This week went by fast
as usual. I am having a blast out here. Elder Thorsen is awesome.
So last Monday
was fun but not great we played ball and did our shopping nothing out of the
ordinary or all that fun.
Tuesday was great so we took
a bus to Woodriver and taught Amanda and Eric. We taught a great lesson and
Amanda cried basically the whole time we committed them to be baptized but they
aren't married yet so we gotta fix that. Tuesday was crazy a huge storm hit us
while we were on our way to SIUe. We lucky made it to the building shortly
after it started raining. We taught a recent convert student. His name was
Damoni and he had questions and beliefs like an investigator. As we were on our
way back from the university we rode past this open filed and there was this
flock or pack of wild turkey. So Thorsen and me got off our bikes and chased
them around it was a blast. It was still sprinkling on our way back and we saw
this baby bird in the middle of the bike trail. It was cold and lonely so I
picked it up and put it in my raincoat and let it go by our apartment.
Wednesday was fun but very
unproductive. We share a car with other elders and they came and picked us up
and we went to president interviews and stuff in O'Fallon Illinois. We spent
the whole day out there because one of our headlights was out and we had to fix
it. So we couldn't do anything.
Thursday was the best day of
the week because we taught three lessons and had picked up three new
investigators. It made up for the day before.
Friday was physically very
exhausting. So we have this member, sister Finey who thinks we
are her personal maids or something. So it’s like 11 o clock and we are
going to try some potentials and she called and said hey I need your help
moving some things from my friend’s house to my house. So we tried to
reschedule for this Tuesday but she said no lets do it today. So her friend
lives in Woodriver. So we take a bus to Woodriver and meet her at her friend’s
house. We took apart a bed and loaded it up. Took a bus back to Edwardsville
and rode ten miles outside of the city to unload the bed and set it
up for her. Then we rode ten miles back to the apartment. Then we went to dinner,
which was probably 8-10 miles outside the city. Then we rode to our church
building to go to a baptism, which was probably another ten miles. We
biked about 40 miles that day I was exhausted.
Saturday we wake up and its
pouring rain out side. So Thorsen and me decided to clean the entire
apartment and organize it. I think we have the cleanest apartment in our
district/zone.
Sunday was fast we went to
church and we had like a lesson/ conversation at a park to lady and
her husband. She had some crazy beliefs and talked our heads off it was nuts
she talked to us for like a strait hour. Then we went and visited Lori one of
our investigators and she dropped us so Sunday was great but kind of crummy.
Other than that the church is true I love being a missionary hope everyone has
a great week. I know its early over in AZ right now love you all.
Love,
Elder Washburn
Deer are everywhere. Along the bike paths and they are not afraid of us. |
Trying to wear shorts because it is so humid. |
Praying mantis on his helmet, rode around for a few block with this passenger. |
Elder Thorsen reading letters sent to him from the Washburn's. |
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