in a new less active member that wants to
baptize his daughter as soon as he can and we also got back into contact
with Co. who has been rather elusive over the last two months. We
worked hard and we got to talk about many of Elder Ott's struggles that
he's going through at this time. It was some god stuff.
Wednesday I went with Elder Bell in his area. We
walked for about 4 hours straight in the pouring and stinging rain. I
felt like a real missionary again. It took two days for my shoes to dry
out and my hair totally was plastered to my head until I could dry off.
At dinner that night I caught a fly with chopsticks! I was like Mr.
Miyagi! See picture below. The family we ate with put a rat on his
shoulder and he freaked out. Twice. It was beautiful!! So funny. Then as
I finished eating my Canadian dessert I went to go wash my hands. As a
pulled up on the tab I had failed to notice that the water spout had
been taken mostly off. So instead of coming out into the sink, the water
jet streamed into my shirt and pants. All of us died laughing. In fact,
the young mom crumpled to the floor laughing. It was soooo funny. It
was some good times!
Thursday I went on an exchange with Elder Randle,
who is a visa waiter for the Australia Sydney South mission. It was a
lot of fun. Again we worked hard. I helped him to understand what a
planner should look like and how diligence should be applied at all
times. It was fun. we taught Co. again at the Temple Visitors center.
It was interesting because we went from talking about how we can
receive our answers to prayer for a conversion experience to talking
about the word of wisdom. Co. likes to throw up a lot of red herrings
when it comes to her "issues" with the church. She's funny. Every time
she gets serious about meeting with us, she'll back out of scheduling
appointments and fall of the face of the earth for a few months. It's
been like that for nearly 3 years with her. She needs to just sit down
and commit herself to more than just dipping her tow into the water and
then pulling back out. It's a little frustrating some times, but it's
good stuff.
when Elder Hendrickson and I got together that night
we talked about the exchanges a lot and got things back together so
that we could work effectively in our area. Before this, I had seen him
for maybe 20 minutes each day on our way to start the next exchange, so
there was a lot to catch up on.
The next day, Friday, Elder Randle started a grease
fire in his apartment. Elder Clark (his trainer) was stepping out of the
shower at that point and proceeded to put out the entire fire in his
towel. He burned his hand on the pot trying to throw out all the grease
into the rain soaked grass outside while his companion kept screaming
"don't throw water on it!"
the fire fizzled as it hit the grass, and then
Elder Clark ran back inside with an oven mitt and smothered the fire
out while trying to throw out as many flammable items out of the way of
the fire. He did a good job. The fire could have damaged a lot more than
it did. It only did about $5,000 in damage. But that means that they
had to move in with us. So now we have 4 elders living in our apartment.
Moving them in is still in process. The smoke did a lot of damage to
their apt.
Saturday, Elder Hendrickson go notified that he was
being transferred and we said good bye to everyone for the next 2 days.
That was nuts! We got to celebrate his 23rd birthday on Sunday with the
Anderson family. We both got light saber toothbrushes that light up and
tell you how long you are supposed to brush for. Mines green!
I now have Elder Kleinman as a companion. He's
awesome! he came out with me. He's from AZ. got to go though! I love you
all, and I know that God answers you prayers. Sometimes it's just his
timing that we have to wait for.
Love
Your Elder Lloyd!
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