Following are two e-mails we received from Elder Goodale this past Monday, November 9th. The first one a general e-mail to the family, and the second one to Mom answering some of her questions. Separately, he was commenting to me about some of the small towns in his area. In his area there are 5 or 6 towns with a population of less than 400. He has considered going around taking pictures of all the small town signs posted. He said that in the town of Arcola the population is the same as the city's speed limit: 45. :-)
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| One of the bigger areas we cover |
Hey everybody! Sounds like the haunted house was a huge success this year! It sounds like those new things you incorporated were pretty popular and would have been pretty cool to see. And 12 people wet their pants this year! That shatters anything we've done in previous years, doesn't it? That's the true measure of how successful a haunted house is... From the pictures it looked like alot of fun.
Our week here went great too. Tuesday we set a baptismal date with Matt! He'll be baptized on November 28 (as long as his work schedule allows it), and he's super excited. So am I! Terry and Charles are still going to be baptized in December, and this week we are planning on setting baptismal dates with Curtis and May. Things here are going so great! I'll be sad to leave here in December. I hope I don't, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if I leave at the end of this transfer (December 18). But the work is going great here, we're being really blessed. Please keep praying for Emily and the Bradshaws, though, especially Emily. She wants to be baptized so badly and she's doing everything right, her mom is just being stubborn... Pray for everyone we're teaching, though. Thursday we had a pretty fun experience. Bishop Bliss came out with us all day and we went and met alot of less-active members and part member families down in the Greenfield area with him.
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| The river we had to drive up (and got stuck). |
We had a lot of success. At one point, though, as we were driving out in the country, we came to a spot where the little creek that usually runs across the dirt road (not uncommon out in these rural areas) was pretty swollen, it was more like a small river. It wasn't anything too bad, so we decided to cross it. Bad idea. On the other side, after the road turned a corner (so we couldn't see this from where we had been) the stream was up over the road again. Except this time we would have to drive about 200 feet upstream in 3-4 foot deep water. And on top of everything else, there was a fallen tree across the water! Needless to say, we decided to not cross. But when we tried to go back across the river to where we had been, we discovered we were stuck! This little island type thing that we had accidently gotten ourselves on to was just a layer of really lose rock covering lots of mud and a lot more water. Basically the heavy rains that we've had had totally washed out the road, and there was nothing that his little two wheel truck could do about it. We just had to wait (over an hour) until someone could come pull us out. It was a lot of fun... But other than that we had a great day in Greenfield!
So that's the most exciting stuff that happened this week. We taught a total of 37 lessons this week, which is the best we've done since we've gotten here. Things are going awesome. I love you! Have a great week!
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Hello! I can't believe it's November already either. I remember New Years Day like it was yesterday... The time is just flying by way too quickly. I can't believe Brayden and Josh come home this month, and Matt will be married soon. That's so crazy. Don't worry about me rushing into anything, I'm not planning on it. I'll do whatever the Lord tells me to do, but I'm planning on taking things slow. But I still have a year before I need to worry about that...
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| Another small town in our area |
As far as the Bradshaw's baptism goes, the only rule is that they have to be have First Presidency approval before they can be baptized. But the interviewer can be anyone that the First Presidency appoints to do it. Usually, however, it's Elder Holland who does it since of all the general authorities he has the most experience with that stuff. And he's just awesome... But he grew up in the St. George area, not too far from Colorado City, where they all live. Actually, his wife is related to several of the people from the community out here... So he knows his stuff when it comes to that, he was raised with it. So he's good at making them feel comfortable and answering all of their questions. Usually in the past he's done the interview via web cam. The 2nd wife lives in Stockton still, but wants nothing to do with all of that. They are no longer married. If a plig couple was to be baptized and were still practicing, he would have to get rid of the other wives.
As far as speaking in church so often, things are way different out here. Here the missionaries are really a part of the ward, unlike out there where the missionaries cover so many units.
I'm glad the distribution center got it worked out. I already got my cds and everything. Thank you so much for the tie! I'm glad Christopher got Elder Moxon's letter. He should write him back.
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| Elder Moxon |
Sounds like everybody is doing great! I love you!
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| Our District plus the APx. Begay (AP), Raleigh, Sshofield, Moxon, Me, Conrad (AP), Robinson. You can tell none of us were really ready for the picture |
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| Our district: Shofield, Begay, Scholle, Moxon, Me, Conrad, Robinson, Raleigh |
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| Elder Begay and Me |
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