April 14, 2014

So this email is going to be kinda confusing but it all talks about the last week.

The Blue is in response to dad's email and the red is the rest of the mass email. 

Sorry but this was easier and less time consuming.

Thank you so much for your email this week. Especially for the last paragraph. That is definitely what I needed to hear. It has been really really hard to be working in back to back areas that don't have a lot of work us yet. We are constantly getting hounded by our zone leaders because my companion is the district leader and we are having a hard time finding people to teach and our numbers have been really poor these last few weeks. Our problem right now is that we set up many appointments and they have all been falling through lately and our zone leaders feel like we are either not working or not being obedient. It has been really hard to have to deal with them and worrying about the area at the same time. Obviously what we are currently doing is not working and I am not sure what else to do and the zone leaders are not giving us any advice other than referring us to the finding section in PMG. Yeah that is my current struggle right now is trying to deal with the leadership while helping the area to progress at the same time. I have really been working hard on my patience. I have learned on my mission that I struggle a lot with patience and humility and it is something I am striving to be better at but it is really really hard sometimes. I am and hoping and praying for a better week. 

P.S. - Oh yeah Dad, Bro. Geddy told me that you need to put your cell phone number on the church directory so he could have texted you the picture of Jake, Geoff, and Justin Nordin.

So I was a scrub this week and forgot to bring my memory card reader for my camera. This week was pretty awesome because I was able to see Jake Carstens, Geoff Geddy, and Justin Nordin. So now for the awesome story of how I was able to accomplish this. Lol Well it all started with mom talking to me last week about how Jake was getting married this week in the IF Temple. She didn't know what time but she was able to find out what day he was getting married and unfortunately without a time I didn't think I was going to be able to see them. Well we were on exchanges on Friday and Elder Badoni (my former companion) were together while Elder Tovar (the district leader) was on exchanges with Elder Crow. Well I was with Elder Badoni in his area on Friday and we had a lesson planned at the Temple Visitors Center. Unfortunately the lesson fell through but while we sitting there waiting for him to show up we found out that they have a list of all of the weddings and times. So I asked if they new what time Jake was getting married and they found it and I was able to surprise him while they were outside taking pictures. We were not able to go to the sealing or stay for very long but it was really fun and cool to see them. So that was the highlight of my week but other than that it has been a really hard week (for more info on why it was so hard read the blue). Well I have to go now but I love y'all very much and I will definitely have pictures next week of Jake, Geoff, Justin and I together. Have a great week and I will talk to y'all next week.