Family!!
I looked at Dave's blog because he gave the link but I'm not
sure if I was allowed too [sic]. It was too big of a temptation. Before I did
it I asked the elder next to me and he said it was OK but I don't know if
that's true or not (he's not in our district and I don't think he's even in our
zone; they're just visiting down here in Spokane from Colville for the day). So
if you don't send me the links I won't
be tempted.
But whether I was allowed to or not, I highly enjoyed it.
Preston looks so cute as a big brother. I loved all of the pictures but the
ones where he was holding Franklin were my favorite.
This was not a very good week for us. We taught ONE lesson
to an investigator and a few less-actives. I think we had more member visits
this week than anything else combined. Our most promising investigator
cancelled because their pipes were clogged. We called and talked to her that
day but she hasn't returned our calls since then and they didn't come to
church. Hopefully we can contact them sometime.
It wasn't very good this week as far as people talking to
other people and giving us referrals goes because the schools were cancelled
all week. Silly Washington, don't they know that they wouldn't have to shut
everything down if they'd just PLOW THE SILLY ROADS!?! Instead of like Utah
where when the snow starts the trucks are out, they have large vehicles--the
kind used in construction, like Caterpillars--out randomly plowing a few days
after the snow has stopped.[1]
I prepared a package and hopefully I can send it off today or
this week. I'm sending a little bit of stuff I've acquired and don't want to
have to carry around, as well as my splint.[2] Hopefully I won't need it
anymore. I'm also sending my memory cards with an explanation of the pics. Some
of them I specially want copies of for other missionaries. As far as everything
else goes I don't know if I want copies or not.
I had to take over our area twice this week for exchanges.
One was with Elder W. who was in the area before I was. He knew the area and some of the people but he's not
the hardest worker and Elder C. had a
really hard time with him. The next day one of the zone leaders came and it was
OK. On our way home on Saturday night I got caught driving in the snow on the
side of the road and Elder C. had to assist me to get out. Sad when a
California person has to give driving lessons--but in my defense Utah roads are
so much better than Washington roads it really is a new experience. There is a
crack in the rim of our tire now, and I feel sick if it was because of my
little adventure into the hard snow, especially since it's a brand new car.
Well, I feel like I'm a broken record from previous weeks,
but hopefully this upcoming week I'll have more to write about and we will be
more successful. Hopefully. Because I'm getting sick of this lack of busyness.
Being busy wasn't fun for me before my
mission but as a missionary being busy is so much better than not being busy.
Hasta (probablemente) la próxima semana,
Elder Melville
[1]
I had always believed what people told me about Utah being a terrible state,
but this was one thing that made me realize that’s not necessarily true. I had
two record-breaking winters on my mission, and both of them shocked me with how
poorly they deal with snow in Washington and northern Idaho.
[2]
I went on my mission with a sprained ankle.
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