First of all, I
think the mail is messed up here. Everybody here has been waiting on a
package for awhile. Have you sent the one with the coat yet? We haven't
received any mail for the last week, so hopefully we can figure this
out.
Thanks
for the exercises, the only problem with burpees is that we live on the
3rd floor. I have been doing them and we haven't gotten any complaints
yet, so I think I'm good. I will keep trying out new workouts, but any
help from home would be great.
I
will ask Brother Howard (Jim Lasson's cousin) about his two front
teeth. Speaking of connections. I have talked to so many people from
Idaho Falls. Probably 15-20 people from either Idaho Falls or Rexburg.
It is a great conversation starter.
That is
crazy about the new bishopric. Bishop Robson and company had a pretty
huge impact. I will for sure send them a note or something. They had a
good run. Do you remember when they first got called? I was in the
eighth grade! That is crazy! This bishopric will be great, I am super
excited for them. I know they are all inspired men. Good updates on all
of that. It is so classic Tetonia, I love it. It is weird to think that I
will be coming home to them as a bishopric.
So
this week was super weird. We started out on fire. I have never had a
day like we did on Tuesday. This guy named Josh actually called us and
wanted us to come over. That never happens. We taught eight lessons! It
was awesome. Then the rest of the week was garbage. Ha Ha. We had nine
appointments set up for Saturday and Sunday and eight of them fell
through. Tough stuff.
Julia
is kind of flaky. There was a baptism on Saturday that she really
wanted to go to and it was a no-show.Then she didn't come to church and
she cancelled our lesson for Sunday. She actually cancelled our
appointment for Thursday, too, but we just showed up anyway and taught
her.
So
you asked who Elder Kelly is. There are four missionaries serving here
in the Blue Lake Ward and he is one of them. He is the convert from
South Carolina and he is the district leader. He said that whenever
somebody would cancel, he would just show up anyway, so we tried it
several times this week. We actually had a pretty cool experience with
that. We stopped by this part-member family last week and set up an
appointment to come back Saturday. I got a message from her on Facebook
that her husband did not want us to come over. We were planning on
bringing a member out, so we just went over there anyway. He was really
sour when we first showed up, but he warmed up to us eventually. It
turns out that he is related to the member we brought out and they
hadn't each other for years. We are going back in a couple of weeks.
Junior
is still money. We just stopped by there Sunday night and he didn't
answer. This was after we hadn't been in contact with him all week. We
were pretty discouraged, but we decided to knock on a few doors around
there. Next think we know Junior is coming out. He said that he wasn't
expecting anybody so he didn't answer, but then he heard more knocking
and he figured it was us! Ha ha. He has read from the Book of Mormon at
work and he loves it! It was pretty cool.
Our other investigators are doing good. Steven was one of the many appointments that fell through. We will catch him this week.
Ava's mom and boyfriend were at church yesterday so that was cool.
Remember
that recent convert whose son was shot? She has been bringing her
brother and nephew to church with her. We had a pretty cool experience
with that. So on Tuesday, we were planning on bringing a member to her
lesson at 4. A few hours prior, the member cancelled on us. Shortly
afterward, Josh called us and wanted us to come over. Josh is in his
late 20's and living with his dad who is active. Josh was excommunicated
a long time ago and he is just starting to make his way back. He has
avoided missionaries like the plague, though. So it was weird that he
called us and wanted us to come over. We taught him a good lesson and
then it was off to our lesson with this recent convert (her name is
Cristal). We asked Josh's dad, Cecil, if he wanted to come with us since
the other member cancelled. He came with us and we ended up teaching
Cristal's brother who is trying to quit an alcohol addiction. It turns
out that Cecil goes to the addiction Recovery Program with Josh every
Wednesday and he invited Cristal's brother (Bobby). He ended up going
and he loved it! It was sweet.
I'm
sad that Mr. Ross is done coaching baseball. I wonder if Balben will
leave too. It's either that or he has been waiting all those years to
take over! Let me know how that turns out. Has girls basketball started?
Keep me posted on them.
The
weather here got really cold all of a sudden. I will send some
pictures, but it snowed and everything. The wind was just blowing
nonstop so it made everything really icy. It was weird, but it made
Elder Kelly really sick. He totally lost his voice so he had to stay in
for a couple of days. So far I have just had a stuffy nose thing, but
nothing too bad.
We
had our zone conference this week. Elder Snow from the quorum of the
seventy came. It was really good and he had some good insights. Most
importantly, the spirit was so strong. He just talked a lot about the
Holy Ghost and the roles that he plays and how it is like a process. We
feel its comfort, then it testifies to us, then we can receive
revelation from it. The more that we learn how to recognize the Holy
Ghost, the more we will be able to be an instrument in His hands.
Thanks
so much for your emails. It is my favorite part of Monday! I hope that
things continue to go well for you as you exercise faith and keep the
commandments. I love you all very much.
Love,
Elder Reiley
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