Another week in paradise - 06/25/12

 And the work continues:

Well, this has been a pretty fun week. I got a really cool care package from YSA friends at home! They sent me pictures and ties, both of which were really appreciated. I'm surprised that I haven't received more pictures from home, to be honest. I did get a lot of mail, though. Funny story: I didn't get any mail at all the week between the Nielson's baptism and confirmation. I blame the fact that I didn't write any letters that p-day, because we were too busy running around all day long. I wrote a lot of letters last p-day, and the mail just poured in this past week. Funny how that works, huh?

Our finding efforts have been much more productive this week. In fact, after weeks and weeks of not finding any new investigators, we found five yesterday. One came about from a media referral from Salt Lake. The other four we picked up while street contacting on Sunday night. Well, more accurately, we were walking home from street contacting, and just a block away from our apartment, we found a woman that invited us to teach her and her three daughters on her porch. Seems familiar. It seems like I've been teaching a lot of 15-year-old girls. Surely there's a joke in there somewhere about how God has been preparing all the teenage girls for my coming, but I'm way too tired to make it.

I've been a missionary since April 11, 2012. I had forgotten how long it was until I checked my ministerial certificate. I will be sending Elder Gowers home on an airplane in a month and getting a new companion. I don't know how I feel about that. Gowers has been a great companion, and I'm kind of scared that I've used up all my points for good companions and I'll be stuck with silly ones or lazy ones from here on out. The rest of the Elders in my zone joke about how as the son of Gowers, I am destined for greatness and every leadership opportunity in the mission will be mine shortly. We'll see... but I don't know what President Smart has in store for me.

I got to help chop down a tree this week. We also spent a lot of time at Walgreens putting together a CD of the wedding reception pictures for Sister Johansen. That was a bit of a headache. But the work rolls on! We have lessons to teach. The pure in heart are out there!