This week ended up being a pretty decent one. I don’t have any complaints, so that’s a
plus, right?
Monday we just chilled until we went shopping and then
headed in for the night. Of course, I enjoyed emailing you guys. It was
good to hear from you and thanks for all of the support you sent my way. Some people think only family can email me –
not true. Feel free to email me at connor.dickinson@myldsmail.net. I’d love to hear from you.
Tuesday: We went to
Sis. W___’s house to do some service for her.
We weeded her whole yard! I think
at some point before I left for my mission, Dad said something about me not
having to mow any lawns – because of the lack of grass - but weeding gravel
yards is WAY worse, by far, lol. Later
in the day, we did some stop-by visits and then had a dinner appointment with
the R___ family. She made some killer
fried tacos and Uce (Elder Ikimau’s nick name) and I ate 13 each. Needless to
say, being fried you can guess what happened at 3:30 a.m. My stomach absolutely rejects grease, so
right back up it they came, lol.
Probably TMI, right? But it
happened, lol.
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| Halloween = Temple trip |
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| I love the Tucson temple! |
Wednesday: We headed
off to our District Meeting, which was decent.
Afterwards, we drove home, ate lunch and visited Sis. C__. She is such a sweetheart! After that, we went to the library so Elder Ikimau
could work on his ‘My Plan’ (it is a church program for missionaries to
complete before they go home. It helps
them plan for their future after their missions) and then we ate dinner at home
and then did some finding for the rest of the night. The finding was very uneventful, as it almost
always is – but it is what it is.
Thursday we worked at the foodbank until about 1:00. We got a lot of boxes done but there were less
people there than usual, so it took little longer but we got all of our work done!
After the foodbank we worked with Bro. Collingwood contacting less active
members – all day long. He has a spreadsheet
with all types of info on each inactive person in the Ward (500+). Yes, with
that many less actives, it seems like a never ending task. It was fun and we get to meet some really
nice people – they’re just not active. Later
that night, we had dinner with the O__ family.
We had some awesome Polynesian fare followed by toasting marshmallows
and learning more about each other. Its
simple times like this that I enjoy the most on my mission. There are people down here that aren't just
people I serve, they have become family.
The O__s and Bro, Collingwood are the ones from the Midvale ward so far. Man, I sure do love them
Friday: We did our
weekly planning and had a dinner appointment with Sis.G___. She made us some killer chili! It was very good, but so hot that I burnt my
tongue badly, which has made for a couple rough days (eating wise, of
course).
Saturday: We got to
do some service for Sis. S__. We cleaned up her yard. This time I was on tree duty and found out I
have a knack for trimming trees. Oddly enough, right? It was fun and what was once was kind of ugly
now looks beautiful! She thought I was
like a uber talented tree trimer . I
just think I got lucky, ha-ha. That took
up most of the day and then we went out with Bro. Collingwood and visited
a ton more people - then it was time for dinner so we went home and I got my hair cut........ and dyed
………black, lol.
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| Rainbow = = RAIN! :O |
It looks surprisingly good and people love it! I don’t know why. Personally, it’s growing on me, but once my
hair grows out I won’t do it again lol. Now, I really look like Clark Kent when
I wear my glasses, lol. 😂😂😂
I was thinking about purposely leaving that out of the email, but it’s
not a big deal, lol.
Sunday: I freaked out
when I looked in the mirror because I had forgotten my hair had been dyed the
night before, hahahaha. This Sunday we
didn’t have our regular meetings, but instead, we had a regional
broadcast. The Stakes all met together
in their respective buildings to watch it.
It was interesting. Fun
fact: If I counted right, Tucson has
twice as many Stakes as all of Wisconsin. Crazy, right?!
After the meeting, we stop and visited with K__ and then we went to Bro.
Collingwood’s for dinner. After that it was back to the church for a Ward Correlation
Meeting, where we talked about the needs of the ward.
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| Such a beautiful temple! |
I’m sorry if this email might seem bland, but that was just
the perfect way to describe my week - other than Saturday night, lol.
I hope y’all had a good week. I Love you and can’t wait to
hear from everybody.
Love,
Elder Dickinson
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