Week 82 Working in Lake Wattcom

Hello everyone! This week was pretty good. We had a fun time, and we worked hard. So yeah, here's the week.

Monday

We went and emailed in the morning. After we all decided that we would go to Blain and play soccer and football at the Peace Arch as a zone. So, before we went, the Spanish elders and us went to Wendy's. After, we then went to the Peace Arch. We got changed, and then we went to take pictures. Then we went and played soccer in the field. That was so much fun. It's so crazy! Elder Hunter is in Blain, so the three pack was back again in the same zone! After soccer, we then got changed and went to Edeliens for ice cream. I hadn't been there in so long! It made me happy when we went! I miss that ice cream so much. We stayed there for a while and then drove back home to head to dinner in Sudden Valley. Because we stayed a while in Blain, it made us late to dinner. That was really sad. We should have watched our time more. Oh well. We'll remember that next time. After having dinner, we went and saw a couple of people out there before we drove back home and ended the day.

At the Peace Arch

 Tuesday

We went to the food bank and helped sort food. After, we then had a district lunch at Taco Bell. I still had my gift cards from Christmas, and I used it to pay for Elder Milner and myself. It was great to see everyone one last time before they got transferred. After lunch, we then drove home and had comp study. Then we went and saw people. We had a lesson with a woman named Fay. She is a less active that we met a week ago. We just talked about going to church and partaking the sacrament. After visiting with her, we went and saw more people. Later that night, we had dinner. A while after, we then had a meeting with Bishop and that ended our night.

Wednesday

We saw tons of people, only because we didn't have any set plans... So we were going all over the place trying to see people. We did have a few lessons mostly with people we met on the street, and then we had one with Jason French. We talked about the restoration with him. It was interesting because he has a lot of knowledge in the Bible and everything, but he doesn't really have that much faith in God. He knows it by script, but not by heart or faith, so we are working on that with him to help him out with that. Later that night, we had dinner at the church at the blue and gold. We got to frost a cake, but we did not eat it only because of how much sugar was on it. We made an American flag on it out of sprinkles... yeah, it was more for the looks. Sorry I don't have pics for you to see what it looked like. After dinner, we went and saw some more people before the night was over.

Thursday

We went and helped sort food at the food bank again this week. After, we then came home, had lunch, did comp study, and then we went out to see people. We had a lesson with a woman named Sister Kavay. She's a less active that lives outside of the ward. We read some scriptures with her. After, we came back and went around making more visits. Later that night, we had dinner and then went home to work on the area book for a while.

Friday

We had district meeting since transfers were on Wednesday. Elder Brown instructed on how to work with members and how to best use them in our lessons. We did a role play that lasted most of the meeting. After district meeting, we had lunch, then we drove back home and had comp study. Then we went and had a lesson with Scott Warren. He's an active member who we go and see how he is doing. We read scriptures with him sometimes. He's got some medical problems and loves when we visit. After, we had a lesson with the Redelk family. The bishop wanted us to go over and teach her the lessons. So, we taught her about the book of Mormon. We then went to see Lailoni and her mom and had a lesson on forgiveness because of some harsh things that were going on in her family. After, we then went and got to know some people we are planning on teaching next week. Their names are the Sibleys. They are a very nice family, a mom, a daughter, and a son. After our visit, we then went and had dinner with the Joneses. They fed us steak. After, we then had a lesson with their son. Brother Jones wanted us to teach him before he got baptized. After the lesson, we went over to Justin Lon's and talked about Avery’s baptism to get the program all figured out. That ended the day.

Saturday

We started with weekly planning and going to the church to print out the progress record. Then we came home, had comp study, and then went into lunch. After, we went to our lesson with Hue. For those that don't know her name is pronounced (whaye') emphasis on the E at the end. It’s Vietnamese. We had a lesson on the temples, and we talked about getting her to the temple this coming Wednesday. After our lesson with her, we had a lesson with Chris, our investigator. We talked about a part of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We almost got to the point of dropping him during the lesson, but we decided to let him have one more shot. He didn't really seem to grab everything we were giving him, but he said he would start reading the Book of Mormon. So if he does and he wants to progress, we will see if that happens, and we can move on with him. His interest is not really there, so I'm not sure how long he may stay with us. After that lesson, we went home, got changed, and helped someone that was moving into our ward move a piano to their new home. Then from there, we got changed and then went to dinner. After dinner, we had a lesson with Jeremy. We talked more about the Book of Mormon, but then he dropped us and told us he is good where he is at. After our lesson, we went to Brother Jones’s home and shared the progress record with him.

Sunday

We had ward council in the morning. Then we went through church. After, we had ward correlation meeting, and then we went home and took a small nap before we went into comp study. After comp study, we then went to go see Holland. We read scriptures with him, and then he showed us his video game collection. After, we then came home and weekly planned until dinner. After dinner, we went and helped the Laural elders find investigators for this week, but with our efforts we found no one. So, we came home and finished the night with personal study and accounting.

Well, that's the week for you. It was currently a busy week. Below is a picture from Elder Allsop that he just sent. He took it before I got ET'd. I hope you have a good week, and I'll see you all soon. Bye!!

Elder Hammond

Elder Allsop & Elder Hammond