Week 37

Woo hoo!!!  it's finnaly springish outside!  Warm, sunny (for the most part), a little windy, and Green! and pink and yellow and all manner of blossom colors.  And of course...  Spiders....  Here's a motto i've lived my recent life in.  "There's nothing to fear but fear itself. . . . . And spiders..."  Hate 'em.

 

So monday we went and helped someone in the ward give his dad a blessing in the hospital which was a really cool spiritual experience, and then the next day we helped him (the son) and our WML put up some trusses at the WML's marina that he owns which was pretty fun. Good ol' physical labor! 

 

Then on wednesday we went and saw a guy named Kevin Blades (Who we actually found out is a cousin to a less active guy in the ward) that we've been teaching and we set a date for baptism with him! we set it for the 27th as well, but we'll have to move it back because he can't get to church on his own and we cant find any members in town willing to take him...  lame... 

But!! Ryan is still super on track for the 27th!  he's totally prepared for his baptism.  In fact last week he asked us if he could pay tithing even if he wasn't a member yet...  How cool is that, there are some members that dont even pay tithing.  So yesterday at church he indeed paid tithing.  We havn't even taught him about tithing yet by the way...

 

We also went to another hospital to give another guy a blessing and after we did and were walking out a lady stopped US as we walked by and asked us to pray for her, and then we told her we could give her a priesthood blessing and stuff.  So we did, in the middle of the lobby with people walking all around us.  So that was pretty neat.  We then gave her a BoM and she said she wants us to come by and teach her sometime! 

 

Things are happening here in the Foxcroft ward!!

 

So the Marina that our WML own's, we will be going there today to go fishing! Yay!  Something to do on pday!  I'm excited for that.

Speaking of fish, i had the first fish that didn't taste like the bottom of a swamp.  It was a catfish i guess.

 

You guys should all watch a video called "Missionary work and the Atonement" it has things from talks by Elder Eyring and Elder Holland, and while its technically for missionaries i think it applies to everyone.  Its really good.  you should be able to find it on youtube i think.

 

Welp, that is all for now!

 

Love ya'll

-Elder Martin