Hey mom, its been a bit of a crazy week. On Tuesday we arrived, filled
out a bit of paperwork, got in a mission van, had lunch went to the
mission home, and got trained for about two hours. We had pizza for
dinner then a testimony meeting before we left for a hotel for the
night. We got up the next day, had breakfast, and headed back out to
meet our companions. I got assigned to Elder Gilbert, who is the
district leader. We got to do a little bit of shopping that day because I
didn't bring food for the week, but I was a little overwhelmed and
didn't think too much about what I was buying. The food for the week has
been a little repetitive, and I look forward to shopping today. I got
assigned to the Cedar Hills mission. My trainer told me this mission was
kind of hard, because I heard the member population was about 95%.
For
most of the week, we have been giving Member Missionary Messages to
members about Temples and the Gathering of Israel. We leave them with
invitations to help the work by sharing the message with others,
nonmembers.
The next message we are supposed to
share is going to be a Light the World message, which we start after
Thanksgiving. We have a discussion with a nonmember today, the first
with a nonmember I will do. She is young and is about to be baptized. We
got to do two service projects last week.
We don't
use cars in our mission, and we were waiting until today to pick up my
bike, so there has been a lot of walking. Utah in Cedar Hills is, you
know, hilly. Lots of hills, some of them are really steep. It does give
good opportunity for pictures because you can actually look up and down
at places. We also have these big mountains around the area.
Our
mission is allowed to visit member homes still. A lot of missions don't
have that, and I heard we were allowed to because we stuck strictly to
the covid rules. It also means that we are not allowed to accept food
from families. There was one point when a family offered us a store
bought cake, they talked about how they hadn't touched it or anything...
I think I felt a physical pain when we declined. They insisted, and if
not for my companion, I would have completely caved.
The
area has also been really cold. We do some of our messages at night,
and with the long walks, the cold gets kind of intense. I think my coat
is completely insufficient for this weather.
Well, that's most of what has been going on. Thanks for the emails!
