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| Dinner with the Awesome Davis family! |
May 4, 2015
Howdy!!!!
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| My man Elder Nieves was called as a Zone Leader - so I got to see him at Mission Leadership Conference (MLC) |
What’s up everyone??? How is life?? What’s the weather like back
East?? The weather here is GREAT. Seriously, it is perfect. It is a lot like
the weather at the cabin in Utah, because we are in the High Desert here, so
cool nights and hot afternoons. We basically live in a tin can, with no
insulation, so our place is hot as heck in the afternoons, and we don’t have an
A/C. But thankfully we are never home in the afternoons so we don’t have to
worry about that! Although at the end of this transfer, they are shutting down
our massive trailer, and we will be relocating to some apartments on the other
side of our area...I will certainly miss it, but will be excited to be back
into a living area that has some real carpet! (Although apparently a lot of the
apartments have bed bugs, so we will see about that.....) But no worries, mail
can come to me for the next two weeks or so, I will let you know when to stop
sending stuff.
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| Me and Elder Krey |
As far as missionary work goes, Krey and I had a great week. SIX
new families came out of the woodwork this week, and each one has expressed a
significant amount of interest in the gospel. Two of them are part-member
families, where the husbands are inactive members. The other 4 we found just by
talking with everyone! We are very excited about each of them. Some of the
families are more interested than others, but nonetheless they are all
interested. Each family has a wife and a husband and at least one child, and
they are all super young families!! It is such an answer to fasting and
prayers, because last transfer Klingensmith and I fasted twice that we could
find a new family to teach...and now we have not one, not two, but SIX!!! We
are super stoked. I have never been as excited to be a missionary as I am right
now. I will certainly keep you posted on how each of them progress, but please
keep those families in your prayers!
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| Krey and I just chillin in our car (now fully-equipped with a TIWI box to monitor our speed ...tells us to slow down and all!) |
Every mission vehicle had these new TIWI boxes installed on
their cars, and they monitor speed and g-force and where you are...so in other
words we are always being watched! And if you go too fast it tells you to slow
down...it is actually pretty funny. But while they were being installed on our
cars, President and Sister Hermansen talked to us about the Mission President’s
seminar they went to the week prior. It was interesting to hear some of the
things that the church is going to be focusing on. Like the bookend talks from
General Conference were about fasting and Sabbath-day observance, and how that
is going to be the focus church-wide. The General Authorities also want to have
more smaller stakes and wards instead of lots of bigger ones. I found that
interesting.
We haven’t had the chance to meet with Jared this week, but I am
very grateful for his deep desire to know about the gospel, and the really deep
questions that he asks. It has forced me to study the Bible more, and get to
know the New Testament better. I studied the talk "The Blueprint of Christ’s
church" and that has helped me so much! It is a great talk. I have also
come to love the Bible Dictionary. It is such a great, underused resource.
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| The fence BEFORE |
We helped an older guy rebuild his fence that blew down a while
ago. We did the whole works…poured a
little cement and everything! Or I should say that I rebuilt the fence…Elder
Krey was at the temple with a new member that he helped to teach, so I was with
two other missionaries. I asked two
missionaries that are really struggling right now to come and help me build
it. They didn’t do anything haha – but
it was all good. We had fun and I wanted
to get to know them better – and you all know that I love building things, so
it
was fun. I uploaded some pictures before and after.
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| The fence AFTER (not too bad...if I do say so myself!) |
Well, that’s about all for this week!!! I am excited to talk to
you guys on Sunday, and Happy Early Mothers Day Mom!!! I love and miss all of
you!!
Love,
Elder Richman Dawg
P.S. I want to pick back up the guitar when I get back
home...Jared played it for us the other day and it made me want to play again!!
So definitely going on my bucket list of things when I get home!
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| Elder Dalton goes home this transfer :( |
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| With Elder Johnson at MLC |
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