The reason I'm emailing today is because they thought it
would be a good idea to work on Labor Day, because supposedly many people would
be home, but I think we can all guess what really happens on Labor Day.[1]
All my mission I've had one dream area: Brewster, WA. This has been assigned to Spanish missionaries, but they do the English and the Spanish both. With my Spanish background and it being a bilingual area anyway, I really wanted to go there, and since I loved Ritzville, I figured I'd like Brewster, which also covers two branches.
But everyone told me it was impossible, and I figured it was. Elder W. was one of the people to tell me it wouldn't happen.
But it was possible. Elder W., who said it would never happen, and who knows no Spanish at all, went there. And I am staying in Lewiston, likely to finish off my mission. My new companion is named Elder T., and he is from Phoenix. (He hasn't officially told me Arizona, so I can't really say that's the state :) )
We had a pretty successful week. We started teaching two new people. One's name is Barbie, and she's been coming to church with a member. She's pretty quiet but I think she liked it.
The other is named Heidi, and she lives in Culdesac, ID, about twenty miles away from Lewiston. She agreed with the Great Apostasy; when we went over the First Vision she asked if we believed in the Trinity, because she doesn't; she likes the way the Book of Mormon sounds; and she really liked church on Sunday.
A less-active member has also been attending so we will start teaching his family next week.
This week I prayed in sacrament meeting. Our bishop's wife said when she saw me she told her daughter I couldn't lose any more weight. She said I reminded her of the picture of the little boy in the missionary suit that was way too big for him. I think of myself looking like the character on Beetlejuice who has the really small head.
FYI, with my birthday coming up, I don't think it would be a good idea to have something delivered from a floral shop, just because of our weird situation living with nonmembers.[2] Incidentally, their dog can jump over the fence now. He always barks at us like he wants to eat us but when he jumps out he just sits there. He's the most pointless dog ever.
I sent a package UPS so it should arrive tomorrow. I sent it in case I got transferred, but I sent it Saturday because I figured everything would be closed Monday. But it's good to get rid of stuff anyway, because I'm at the point I need to do that. Elder W. wanted to send a box UPS and since we were there I figured I might as well, too. With that particular box I think it was cheaper UPS, anyway.
I don't have much time and I have to look at BYU stuff. But I'll talk to you later!
Love,
Elder Melville
All my mission I've had one dream area: Brewster, WA. This has been assigned to Spanish missionaries, but they do the English and the Spanish both. With my Spanish background and it being a bilingual area anyway, I really wanted to go there, and since I loved Ritzville, I figured I'd like Brewster, which also covers two branches.
But everyone told me it was impossible, and I figured it was. Elder W. was one of the people to tell me it wouldn't happen.
But it was possible. Elder W., who said it would never happen, and who knows no Spanish at all, went there. And I am staying in Lewiston, likely to finish off my mission. My new companion is named Elder T., and he is from Phoenix. (He hasn't officially told me Arizona, so I can't really say that's the state :) )
We had a pretty successful week. We started teaching two new people. One's name is Barbie, and she's been coming to church with a member. She's pretty quiet but I think she liked it.
The other is named Heidi, and she lives in Culdesac, ID, about twenty miles away from Lewiston. She agreed with the Great Apostasy; when we went over the First Vision she asked if we believed in the Trinity, because she doesn't; she likes the way the Book of Mormon sounds; and she really liked church on Sunday.
A less-active member has also been attending so we will start teaching his family next week.
This week I prayed in sacrament meeting. Our bishop's wife said when she saw me she told her daughter I couldn't lose any more weight. She said I reminded her of the picture of the little boy in the missionary suit that was way too big for him. I think of myself looking like the character on Beetlejuice who has the really small head.
FYI, with my birthday coming up, I don't think it would be a good idea to have something delivered from a floral shop, just because of our weird situation living with nonmembers.[2] Incidentally, their dog can jump over the fence now. He always barks at us like he wants to eat us but when he jumps out he just sits there. He's the most pointless dog ever.
I sent a package UPS so it should arrive tomorrow. I sent it in case I got transferred, but I sent it Saturday because I figured everything would be closed Monday. But it's good to get rid of stuff anyway, because I'm at the point I need to do that. Elder W. wanted to send a box UPS and since we were there I figured I might as well, too. With that particular box I think it was cheaper UPS, anyway.
I don't have much time and I have to look at BYU stuff. But I'll talk to you later!
Love,
Elder Melville
[1] Missionaries
are encouraged to work on holidays because supposedly more people are home. I
didn’t find that to be the case. I was especially annoyed that we had to move
our P-day this week for the holiday. Not only were people not home, transfers were
the next day! You’re supposed to have a P-day to prepare for the transfer.
[2] For
my birthday in 2008, my family had a fruit-and-candy bouquet delivered to our
house from a local floral shop.
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