Zak, in front of the Boston, Mass temple
QUESTIONS:
Did you get your energy balls in
the mail?? How were they? Like how did
they taste; what shape were they in?
I did! they were very
scrumptious and were in regular ball form. I ate a bunch. Other liked them as
well.
So I think I've mentioned before that my companion, Elder Beck has
lost like 60 pounds on his mission, including a lot in this area. His biggest
thinhg isa that he bascially cut out all sugary stuff. I've tried to sustain
him in his diet/goal by eating pretty healthy as well, with the main exception
being at members homes when they serve us dessert. At times I've done great at
it and other times struggled not to munch on the nasty
but delicious oreo's and stuff that are often in the apartment/are
offered to us. Especially at the start of our companionship I did great at it
untill after we did service at someone's house and they gave us a box of thin
mints and within the hour I had eaten the entire box. This past week Elder Beck
seemed to be more tempted than usual to break his diet, so I decided to support
him 100% by not having any sugary stuff he disprove of at all for at
least a week. I've done well so far (3 days I think)
That shooting at the elementary school in Connecticut
I do know about it. I had heard a little bit about it and
president Packard just sent us an email about it. I thought all of Connecticut
You crying about the cold yet?
actually no. Eventually i'm going to
end up buying some thermals (or thermal garments) but so far it hasn't felt
that bad. Maybe i'm just more manly than ol'Tom so I can handle it better.
Luckily we don't spend much time out walking in the cold, which is what makes
it ok. every once and a while we'll have a cold day and i'll complain about
it until it warms up. the system has worked well thus far. It only
snowed on us once I think. it didn't really stick though. I think being by the
coast helps. Elder Beck and Elder Wilding both want it to snow, but Elder Lopez
(Brazilian) really hates the cold even worse than me.
some interesting
things happened this week
we got transfer texts!! they came a
week early because President wants people home for Christmas. I forgot to
remind you. I am staying though. Phew! I was nervous I was leaving because
Elder Beck and I have been together for 3 whole transfers now. Everyone in the
apartment is staying. I think the next transfer is 7 weeks long to make up for
it (they are normally 6). 2 people from our district are leaving, including our
district leader. Elder Wilding got called on Saturday and was told he
is the new district leader. Today we found out someone else in the district was
also told they are the new DL. we really think he is splitting the district,
which I can see the sense of, but it is still odd. We'll here officially
probably later this week, but that would mean our entire district is now the 4
elders in our apartment and the Simpsons. All of us in the same area.
About P-day today (and being late).
Late ast night some elders from our district unexpectedly showed up at our
apartment because they wanted to have a district pday together before
transfers. We drove up to their area and played some weird (but fun) card game
called The Good, The Bad, and The Munckin, while we waited for other people to
get there, Then we played real life Waldo in the mall, which was only medium
fun. It's cool to do things with the district, but we always end up getting
back late ( our area's are about 45 mins away).
Yesterday we had a baptism! it was for
Maria, the foster mom of Chris and a few others. She is a really solid convert.
She has seemed worthy for at least a month, but for waited until now to get
baptized. She'll be a strong member here. A member of the bishopric baptized
her, which is perfect.
Dave, our investigator who has
a baptismal date (not till the beginning
of February because he has a lot to work through still) came to
church for the first time yesterday and stayed and watched the baptism and
really liked the whole thing. We're also teaching him later today (Word of
Wisdom).
We also had a less active family come
that we've been working with for the first time (with us) yesterday who also
liked it, so it was a productive week. We still haven't had face to face
contact with Miranda in forever which is disappointing We
were supposed to see her yesterday but she had to do homework or something.
We also already have a pretty
fully scheduled week ahead of us, so that's good too.
how come Griffin
I got a letter/card from Quinn today
from seminary, but not the seminary card. I liked it, espcially the
early-morning-ness of it.
I also got the card about the burned
down house AND guessed what BDH meant. I was very proud of myself.
I also got other cards from nice people in
the ward/stake and a card from Grandma.
also, the Cornwalls have a son in Plymouth
How is Quinn doing in track? is it nice
for him to have his eagle and finished his byu app? How is track going?
I bet the missionaries there liked
coming over.
About Christmas and calling home, we
haven't figured out what we're going to do. We might be at a member’s home.
I'll let you know next week (Christmas eve!)
We've been listening a lot to the new
CD you sent me (The Work). it is great
That's everything! Remember to be
grateful for the knowledge you have that so little of the world does! Hang to
the Iron Rod!
Love, Elder Zak
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