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| David in front of the Dallas Temple! |
Hola!
Life in SLC seems like it's the same old same old, which is good
because life in the SLC is grrrrrreat! The mission is really making
that obvious for me haha. I love to hear that you are going to
farewells and homecomings. It's crazy to think that so
many peeps are already starting to come home!
I'm glad Andrew got to you, and you got a hold of Zach. I did have
an email from him and it was awesome to hear from him! I miss that
kid! I also got grandmas package the other day and I put a thank you
card in the mail today for her! But sadly, I
have not yet received your package. Elder Sheffer said sometimes they
will come knock on your door to deliver it, or they will put a slip in
your mailbox that tells you to go pick it up at the post office. So
idk, but I'm sure it will turn up! I'll check
with the office today.
Yeah I feel for Elder Powell. When I saw him at the meeting he was
having a hard time and made it seem like his companion problems are
pretty serious but he couldn't talk about them all there. But we have
follow up training manana and I'll see him there
along with all the others from the mtc, so hopefully I can find out
more! even though it really isn't any of my business.
This week has been good. Weeks are definitely getting better and
better all the time. I am getting more accustomed to the work better
and starting to settle into the routine, which makes things easier.
At first I was just having a hard time thinking
that this is my life for 2 years! But now I have come to the attitude
that the day my mission ends will come, it will come! and it is up to
me whether it comes fast or slow.
Nothing too exciting this week. We always find an outrageous
number of new investigators every week, without even really trying in
the "finding" department. God just puts them in our path. We usually
meet the average, or the standard, for lessons taught
every day. So we stay busy for the most part, with a few slow points
here and there. The frustrating thing is that none of our planned
lessons fall through! People aren't very reliable here haha but it
doesn't take us long to find someone else to teach.
No baptisms yet, but we do have some baptismal dates and some serious
progressing investigators!
RAIN RAIN RAIN! yesterday and today it has been pretty much
raining constantly. Most the times it is just a light sprinkle, or
maybe a little more. but it is so refreshing to get a break from the
heat! The rain does make things a little difficult;
when riding bikes we get mud spots all over our shirts, and we try to
do as little biking in the rain as possible. But whether it's hot or
raining, I'm going to have to wash anything anyway! So as of right now I
think I would prefer the rain. and it's supposed
to rain all week! hehehe
I am in a Spanish ward. At our building there are two English
wards and a Spanish ward that is pretty good sized. But the 3 hour
church block seems forever long here! Probably bc I can't understand a
thing that is being said. I always struggle to
stay awake in church meetings. Also, I fell asleep at a party on
Saturday haha! I didn't think I actually fell asleep, I thought I was
just resting my eyes, but afterwards my companion told me I was asleep
for more than a few minutes and the people at the
party were talking about me! oops.
This last week my companion and I started talking more, which we
hadn't really done much of until now. The first two weeks I just
followed him around. But now we talk about life before the mission,
college, family, life after the mission, hobbies. He
wants to be a personal trainer when he gets back and likes fitness
stuff! So we have something in common and it's more fun to talk rather
than just go house to house without a word!
I think I sent one picture already, but it takes forever just to
send one picture! So I think I will send this memory card home, just so
you can see all the pics from the mtc. But from here on out I will
probably only have one, maybe two pictures every
week, if that, and I could probably find time to send one a week.
Sorry, that's the best I can do.
I think it would be best if I had another pair of shoes.
Especially for the rain. But I am hesitant cuz I don't like to ruin
nice, expensive stuff, and mission shoes are expensive! So I'm thinking
maybe you could just send me my old, slip on, black
Steve Madden's for now. But if you think it would be better to buy
another pair of durable sturdy mission shoes, you can do that too. I
trust ya mom! You do what you think would be best for me. No rush!
I would love a box of goodies! Our mission debit card has $140 a
month on it, that's about 35 a week. My first couple trips to the story
I had a hard time staying under that haha, but I am practicing and
learning and getting better at it! But I might
go a little over thins month. But my point is, with what little money I
have to spend at the store, I am very limited on what I can by, so I
just get the essentials mostly. So if you send me food, NO CANDY! That
is the last thing I need and wouldn't do
me any good. I need stuffs that's gonna fill me up and give me
energy. So stuff like nuts, trailmix, granola bars, energy bars, power
bars, protein bars, any kind of bar! And if you can think of other
stuff that you know I like, feel free. Just no straight
candy. It doesn't all have to be healthy energy stuff, but that would
be the most beneficial.
Spanish hasn't seemed to progress much. But Elder Sheffer shared a
good analogy with me: growth in the mission is like trying to watch
your thumb grow when you're a baby. It's hard to see! So who knows,
maybe I've come a lot further than I realize.
But things are getting easier.
I love and miss you all and wish I had more time to write! I love
writing y'all and I hope you are all seeing the blessings from the
Lord. The Lord's hand is in all of our lives, I know it, so recognize
it! Peace be unto you all and God bless!
con much amor, Elder Williams
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