This week was a pretty interesting one. Not much really
happened on the southwest home front. I've decided to start a diet - kind of
like a 6 months to sexy thing. Except, I'm starting at 5 months. I think this will help me both spiritually
and physically. I'm definitely looking
forward to this being a positive experience. Setting goals in life is
important. It gives you something to
work towards, makes you desire the right things and hopefully helps you find a
more healthier you. Hopefully at the end
of five months, I'll find a more spiritual me too. I also got a cool haircut this week and it
has been raining a lot - thank goodness!
The rain keeps the temperature down, but it also makes it humid, which I
never thought I would miss (summers in Wisconsin are really humid). But, after working and living in the dry
heat, I sure have missed it. Before I left for Arizona, I met a guy who
described ‘yeah, but it’s a dry heat’ being like someone holding a blow dryer
to your face all day every day, lol.
Man, was he right. I'll jump
into the week now.
Monday, was a really cool day. We got to see the O__ family again. It was a
wonderful reunion, being able to spend the day with that wonderful family. We spent the day preparing an entire pig for
a Polynesian feast. We went through the entire step-by-step process (which I won't
go into detail for those who are faint-hearted). After 6 hours of cooking we ended up with 30
lb. of pork served with lou and various other Polynesian side dishes. We spent the next hour eating as much as we
could. Only a pound of pork remained
after the eight of us had finished eating. I'll let you do the math, but I'll just say I
was a very full boy for the rest of the day (and the rest of the week, lol).
Other than chatting with Mom and Dad, Janet and grandma - that pretty much sums
up my Monday.
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| Dinner with the O Family!!! (they are the best) |
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| Making Lou |
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| FInished product!! YUM |
We spent most of Tuesday day visiting people with not much
success finding any new investigators.
That's pretty much what happened all day Tuesday, other than lunch and
dinner. We ended the night attending the Butterfield Ward’s correlation
meeting. The ward really needs help, but
we don't really know how we can do, but things are starting to look up.
Wednesday: We were
able to have a good day doing some visiting and street contacting. We didn't
find any new investigators, but we did talk to 30 plus people. While spending
time doing this it might not seem like we're doing missionary work, we always
are. Just being out there letting people
see us doing what we should be, is a form of missionary work. Wednesday night we started exchanges with the
Zone Leaders. Those exchanges went pretty
well and extended into Thursday.
Thursday was a pretty good day of exchanges with Elder
Eldridge. He's one of our Zone Leaders.
We did a couple visits and some service. The service was helping Bro. and Sis. C__
clean out one of their storage rooms. Man,
did I sweat a lot! It was so hot and
humid. After several hours of working
there we had a wonderful lunch with them and then headed home to shower and
change for a few teaching appointments. Later
that afternoon, we met with a guy named S___.
He is a member, but has been less active. He used to meet with the missionaries, but
then he got a new job as a trucker and was no longer able to meet. Now, he is able to meet with us at church on
Sunday - so that's good. After that
meeting with S___ we had a dinner appointment with Sis. A__. After that, we eventually exchanged back. So,
Thursday was a pretty eventful day.
Friday we did our weekly planning and later Elder VanSweden
worked on his My Plan. Later that night,
we had a dinner appointment with the C___ family from the Butterfield Ward
followed by doing some finding. That was pretty much Friday.
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| Care Package Goodies! (I think the white shirts are my fave! Whew! LOL) |
Saturday was a pretty interesting day as well. We did some finding, but I wasn't feeling
very well, so we spent some of the daytime trying to recoup. Later we did some more stop-by visits, then headed
to bed –after dinner of course. Saturday
night was a rough night of sleep - mainly because I wasn't feeling well. Then,
around 3 a.m. we were woken by several gunshots. They were pretty close. So, that was exciting.
Sunday: We had a
wonderful day at church at the River Crossing Ward. We learned a lot about family history and
missionary work. I was impressed how
they put on a good sacrament meeting about missionary work without including us,
lol. So, that was definitely a nice
change, for once. After church, we
headed to the Butterfield Ward for Sacrament Meeting, after which we went home
and changed out of our suits and into short sleeve shirts and ties. We headed to a dinner appointment with the
L__ family. We had an awesome meal of
cranberry chicken, peas and rice. After that we headed to J___ and B__'s to say
hi to them. They were really busy
working on their $1 trailer house, which is starting to look really nice.
Sunday evening we also received a referral from somebody. It was like a last-minute miracle that we
we're able to find an investigator this week. The Lord sure works in mysterious
ways.
That was pretty much my week.
I'm sorry I didn't have much to report on this week, but not
much happened. I hope you guys all had a
good week back home. Please stay safe
and healthy. I can't wait to hear from
you tomorrow. God bless and keep the faith.
I love y'all.
Elder Connor William Dickinson.
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