1 November 2021

 The past little bit has been going well. I got to celebrate my birthday, my year mark, and Halloween over the past week! Lots of things happening... many of the teaching missionaries I have served around are being transferred around, so things are getting shaken up again. Mom and another ward member had an idea I could try for some service around the community, come spring, for people around the area. With my botanical interests, they directed me to growing tomatoes, onions, and other plants for small gifts to people, like canned salsa or fresh veggies. I was thrilled.

Another mission activity is coming up, and I was put on the planning committee. I hope it turns out well, and all the other members of the committee (though it wasn`t really my idea) were in favor of doing a laid-back game day. Board games, social games, and physical games were discussed.

So far that`s most of the new stuff!

11 October 2021

 This week has been going good, where I got to help with a cross country meet and gather with a couple other missionaries on Preparation Day. I also got to do my first shift at the Temple as an ordinance worker. The missionary gathering was fun, with just me and two other service missionaries hanging out on Pday. The first shift as an ordinance worker also went well, and some at the Temple still ask about Tom after he served. Just yesterday, I was informed that me and two other missionaries were being put in charge of putting together our next district activity. Not much else going on, but this time, I am remembering to put in a couple pictures. Here are some cats from the Humane Society, along with the herbs I tried to rescue from Second Helpings.

 

4 October 2021

 The past little bit has been going well. Most things at service assignments are good, and recently, I`ve been able to invite people to view General Conference. I hope it goes well with those people accepting. At one place, Second Helpings, there were several house herbs about to be thrown away, so I volunteered to rescue them. They were getting too big for the potting material they were in, and it didn`t look like anyone was going to claim them. Many of them were nearly dead, so I brought them home, got potting material, and did a bit of research on growing herbs. Though many of them still aren`t doing well, and some have gotten worse, others have perked up. I wasn`t too concerned with having empty pots for the ones that won`t make it, I heard that some herbs propagate very quickly, so there, hopefully, should be some new seeds to fill any pots that don`t make it.

General Conference was great, I really liked the talks about 1% increase each day and President Nelson`s introduction at the beginning. It was a very uplifting General Conference.

20 September 2021

 Not much different happening this week in my normal service, but we have had some fun family activities with Tom visiting. Also, there was a mission activity on Saturday where we gathered as a district and went through the Indiana war museum. It was interesting, and had a section where it featured exhibits going chronologically through the wars of the U.S., which I thought was neat. Tom came along for that one, too, and we ended it with a nice mission lasagna dinner. There are some things looking exciting up ahead, and looks like things are looking alright.

13 September 2021

 The past little bit has been going alright. I tried to get some little brothers involved with a service project with limited success. Tom also got leave from the navy recently, so we`re hanging out with him and doing some family activities. Recently, we visited an apple orchard and went through a corn maze (or blundered through it...) and spent the morning at the farm. Tom is willing to come along with some service projects, so I`m looking forward to that. One of the places I volunteer at is under quarantine for two weeks because someone got covid. Prayers would be appreciated!

Recently, the Temple has been closed, but is now reopening. Our district got to help with some reopening service and ended with an endowment session. We have a district activity coming up this week and I`m looking forward to it.

23 August 2021

 This past bit has been good, but earlier, I was coming down with some covid-like symptoms. I normally might not spend too much time at home, if not for the fact that I had also been around someone who came down with covid. Almost no organization wanted me around at that point. After seeing that I would have to quarantine for fourteen days or get a negative test, I took the test. It came back negative at the end of the week, so that was good. In the meantime, I`ve been trying some indexing and family history. Recently, I`ve gotten back into things and have been able to go back to my normal service. Things have been turning up for the better again.

2 August 2021

 I haven't been the fondest of cats before, but going to the Humane Society and seeing some of the kittens might have changed that a bit. I just got my first training there recently, and it looks like it might be nice. I think I have a slight allergy to cats, but the occassional contact likely won't hurt. Recently, I got to invit an RM to a service project, which I think went pretty well. Otherwise, things have mostly been going the same.