Hey people,
This week was a little more bizarre than usual. Last Monday we got to watch Madagascar 3 thanks to the permission of the Zone Leaders and we enjoyed that a lot. The next two days were a little slow from Elder Mathias eating some frozen hashbrowns in the morning which gave him stomachaches for two days. During that time he read some books he got for free at the library while I took some store brand Twinkies, covered them in pancake batter, and deep fried them. They were super sweet and tasted like a funnel cake. It was a fun experience.
We got to teach our two top investigators: Doris and Tiffany. Doris so wants to come to church to feel the spirit and meet the people. It is really cool seeing someone of her faith coming close to baptism. The lung cancer makes it hard for her to come. The power went out during the week so we got some members to help Doris and Tiffany with some things they needed, like some kerosene for their kerosene heaters and some food because they couldn’t cook anything. It was really nice for us to be able to help them and to see the local members help out so willingly. Tiffany is also amazing. She gave up smoking, which is very hard to do. When we talked to her about the law of chastity we knew it would be hard for her to keep because her boyfriend is living with her. She talked with him about their relationship and eventually kicked him out. Woman power!
We got some wood finishing stuff for Elder Mathias's staffs that he is making for the Kings so we had the window open and a fan to air out the fumes while that is going on. Turns out in the state of California that stuff can cause reproductive harm if you ingest it. Weird. On that same day, we also did some work for various members in the area.
On Friday we had zone meeting and after that we got to talk with our Zone Leaders about how they can improve on some things. It was really awesome and I could feel the spirit in the room - everyone learned so much from this experience. We did the same thing with Elder Nelson, but he didn’t learn to much from it. So, I guess Zone Leaders listen better.
The church attendance was so small this Sunday that classes had to combine and stuff like that. It has been a very weird how many people don’t show up because of the flu going around.
Okay, the thing you have been waiting for: Transfers. I am staying in Lawerenceville and Elder Mathias (Methuselah - the biblical name of a long-lived man) is leaving to Virginia Beach after 10 1/2 months in Lawerenceville. I’m getting Elder Low, a piano savvy guy and hard worker, so it will be fun. Not much snow this week but we’ll see what happens in the next few days.
Well, have a good week and everyone expect something in the mail.
Love you,
Elder McClure
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