26 April 2021

 Most of this week has had similar opportunities to other weeks, except last Friday I got to go to Second Helping for the first time. It is another place dedicated to feeding people by reducing food waste. The facilities and people were really nice. They had a volunteer week, and on my first day, I won a drawing for a prize.

Nothing else too exciting last week. Things still seem to be going well. This week, our mission area gets to lead a discussion about President Nelson`s talk about faith. That seems exciting!

19 April 2021

 This week, I got an interesting service opportunity. While serving at a nearby place, the head of the place wanted to get behind a locked door. I mentioned that Mathew had practiced some lockpicking. He wanted me to bring him, so I went and picked him up. For about an hour, we took turns trying to pick the lock. I can imagine that it looked kind of shady, two people taking turns trying to pick a lock. Eventually, it popped open. It is kind of funny in hindsight to think of how shady it looked.

The rest of the service around the area has been somewhat normal. Still good though!

We delivered some cookies, and heard that a very simple recipe we tried got very good reviews. It was so simple, we made it mostly because of the allergies, but they really liked it. It was just a cup of peanut butter, a cup of sugar, and an egg at 350 for 10 minutes.

Well, nothing else too exciting. How are things going around? I heard Sam graduated.

18 April 2021

 

13 April 2021

 This week has been good. The schedule is still being formed a bit. It looks like I have Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays with things to do. Other opportunities are around that I can do service, just not scheduled things. This week, we decided to visit Richie Woods, a new shaved ice place (I can`t remember the name), and Connor Prairie as a family. The trips were nice, we got to take the dogs to Richie Woods and it looked like they had a blast. We visited Prairie Town and the Civil War area in Connor Prairie.

Matt also volunteered to come to a service activity one day, but I`m not sure he wants to do it again. The people there smoke, and it was not a good day to be working indoors. At the end of the shift, I was starting to feel a little sick.

It was Spring Break for Nate and Matt, so they were home a lot without much to do. When I was home, Nerf war challenges and such were common.

That`s most of what has been happening. Mom seems pretty glad that she has someone who likes to cook. It`s been good!

9 April 2021

 

5 April 2021

 This week was a little less exciting in the beginning. One place nearby is really loose with how you can volunteer. I can basically come whenever I want while it`s open, and with my schedule still being formed, has been a little more frequently this week. More opportunities are scheduled now, though, and I should be able to keep busy. I have looked into getting into some Family History in some spare time, but it keeps slipping my mind.

Easter and General Conference weekend were great. I liked the talks over the time. We upheld ward tradition of visiting Five Guys before the Priesthood session. We made some Easter sugar cookies and delivered many of them. We had a nice Easter dinner of ham, mashed potatoes, fruit salad, and rolls.

That`s most of the exciting news. How are things going around? Any cool Easter stories?