Elder Record: There is a cool
lady we live with, and she is a member. She is giving me piano
lessons. So I learned a bunch of the chords, which was pretty cool.
She is really good with the music theory. We did that on P-day, my
birthday. We played football. Elder Conlin is sitting right next to
me, by the way.
Elder Conlin: Haloo
Elder Record: On Tuesday we had
exchanges with the zone leaders, which was all right (haha). We enjoy
being together a little more in our own area, I'm pretty sure. Right
Elder Conlin?
Elder Conlin: Correct.
Elder Record: Yeah, we got a lot
done this week though. This week has been probably my best teaching
week so far on my mission, which was really nice. We were able to
meet with a lot of people, and help them out. We had a few pretty
good experiences. It seems like we will have some new investigators
here pretty soon, that should be pretty interested in hearing about
the gospel. We also went to the DMV and Elder Conlin got his license
(haha). How was the test?
Elder Conlin: Uuuh, you know,
it's almost moron proof, except I passed it. So, you know (haha).
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| Elder Conlin's license picture |
Elder Conlin: My word...
(haha haha)
Elder Record: It's hilarious!
(haha) But other than that, his picture is normal. So I've got to
figure out this whole voting thing. President Beesley wanted us to
vote. He wanted us to get absentee ballots from home, but I have to
double check if I still do that. When I got my license [Alaskan
license], I accidentally checked this box, “do you want to
register to vote.” So I'm like sure, why not. So apparently I think
I'm registered with Alaska, but I'm not entirely sure. So I don't
know if I get an absentee ballot or just doing something here. So I
will probably try and find out about canceling that and just going
back to Utah and getting an absentee ballot from you guys. If you
would please send me a little bit of information on the candidates
that will be running for president so I can make somewhat of a decent
choice. I trust your insights a lot too. Oh, we wrestled some pigs
this week too. They stink!! (haha) It was quite the battle. We were
herding them into this other pen. There were these two pigs that were
dumb and young and wanted to do their own thing. I didn't have boots,
so I was outside doing the easy stuff. Elder Conlin had boots and was
in the middle of the pit, stepping through the poop and everything.
He got in on his hands and...
Elder Conlin: Everywhere
Elder Record: Does it still
stink?
Elder Conlin: Yep.
Elder Record: So apparently his
hands still smell like pig...
Elder Conlin: Pooh, urine and
stuff.
Elder Record: Yeah. So that was
unfortunate. (haha)
Elder Conlin: Yes.
Elder Record: We were able to
have a good service experience there, and help this lady out. She is
like seventy, and she still has these pigs. She was very nice and
very friendly.
Elder Conlin: We shared a good
thought.
Elder Record: Yeah, we shared a
good thought (haha) about how Laman and Lemuel – the brothers that
were kind of annoying – she's like, “that's just like these
pigs.”
Elder Conlin: They are trying to
go to the promised land and they still fight it because they are
paying well.
Elder Record: Yeah, yeah that's
right. So it connected really well and she laughed about it a little
bit. We have an investigator who is really awesome. He's getting
ready for baptism. We love teaching him, and hopefully we will have
some more people who will have a desire to make those covenants with
their Heavenly Father here pretty soon. A lot of good work to do. We
are busy all the time. Sorry I haven't written too many letters to
various people (haha). I'll try to work on that, but until then, I
just want to bear my testimony that I know this Church is true. I
know the Book of Mormon is true. I know that as we stop focusing on
ourselves and focus on others, things get a lot easier. Especially,
the missionary work becomes so much more fun, if you just forget
about yourself and think about others, and study and find out answers
to their concerns, and help them. It becomes a lot of fun –
especially when you see people progress too. I know that it is true
because of all the joy and happiness it brings into other people's
lives. We can see people change. You know that it is good. You know
that it comes from God. Not only that, the Spirit too testifies that
it is true. I am thankful for all the wonderful people up here that
help us with the missionary work. They are doing a good job. We
really like the ward up here. Elder Conlin, what are you thoughts on
your first area?
Elder Conlin: Hmm... my first
area. Well clearly I've had a pretty good trainer. I'm sure you guys
are biased and would agree. But, let's see. It's kind of what I
imaged it to be like, except it's like 80 degrees hotter than what
everyone thinks about.
Elder Record: That's true,
wasn't it like 90 not long ago?
Elder Conlin: Yeah, not too bad.
Elder Record: I guess it wasn't
quite 90, but like in the 80's.
Elder Conlin: Yeah. It's enough
that you like go to wave at someone and they see the uh, armpit
stain. It's just like, well, hello. Anyhow, as far as the work and
what not, there are a lot of people that are pretty darn interesting.
I guess that makes it easy that they live far apart, and they are
strange; so they really do like to talk. So it's not that often that
we have people say, “go away,” and slam the door on you. They
usually want to yak about the UFO they saw or the plane they landed
in their front yard or anything in between.
Elder Record: ...and this has
happened.
Elder Conlin: (haha) Yep. It's
been good. We have been working incredibly hard and sleeping about
just as hard...
Elder Record: It's true.
Elder Conlin: ...at night you
know – you know what I'm saying.
Elder Record: Anyway, we'll talk
to you all next week.
Love, Elder Record
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