I'm Pretty Much a Celebrity in the Ward Now

November 26, 2012

First off Happy Birthday mom!!! Sorry it’s late... Broccoli was alright, but I have definitely eaten things I never would have back in Az. We had a lunch appointment for Thanksgiving; we just had the normal turkey and junk. I saw the pictures, thank you. I got the Wal-Mart brand zyrtek and I’m fine now. I haven’t had problems this week.  My bike is working good, but we were so busy doing service that we didn’t ride much this week. One day we helped a member move, the next day we helped another member frame and insulate an addition to his house, then the next day we helped a less active member fall trees, cut them up, haul them to his parents’ house, split and stack wood for their fire place, and finally the next day we helped a member build a deck and porch. I’m feeling pretty sore from all of this hard labor. And on top of that we played football with the ward on Thanksgiving so I’m sore. I’m pretty much a celebrity in the ward now. Between how amazing I am at football and my last name, everyone loves me. We eat so much here! We had two dinner appointments last night! The lady we were going to teach canceled cause she was sick. But we have four new investigators. One is the husband of a less active and they both really want us over and love learning. They are feeding us Saturday and we are teaching them too. The other is a niece of a less active who loves reading and loves God, so that’s promising, we teach her Friday. The other two are an older man and his daughter. He is a recovering gambling addict who works with special needs adults and the Special Olympics and things. He is interested in repentance and change and loves hearing our message. I’ll let you know how everything goes. I love being a missionary, I feel so great and I love everything about serving the lord. I’m gonna love these next 2 years! Put more than just mo tab on the iPod. Like the Sheri Call CD’s from your car and stuff like that is approved by president. So any kind of gospely music that talks of God or church or anything I would love. Doesn’t have to be Mormon music, can be Christian as long as there is a good message. Thanks so much. Before my 12 weeks is up with my trainer I will need to buy a GPS. There is no other way to find your way around out here. When I buy it I’ll tell you and you can take from my savings account. I’ll need this all mission and after so it’s a good investment. I’m buying a good one so it’ll last and have good maps. Wal-Mart has one for $100. This won’t be for a while though, just a heads up. Love yall talk to you next week!

Jordan