Crash! Bang! And BAM!

Call up the Undertaker and order some flowers because you’re gonna die when you hear this; some things actually happened this past week!

So for starters, on Monday night, we had to come back to the library to look for Elder Berthelson’s planner that he left here and when we were leaving, I managed to get in a small fender bender with a car in the parking lot. It turned out to be not a bad situation at all, which was very lucky. I’m not too happy about it and definitely not proud. But I thought I would just let you all know. And for those of you who have lost track, this accident brings us up to number six.

On a happier note, we got a new investigator this week! He is a nine-year-old boy in our ward who hasn’t yet been baptized and needs to have the missionary lessons before he can get baptized. We had an appointment set up for Friday evening but had to cancel because our dinner appointment ran late and it turned out to be the parents anniversary so we decided it would probably be best to just reschedule. I’m excited about teaching him but I think it might be a little difficult simplifying the gospel for a young kid but we will surely see!

Church yesterday was the craziest thing I may have ever experienced in a house of God. First of all, President Pehrson decided to surprise us by showing up at our ward. Due to the location of the church, right off Main Street and the 2,000 plus motorcycle rally for fallen officers going down that street, traffic was backed up for a while and most people were late coming to church so we started about 45 minutes late.

It was also a missionary farewell; the old kind of farewell where the WHOLE family speaks. At the end of Sacrament, the bishop said that we would be canceling Sunday school and going straight to third hour and that we would also be ending church about 20 minutes early. No complaints there from me, I just thought it was weird.

When I talked to President Pehrson yesterday, he told me that I would be staying in Trumbull for a while which made me very happy. I am really loving this ward and this area and I’m making so many friends here. Like the Sisam’s, a really cool young family that we got close to this week. They fed us one day and invited us to come back on Saturday to do some service for their neighbor. It was a lot of fun and they are a BLAST to be around.

Overall, things are going really well for me. Every day brings new challenges and blessings and as I work my hardest and take things one day at a time, I know that I am doing what I need to be. I have a full day of letter writing planned so if you haven’t heard from me in a while, I will get to it soon. I promise. Thanks for all the love, support, and prayers!