Devon - week 4

This is how my typical day goes. I wake up at 6:30 am everyday, exercise except on Sunday, eat breakfast, brush teeth, shower and other morning things, 8 am I study individually 9 am I study with my companion in companionship study, at 10 am we do 12 week training, between 11 and 12:45 we clean the house and fill our water bottles and eat lunch, I also write in my Big plates i.e my regular journal and sometimes my small plates i.e my spiritual journal.  We then do tracking and contacting the rest of the day until 9 pm, in between that time we eat dinner at a members house,  9-10:30 pm we get ready for bed and plan out the next days activity.  On Sunday I go to church at the Columbus park ward.  Monday's are P-days until 6 pm then we do contacting the rest of the night. My area is within these streets Kot-an-ie (pronunciation, I don't know how to spell it) , Vista, Freeway, and victory road.  It is small enough that we walk and besides you meet more people when you are walking then driving or riding. 

This week has been really hot, but I keep myself hydrated always.  It also helps that both members and non members offer us water whenever we teach them.  The members are really nice here.  They give us rides when we ask them and also ask us if they could drive us places. Bless them.  Not too many people are rude here, there has only been one rude person but it ended very well.  I am going on my first exchange today with Elder Garside.  I am a little nervous because of the change, but I am well and okay with it.  The lord has helped me in so many ways that I cant even describe. Last week I accidentally left my bag at the mission office and had to retrieve it the next day.  Hopefully I can avoid that today. This week has been filled with spiritual experiences and service.  We did yard work for a member by leveling part of their yard and cutting a tree load of branches off.  We also helped crazy Jake fix cars.  He is a non member but I see potential in him.  He taught cars and car information to us.  We had a lesson about the atonement to less active members.  The spit was flooding their souls to the point that both of them were in tears at the end of the lesson.  I don't think we could of had a better atonement lesson than that.  It was that strong.  Weeks fly by fast.  This transfer is going to fly by.  I hope that I get to stay with Elder Bodine for at least another Transfer. 

I went to a members house yesterday and I have never seen a larger cat.  He must have been the size of two Garfield's.  You thought that Jasper sheds hair, you have not seen how much hair.  his hair was in the air and everywhere.  The members do their best to clean up but he sheds that much.  My eyes were red and I was dying.  Not really the lord protected me.  The lord helps me not taste food that I don't like.  Thank you Heavenly Farther. I still eat coco puffs everyday.

  Can you send these emails to both Ethan and Norman?