My new companion and I have been getting along great and
though this week was slower than we would have liked we were able to set
up a ton of appointments for this next week. My companion is from
Maryland and has been on his mission for a year. I also learned that his
name is spelled Koncurat rather than however I spelled it in my last
letter. Its been a interesting week since I had to take charge of our
area after only 6 weeks into our mission, (New missionaries almost
always spend at least the first 12 weeks with their trainer.) but it's
been a great experience!!! I had to set up every lesson and make every
phone call and it really just helped build my confidence. We met with
the family of 5 again on Saturday and the lesson went great with two of
the girls coming out to church the next day. We're hoping that the rest
of the family will make it to church this week. I also extended an
invitation to two of our 15 year old investigators to come attend
seminary and while they both seemed pretty interested they
unfortunately had to cancel last moment at least for this week.
Well in other news we helped with two moves this week and got
quite the workout each time. I love being able to provide service and I
especially love being able to take our white shirt and tie off once and
while. You know that your a missionary when you start referring to your
slacks, white shirt, and tie as your "normal clothes". Oh and I forgot
to mention in my last letter that I was able to get the window replaced
and we now have a new Crystal clear window in our bedroom! Courtesy of
Elder Reeves haha. I have also become somewhat of an expert at preparing
ramen noodles as it is a good portion of my diet while I try to recover
from the window debt. I've been adding carrots, celery, peppers, hot
sauce, and what ever else I can find to change it up a bit.
In terms of your comment on Dr. Pepper as a missionary we are
pretty up to date on the latest church news, and the church made an
official statement on the 29th of last month stating that caffeine is ok
and is not against the word of wisdom. Now with that being said I still
choose not to drink it and have not had a single caffinated drink in
over 4 months so you can be proud of me mom! I've tried to stay away
from soda completely now and I think that it really has been a blessing
in my life.
In church a couple of weeks ago and every week since we have had
state representatives in the hallways registering people to vote. Since
Nevada is a pretty important swing state in the upcoming election its
been hit pretty hard with politics and I went ahead and registered to
vote in the state of Nevada. I'm sure that Colorado has been hit just as
bad though with the election commercials and talk.
You'll have to send me some pictures of Wilson's new home, the
kids football games, and everything else that's been going on. I'll let
you know if we're able to get anyone to seminary this week and how our
new investigators are progressing. I really hope that I am able to stay
here for at least one more transfer though so that I can see all these
wonderful people through to baptism. What's important is that they do
come unto Christ but it's always neat to be able to be there for it.
Keep up the missionary work and try to get the missionaries more
involved with your friends. I keep you in my prayers and wish you all
the best. Love you,
Elder Keller Reeves
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