Hello!
So another week has gone by and it was a little on the rough
side.
We have had tons of cancellations through out the week and
people have been getting hard to reschedule with as well. Its not making our
lives easy at the time, but who said it would be easy?
In other news though we had one baptism this week for a guy
named Brian Perkins, and man is he something else. When we scheduled the
baptism, apparently there was a blood drive going on at the church we had
scheduled for, so we had to baby sit the fount and the room we were doing the
service in for several hours well before the baptism. But it went smoothly and
the baptism had a good turn out. It was funny though, during the baptism Brian
tried to dunk himself before the baptismal prayer was even said.
In over news I spoke twice this last Sunday on missionary work.
One talk was 8 minutes long, the other I gave was 25 minutes long. A big
difference between the two. But both talks were focused on the conversion story
of Zeezrom, and the background that got Alma the younger and Amulek to the
point of meeting with him. I spoke about how the change of one man lead to
other great things as Zeezrom later becomes a missionary with Alma and the sons
of Mosiah for the Zoramites.
So two pretty interesting events happened this week. One just a
few hours ago and the other a few days ago.
The one that happened a few days a go was super strange. We were
in the Cherry Hill Sisters area (Sisters Inman and Denning [Their area being
the home wards to our second YSA stake]) doing what we call a 'Blitz'(which is
where everyone in the district focuses on one area in the district, this area
being the sisters district at the time). And while on the Blitz we were hitting
up some referrals for them in an area we weren't to familiar with in south
Orem. So eventually we get a little lost, and start driving down this weird
road in the middle of a neighborhood, and we see something lying in the middle
of the street. As we pull up to it we discover its a dog, and the dog looks
like it was hit by a car. It wasn't moving or anything. So I rolled down my
window to try and get a better look at it and once its down Elder Bartlett then
honks the horn on the car, and this dog we thought was dead just jumps to its
feet and starts barking, scaring both of us and causing us to speed away as
quickly as legally possible. But it gets better as we try to drive away this
huge herd of cats just wanders into the road. and when I say huge, i mean there
was at least a dozen or more cats. And it was just a super strange site, and at
this point Elder Bartlett just yells our "WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE WE!"
I don't know. I thought it was pretty funny.
Then the event that happen a few hours ago was Elder Bartlett
was having a rough morning as his iPad wasn't working, and as we were leaving
the grocery store this is a Chucky Cheese across the street and while pulling
out of the parking lot Elder Bartlett just says "Let's just go get a
picture with Chucky." and we pull into the lot and go on in. Next thing I
know we are talking to the owner and Elder Bartlett is asking to get a picture
with Chucky, and then the Owner offers us free food, so we at lunch for free at
a Chucky Cheese today, and also have a picture with the over sized mouse
costume. So yeah, it was a pretty interesting time...
So yeah, it was a pretty interesting week, and as this is the
last full week of the transfer Elder Bartlett will be going home not this
Thursday, but next. and I'll be getting a new companion on next Wednesday. So
it'll be a fun time as Elder Bartlett finishes out his time here.
Hey, so I finally got the package, and I ate all that candy on
my own because I'm a fatty now. Elder Bartlett isn't to big a fan of sweets so
they were all for me at that point. lol
I have some requests for the next care package when ever that
will be. More skinny style ties (not super skinny though. Like the rum ties is
the skinniest it can be {and that tie is a Penguin tie, and I want more of
those, you can tell by the penguin on the back of it.}) Also, a CD and a Flash
drive with a bunch of MoTab (two specific hymns I really want be it MoTab or
what ever is 'If You Could Hide To Kolob' and 'Be Still My Soul' ) and every
every single religious Sufan Stevens song you can find that is around. (His
Christmas volumes should all be good, as well as a bunch of songs off of his
Seven Swans album) you can also send the Nashville tribute band. but if you can
get all those music files on a flash drive we can plug the flash drive into our
car to listen to it. so that'd be awesome. also like two or three more scarfs,
not to many scarfs. Also less food and more material things that will stick
around more.
Yes there are biking areas, but I never know when I'm going to
need one. So just keep that money sitting there and when the money goes poof
that's when I needed it.
Also I cant receive videos, but pictures would be ok for MTW and
Brents farewells. What I'm holding in one picture is my TiWi card, a card I have
to use to log in every time i drive. But with elder Bartlett being
the designated driver I haven't gotten the chance to yet.
Tell Miss Clara thank you for the shirt, and tell Tia LoLu thank
you as well for the package. Also let Nana know I said thank you for the card.
It's been a fun time and I'll write again soon.
Elder Kentish
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