Conclusion: I really do know that the Gospel is true, or else I'd be chilling in California.

October 29, 2012

This has probably been the fastest week of the transfer for me, it really has just flown by. 

So our car was out of miles... so we've been biking and stuff, JUST as the rain has come back to Washington.  It's miserable and hilarious.  Really.  Like, we bike across our whole area, the rain just SOAKS us, we're drenched, we pull up and knock on the door.... and no one is home.  hahahahaha.  get it? Me neither.  Except it is pretty funny though.

When I'm biking and wet and freezing to death, I really do think a lot about why I'm out here. It starts out as a rhetorical question, but since i have nothing else to do while I'm biking around, I take the time and answer the question.  Conclusion: I really do know that the Gospel is true, or else I'd be chilling in California.

On Saturday, Jim and Emma  were both baptized!  These kids are great, and we've been working with them for about a month, so it was really really great!  2 hours later, Roger was baptized!  Also great!   It was an EXHAUSTING day, and I havent really recovered yet.  Baptisms just DRAIN you emotionally and spiritually, and I've been physically dead from the past week anyways. So I'm glad this is P day!

Last night was the fireside again! It was in Bremerton (!)  So I got to see a lot of people I really love!  These firesides wipe me out too.  I just get so darn emotional, it's ridiculous. 

Our group (Brightly Beams our Fathers Mercy) had its best performance I think.  When we sang Amazing Grace, it was probably musically the worst I've ever sung it, cuz i was just getting so choked up, haha.

Did I mention I've joined the Choir here in Firgrove? It's pretty funny, There is only one really strong singer, he can sing wonderfully.  The sopranos are comprised 100% of youth, the altos just sound kind of timid.  The good singer can sing bass or tenor, and I'll hold up the other part, and then there's a handful of other men who can follow pretty well so it works okay (except almost none of them were there last Sunday when we sang in Sacrament meeting.)  So after the first week or two of me singing with them, they invited my companion to come sing too!   Anyways, it's been fun and it reminds me of choir back home.

Hmm...

Oh, so I may or may not have already written about this, but like 2 weeks ago, we had a Leadership training meeting, where President trained us on District Leaders and District Meetings.  

So my district is comprised of 3 areas, and then the Zone leaders are separate but they're over us too.  So my district has Firgrove (us)  Sunrise (sisters) and Orting (a trainer and a new missionary)  

So I was at the meeting, the trainer was at the meeting, President always has 1 set of sisters come, so Sunrise was at the meeting, and the Zone leaders were there.  So pretty much the whole district was trained together on what a perfect District would be like..and then the following Wednesday I had to try and do it.  haha I've never been more nervous for a district meeting.  President also has a training schedule he passed out, so everyone knew what my training was supposed to be about, and it was basically taken from a Training we had at that meeting that day, so all but 2 people had already had it.  So I was really nervous.  

BUT when it came down to the actual District meeting, it went splendidly!  Everyone seemed to really like the way I did it, and most importantly you could feel the spirit really really really strongly.  And I loved it, because that obviously isn't anything I could do, but it's something that we as a district did together, cuz everyone in my district is just so great! I love them :)  I'm looking forward to next transfer, but I'm hoping and praying that our district stays the same, they are all such hard workers and great missionaries, I'm lucky to be with them.

Well, in other news it looks like we might have 1 more baptism this transfer, a little girl. :)  The Bishop I think is just really happy because the ward hasn't had more than 2 baptisms in a transfer since .. like... Ever.   honestly haha.  For awhile we had no missionaries in Firgrove because nothing ever happened.  I am so blessed to be here right now and that God has prepared so many wonderful people for us to find and teach.  

Bishop also likes us because we wrote a talk for him. :)

Oh, and I spoke last sacrament meeting, and that was fun too.

wellllllllllllllllllllllllllll, thats it for Little Lonas!  gonna go play ball!