(Elder Putnam)
Friends and Family...
This is my last transfer and so I have a goal to send an
email home every Monday. We will have to see how it goes, but at least we are
gonna start on a good note. These words that I've just typed out will probably
make my mom weep with joy.
This past week has been awesome. Like honestly its just been
super fun and I'm super energized for next week.
On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, we didn't have anything
big happen. I packed up all my stuff really tight and compactly, which I'm
super proud of. Since I'm getting transferred over with Elder Beebe to be with
Elder Woods in Brīvības I was able to see that I'm gonna have no problems
bringing stuff back home. I'm gonna have space and weight in my suitcases.
On Wednesday we had our actual transfer. Not a ton took
place outside of that except for some finding and whatnot.
Thursday was really fun. We went and served at a Ukrainian
help center where we made hygiene kits to send to people affected by the war.
We formed an assembly line and worked so efficiently. There is something
beautiful about efficiency. When something just works without problems its so
amazing. At the end we compiled 197 hygiene kits before we ran out of supplies.
We went and told the instructor and she was very surprised that we had finished
it all in an hour and 30 minutes. The project was expected to take 2 days. no
sweat for the Rīga first district.
On Friday we were able to meet with Ralfs and finish
teaching him about the plan of salvation. He is so chill so its hard to see if
he's ever feeling the spirit. But he's keeping commitments and wants to be
baptized, so... I don't know I guess we'll dip him at some point.
On Saturday we had a baptism for Lehijs. Thats a member's
son. He was so excited for his baptism that he made his own poster and bore his
testimony at the end. I'll send a pic of the poster. At the baptism I got to
talk to Gatis Senkāns for like 30 minutes. He's so wise and charismatic and
vibey too. he spat in my eye on accident. lol. I also had the chance to teach
Arta, who got baptized a couple years ago about endurance to the end. She said
it was really moving and really touched her. That was pretty cool. Saturday
night we were in charge of basketball night and we had a good turnout. It
inspired me to take some pictures and try even harder to get people to come
next week. So I texted some old basketball contacts and invited them. I'll
report next week on how it went.
Sunday was likely the high point of the week with the
Sacrament. I feel like I had been preparing all week and just in general had
been a better person and a better missionary this past week. Disregarding
eating healthier, drinking more water, and working out harder and more often, I
was also doing better spiritually. I've been listening to general conference
sessions before 10 and after 9 so I'll include a suggested talk to listen to at
the end.
We were finally able to meet with Persijs which was a win.
Edžus is still preparing for baptism and has been taught all the lessons. He's
just waiting on permission to get baptized now.
Monday (today) we went to get our hair cuts in the morning
by Sister Hall. The Hall's are a senior couple and they absolutely adore us.
They made nachos for us and then we gave them a spiritual thought to help Elder
Hall overcome some concerns regarding the recent assassination attempt of
Donald Trump. I never thought that I would teach that kind of a lesson, but
there we were, using the story of Enos coupled with a few verses from the
Doctrine and Covenants, to address a concern about politics. God is good.
This coming Tuesday we are gonna visit the šostaki family
which will be fun. We are gonna go walk with them in their garden. Elder Beebe
and I are trying to meet with all the members in Rīga before we go home. So
far, they are the first ones but they will not be the last.
Anyways, I think that’s enough for this week. I hope that I
will write an email next week too.
Talk for this week: God Knows and Loves You - Elder Allan T.
Philips
Lehijs baptismal poster. What a legend
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