Hey Leute!
So, great news #1--found my camera. Kind of an embarrassing story...it was hidden deep within the reccesses of my backpack. Like behind my folder and under the rain cover and all. Elder Ch joked that I really did lose it and then prayed it back into my bag. Who knows :) But all is better there and now i can quit worrying about it. That was last tuesday. Haha right after i reported it being gone. :P Sorry. Anyway, after i back up my cards onto my gig stick i'll send them home.
S is doing ok. Things simmered down and he's alright now. 'cept the kid really just is a punk. If I wasn't a missionary I wouldn't hang out with a kid like him. So we need to get him integrated into the ward and smooth out his jagged edges a bit...
We set a baptismal date with his mom this week! She actually kind of wanted it herself. She knew all along that our focus was on baptism, she just had to find the faith to overcome her fear of immersion. Guess she has :D But Sunday morning we found out she had an accident and couldn't move. She got a bit better by the end of the day, but we were told by S not to go by and bother her, so we are taking the RS ladies over on Tuesday and we're gonna offer her a blessing. She is pretty solid, just need to get her all taught and stuff. So good times.
And we found R again and set another baptismal date with him this past week! He has cancer now, somewhere in his neck, and lost 2000? this past week on a train he thinks, and things are generally terrible for him right now. But he still really wants to be baptized. And he knows that the Book of Mormon is true. He just needs a refresher course and to quit smoking and he'll be set. He could use some prayers though :)
So CB and her family are pretty much carried about with every wind of doctrine in Christendom, and the last appointment we had with them was this 'inane round robin' as Josh Lyman so aptly described. The father and mom and CB all have different beliefs in several regards, but all have different problems with our religion, blah blah blah...and they like to get hung up on details. Next time we meet, we're gonna lay down the law and bear testimony and if that doesn't work, we'll just have to kidnap CB and lock her in the chapel. Na ja. We'll see how it goes.
Way to go T! Was this your first talk? I hear it went quite well! So what new member missionary things are you going to be doing to be an example for the ward? :D
Awww, that is sad to hear about Br. B. I hope his last days are alright though, being home and all...
''Every time we come to California we are absolutely the Clampets!'' --Pres. Jed Bartlett
Yay! Get Fuzzy! So Transfer calls come in this next saturday, halloween i think, and if i get transferred i'll be leaving Brandenburg ON my birthday. Haha wouldn't that be lame. I hope to stay and seal off some of what I've blown open here...
Christmas wishes? Uhhhh....the finding nemo soundtrack? I swear I'll get a list or something together.
Our new...neighbors? are Brazilian...? Are they members?
Closer to the Heart...Closer to the Heart...(insert guitar jam)
Dear Emma: College is hard, ain't it? Don't give up hope though! You can do it! I took this one test at the Y and went down to see the screen and it was a 65. I was so downhearted. But it got better. And I didn't fail that class. So it's possible.
Well I think that's about it for me. Not much else to report. Except that Elder T is coming to see us on like the 6th or so. Should be good. Thanks for the letters and food (still got some Mateys!) and the jersey (it's sweet, good pday gear) and the Get Fuzzy. And for the prayers. They really do help. I love you, and hope you all know it. Keep working hard back there and I'll do the same out here. The Church is true, and I know it. We'll talk. And I'll try and work out this Christmas call better than last time :P Love you! Tschüß!
---Elder Sterling Mason
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