(Elder Slade)
To the best Friends and Family a person could hope for,
For those of you who are wondering, yes. It is cold here.
Very cold. Most nights it gets in to the negatives, and everything is covered
in snow. Fortunately we have a car though and we don't have to walk in it. In
this area we cover an entire stake, or seven wards, so that is an added reason
to be grateful for the car. The hardest part for me is trying to learn all of
the members names. I think I have about 3% of them memorized. I'd say that's
off to a good start. A bonus with having so many members is that we get fed
almost every night. We also get special treatment, as at a recent ward chili
cook-off, they asked us to be the judges. So I got to try about 25 different
types of Chili! they were so good! All except the one that had hot dogs in it.
This Saturday, I had my first companion exchange! I got put
in a trio in a walking area in north Rexburg. My companions were Elder Fa'aumu
(I can't pronounce it either) from Tonga, and Elder McGuire from Utah, but who
has been serving in Hong Kong, until they took the missionaries serving there
out due to the Coronavirus. If I come home sick due to the Coronavirus, blame
him. Lol just kidding. He's pretty cool! I learned a lot from that exchange,
like don't forget your hat at home, when you know you'll be walking in the
cold, and how to better listen to the spirit.
A few miracles happened this week! We found a new person to
teach Tuesday, named Sarah, who we'll be teaching again Wednesday. I'm excited
for that! We also fasted Tuesday and prayed many times for this boy and girl
Dax and Jazlyn to have the courage to ask their mom if they can be baptized,
and for her to say yes, since she is kind of anti-mormon. Just last night we
got a text that said they asked their mom, and she said yes! Elder Leavitt has
been teaching them for about 6 months, so it is so awesome to see them taking
that final step. Hopefully tonight we'll be setting a date for them. Also, last
night, we got a miraculous text that our ward mission leader had been talking
with a family that hadn't been interested for many years. Apparently they came
over last night and started asking questions and after discussing them a bit,
they said that they want to start taking the lessons! I want to testify that
God is helping in missionary work. He is making miracles for happening. And I
know that part of that is due to the many prayers some of you have been saying
to help the missionaries around the world, so thank you!
Many of these miracles have happened due to the love and
support of members. When people show kindness and Christ-like Love to their
neighbors, wonderful things can happen. Everything Heavenly Father has given to
us, is out of Love, and so the least we can do, is to try to love his children.
We must look at people for who God sees them as. We must look at people for who
they can become, and not for who they were or are. For all are Children of God
and are loved by him. My invitation to you this week, is to try to do something
kind and loving to your neighbor, or loved one. I know you will be blessed with
happiness when you do this.
What day of the week do potatoes hate the most? Fry-day
(Such a Dad joke, I know)
Pictures:
1. My trio for a day
2. I told you.
3. Despite the cold, there are some beautiful skies here *As
a single tear falls down my face* So beautiful!
4. Icicles
5. Me
6. Lot of snow
Well. I guess I forgot to explain the title. Oops, I'll get
this down eventually. I still have 23 months left (as of two days ago). The
title came from elder Leavitt after we knocked on a door. I made eye contact
with a person inside in the window. He looked at me. I looked at him. I waved.
He went back to looking at his phone. We knocked several more times. He still
ignored us. Then he just got up and went to a different room. Good times.
Anyways, it was actually pretty funny.
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