Zak, enjoying a Nectarine...
QUESTIONS:
Did you get my hand-sanitizer
package?
yes! i think i got it 1 day
after going to the store and buying hand sanitizer though. I was just coming out
of the depths of my sickness
Feeling all the way
better?
probably 85-90%. I still have a gross sounding cough and
am a little congested. it's not a huge deal. My voice finally started sounding
normal a day or 2 ago. We're scheduling a full regular day though, not taking it
easy anymore.
Worn your new ear muffs
yet?
yes, they worked great. I've
worn them a few times with my scarf. We're not ever outside that long, but it
was nice to have them, especially when not feeling 100%.
Do you think you got anyone
sick??
well Elder Beck and Lopes both got sick too, and it very
well could have been through me. Also one day when Elder Beck and I just went to
like 2 appointments because I was recovering we decided not to go to a dinner
appointment because 2 small babies would be there and I didn't want to infect
them. When we didn't show up she was a little upset and had the other guys call
and demand we come. She makes good food and I was feeling ok'ish so we dashed
over. She has since gotten sick. We tried!
What about a flu shot...was
it ever offered...I guess it is too late now.
yea, if we want to fork over
like 30$. Sister Packard texted us encouraging us to think about it/look for
places to get it for free.
Are you eating the same, old
stuff?
I've eaten a lot of chicken
noodle soup in the past week. I also open a can of chicken and put that in. I've
eaten a little bit of ramen noodles too, which I had been trying not to do. I'm
kind of getting tired of oatmeal in the morning, but I'm not sure what else to
eat. I was craving grapes while sick and have been eating those a lot
too.
What are you doing
today?
feeling tired. our dinner
appointment today was at 5, we were able to push it back to 5:30 though, but it
still cuts things a little short. After that we were asked to go to this Single
Adult (as in, not young) Home Evening thing.
There's a lady that works at
a breakfast place who was friends with the Staples (senior couple) that we've
been needing to follow up on so we went to her place for breakfast. We didn't
get an appointment or anything, but it was good to make contact again and it was
a yummy brexfix.
Hear any talk about the
Inauguration?
This email if the first I've heard of it. I can't believe
how extreme the opinions are of the president.
I did hear about "the game" though.
I was sad to hear The
Pats lost. I didn't know Pitta caught the TD though, I had completely forgotten
about him. Elder Simpson pointed out this morning that it's the brothers
coaching against each other. The Harbowl should make the NFL people happy. I
also think Matt Ryan vs Joe Flacco would have been interesting because they were
drafted together. I wanted the patriots though.
btw, did any Rams make the
probowl? Is there anyone besides the Rams starting on the NFC
roster?
Have you used your dart guns
again?
we've shot them at each other
just a few times, but that's it.. I think the betting line how many more times
i'll really use it would be 2.5.
[I wrote in my letter to him:] Ok, I am pooped! Must go to
bed. Nice chatting with you. Hope you feel good and able to do the work you want
to do. Let us all press on!!
[his response:] I am pooped too! I feel extra
tired today for some reason.
Someone just called and told us it is supposed to snow a lot tomorrow and
asked if we would help shovel out the church parking lot. That should be
interesting. I've never had to do that before.
Right now I feel like it's pretty cold. It hasn't been terrible the past
week but it just got a bit colder; but I think what i've been complaining about
has been around 30! not the single digits of provo. Sounds like the Jimmer
Generation at BYU has to suffer more for to make up for their previous
blessings.
Someone told us yesterday at church that in about a week it's supposed to
dive down to single digits though. I hope it doesn't really happen.
I think the biggest accomplishment of the week has been getting healthier.
I hoped after I got antibiotics I would get better quick, but it's still been
slow. I finished that book by Clayton Christensen I talked about last time. We
got to talk to a few families about the things we learned from it. I like it a
ton, I wish we had a bunch to give out to all the members. We've committed a few
people to look at the website too (everydaymissionaries.org). One of
those people was the Elders Quorum secretary and vented on us for a while about
people not doing their home teaching/especially not reporting it. There's not a
ton we can do about that as missionaries, and it's always kind of weird when
people vent on us, but at least I vowed to him I'd do it when I got home. I
guess we didn't do a great job with him making doing missionary work sound less
intimidating or impossible, because he didn't really want to talk about doing
that so much, but he did say he'd continue to introduce himself to someone he
doesn't know every sunday, which is also a very good thing.
I lost my daily planner, which was a bit of a bother. I don't know where it
could have fallen out of my pocket or something. I have an extra one luckily. We
were able to set up a lot of things for this week too, which is really great. A
lot of people around here have been/are sick. Maria (who was baptized about a
month ago) spoke last that Sunday we were home sick. It was good for her, and we
heard she did a great job, we were bummed we missed it.
Also there is a youth temple trip for baptisms early in February we're
going to try and get her and Chris and a few other people ready for. The less
active people who we were expecting came to church yesterday which was exciting.
Some of them have come a few weeks in a row now.
Our ward mission leader was just released and pulled into the Elders quorum
presidency, which is too bad because he was really enthusiastic We're not sure
who is the new one yet. It will be a good chance to start fresh with
no precedence and do things better.
I'm excited for an appointment this week with an older sister who asked us
for a book of mormon to give to her friend. She said she also has many friends
who have wanted to come to church with her. we gave her an extra BoM, but we're
going to see how we can help her help her friends. Also she let us know she just
ordered a new book all about member missionary book, and it happened to be The
Power of Everyday Missionaries! (we call it PEM for short), so we'll talk about
that and study it a little together.
Good job to Quinn for teaching a lesson. In a year he'll probably be called
to be a teacher in his singles ward, and now he'll be very prepared. It gets
easier the more you do it. and good luck to Beebachu [Kylie] in 2 weeks. Did kylie get a
letter from a pen-pal person here? someone told me they wrote a letter? it was a
few weeks ago, she should have gotten it by now.
Also, on LDS.org they have stuff about helping youth in the new curriculum
all the time.
does anyone use my ipod? is there a spare one in the house? I just had a
thought, if i got an ipod I could download the music they give for free at lds.org/youth and
listen to it in the car and stuff. I may request that in the future, if it is
available.
I think that's about everything. I'm going to keep complaining about the
cold even though I'm the warmest person in the family outside CA. I'll keep
doing some happy things as well. I hope people aren't too depressed to meet with
us after their patriots lost.
Keep doing good things!
Love Zak
P.S. also I forgot to ask, what color are Griffin's hands? back to normal yet? they should have him teach primary, just like his siblings teaching classes
P.P.S.also one last thing. I really liked the email we all got today from President Packard. I'll copy/paste it here incase you're curious to see what kind of stuff he sends us.
Also about kylie, what math is she in? I thought she got an A every time in
every class
From Julie/Mom: The letter Zak refers to from President Packard is excellent reading! I was grateful to have read it and enjoyed his perspective on MLK. In his letter, he also includes MLK's "I have a Dream" speech So, where to put all that so you can enjoy it?? I have put it on another "page" on this blog, you can get to it by clicking the link below. Here's hoping it really works. It is worth your time to read it!
http://elderzak.blogspot.com/p/dear-elders-and-sisters-today-is-martin.html
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