Week Ninety Five

Alright so this has been an interesting week. First off, it hasn't gotten above 60 degrees this week, and its been cloudy and raining for the past few weeks. Every person we talk to has been telling us spring hasn't been like this since the early '90s. The trees still don't have leaves😂 I remember each year getting out of school and it was nice and warm outside. Well my brothers and sister will be getting out of school soon, and I'm still wearing sweaters, and coats😂! It's alright though, I prefer this weather over what we've had the past 8 months. 

We've had lots of opportunities to teach this week, and it's been great. It took about 3 months, but we have a good sized teaching pool we are working with! I thank the Lord he has been blessing us with people to teach. 

We had interviews with President this week. It was all of our last interviews with him. It was so sad, he told me all about what he thought about me when I first came out, and how proud he and the Lord were. I've learned a lot from that man. Working with him for the past 22 months has been an experience I will never forget. 

This week I went on exchanges with Elder o'Rourke and I took him here to Winthrop. Prior to finishing the initial exchange meeting I told everyone to serve as if this was their last day in the field. We saw tons of miracles. We found a few new people to teach. The highlight was talking to this guy who was selling fiddleheads on the side of the road. He told us all about them, and then we told him about the gospel. He doesn't live in our area though so we had to refer him to some Sisters. He gave us a bag of fiddleheads, a baby canoe made from birch bark, and knowledge pertaining to fiddleheads. The ending exchange meeting was awesome. The Elders found some cool people, and Elder o'Rourke, a somewhat new missionary at 6 months walked away very inspired, and ready to put more down on the table of sacrifice.

On Saturday we had the opportunity to drive down to Portsmouth New Hampshire to meet up with the Larsen's and get our van back. We talked with them for a bit and out of nowhere one of their daughters called. Sister Larsen introduced us, and then she asked where I was from, and I told her Syracuse. She got excited and told me she was in Layton right then. Then she turned the camera and my eyes beheld one of my favorite places. It was the Layton Sam's Club😭😂!! Memories of hot dogs and pizza flowed. She showed me a few more things and then they had to get going. Its always a good time when we see the Larsen's.

Anyways the van's back in the 'throp, and we are working with some amazing people. I am excited to see what happens here in the next couple transfers. The Lord definitely has his eye on this area. #templein10