Man it gets cold here!

March 31, 2014

The past couple of days it has been raining and then all of a
sudden, last night, Mother Nature thought about giving us another
curve ball in the weather... she made it snow for a good hour. The
good thing is is that it didn't stick so I was happy.
         This week was pretty good. Tuesday, after our studies, we decided to
make some brownies and take them to some members and investigators.
Definitely the best idea to do when you have nothing to do and you
have visited EVERYONE in the area... One of the members was The
Jenkins family. She has a son named Chris who is handicapped and I
love him! He is the coolest person ever! When ever we go over, he gets
really excited and shouts our names and jumps in the air, clapping his
hands. Sister Jenkins takes care of her two grandsons as well, and the
youngest is really hyper haha. They love having the missionaries over
anytime! :)

Love these kids!!

   Wednesday was our temple trip for all the missionaries who are
going home. I had a really great experience there! I love going to the
temple because the spirit is so strong wherever you go in there. That
evening, we had dinner with a Less active, recent convert, part
member. The husband is the less active, the oldest daughter is a RC,
and the rest of the family are non members and they are super cool!
The kids were crazy and all over me! I don't know why kids like
climbing all over big, tall trees but they did make some very funny
faces and I did capture that moment ;)

   Thursday we had an awesome dinner and a lesson with another former
investigator that we are starting to teach again! The investigator is
pretty cool. He struggled in the past with the Word of Wisdom, doing
some pretty intense and crazy things, and then got off of that stuff

Ping Pong P-Day...they think I am a giant!

but started smoking and got addicted to that. He has been doing his
best with quitting that, but it is still very hard for him. He wanted
to have us come over on a weekly basis so we will be teaching him
every week and helping support him with quitting; but he doesn't want
to be pressured heavily into joining the church. We chatted with
Brother Heath (his home teacher) and asked for suggestions on how to
work with him and he said the exact same thing the investigator said.
I think that in a few months, he will realize that he needs Heavenly
Fathers help if he wants to quit the smoking.. We will see though :)
         Friday we put down another New Member Lesson in the books with
Brother Topper. Me and him have established like a best friend
relationship you could say. He says things like "When you come back to
visit, you are welcome to  come over, chat swim, anything. I'd love to
see you again!" and the classic: "I can't wait to watch you play ball.
I would love to come to your games." His family is legitimately solid
:)
        I hope ya'll have a wonderful week! :D Send emails and letters too! I
love 'em both! Love you all!!

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~Elder Ekberg~