From: eric.feller@myldsmail.net
This week was kinda crazy. Lots of good and bad.
Monday I went to the departing dinner at the mission home with all
the people I came out with going home. Because its just going to be 4 of
us going home on the 14th, they let us come to this dinner. It was
weird... I was there, and everyone else was headed home, and I just went
back to my area the next day for district meeting. We ate dinner, and
half way through I just started feeling nervous... Then afterwards we
watched the slide show with everyone's pictures. Then we did departing
testimonies. I was the very last one, and no one really cried a lot, but
because I was last and it just kept building, when I got up there, I
lost it. It was kind of embarrassing, but it was all good. haha. I was
choking up the whole time, and when I sat down I started crying a more.
It was tough. Then that night we all spent the night at the AP's house.
I went on a tour of ASU campus with Elder Gibby on our way back to
their house. The next morning I got up with them, and went to the
office, and they all got in the action-van to go to the airport, and I
sat in the mission home with Elder Lindquist and talked with President
until our ride came... It was weird. But I get to do it again in two
weeks.
Tuesday I was wiped out all day. As soon as I got back to my area
we went to Circle K to get some Mountain Dew so I could stay awake for
District Meeting. Then we watched 17 Miracles because it was Pioneer
day. It was good. That night I taught Gibson again. He tried to drop
me! (I was on splits with our WML, Matt Parisek) I wasn't having it. So
we tried to get him back, and we did a pretty good job. Its all up to
him now. We talked about how he was going to come to know God. He is
really against it. That makes it tough. So we'll see how things go in
the future with him.
The rest of the week is so hard to remember! Wednesday we snuck
into transfer meeting even though we're not getting transferred. I was
supposed to have a temple recommend interview, so they let us come. It
was my last one! It was a good time though. Our zone kind of got rocked
again. Two areas whitewashed... but one of them was for a good reason.
Our problem DL and Elder Parrott are gone. Which is sad. But they're
both doing well now. We got Elder Krueger back in his old area! He's a
new senior comp! and his companion is kind of struggling. But he'll do a
good job. Its weird that he's back, but whatever. Its cool.
Thursday was ZLC again. It was actually a good meeting. We talked
about a lot of good stuff. Including the "new P-day policies" they're
making. There was a pretty big discussion about it, and no one really
got anywhere, so they asked us to fax in the next day what our version
of the pday policy would be. So Elder Schick and I photocopied the white
handbook and faxed it in. I hope they get the message. Its funny,
because there's always big dumb discussions (I wont say arguments) in
that meeting, and people are always just trying to sound a little bit
better. But Elder Schick and I just sit there and when they're talking
we turn to the answer in PMG. Its not hard, people just need to do what
they're supposed to.
Alex also fell off date again this week! His mom left us a message
saying he wasn't ready, and wasn't committed enough. I think she's
trying to avoid us a little bit because she didn't get back to us. We're
still trying!
Saturday was a rough day but it ended well. It was awkward all day
because everyone was busy doing their own thing and no one really wanted
to talk to us. But that evening we taught a new guy. His name is
Hunter, and he plays football for ASU. He visits the Penrod family every
weekend because he has no other friends from Arizona. He just graduated
from High School, and he's from the Bay Area somewhere. He's awesome.
We watched the Joseph Smith movie, and he seemed pretty touched. They
told us after we left he started reading the Book of Mormon right away.
Which is awesome. He's going to football camp for the next few weeks, so
I wont teach him again before I go.
Sunday we taught Lance again. He is doing so good! We're getting
ready for his baptism this week. His girlfriend's mom called the Bishop
kind of freaking out, and so he talked to us about making everything
perfect. I guess she's just "like that" which isn't a problem. But its
funny. Bishop said he even pulled the "Zone Leaders" card to get her off
his back. We went over to talk to the mom to calm her fears about the
baptism a little bit. It worked. But the mom told us that Lance said,
"Even if we break up, I'm still getting baptized." So that's always good
to hear. He's awesome, and fits in the ward really well. Everything is
good. AJ is still looking good for the 11th too. He even brought his
little sister to church this week, and were meeting with her next week.
Love,
Daniel
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| Elder Jackson and I |
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| The Temple |
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| San Tan Zone |
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| Schick and I messing around in the car |
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