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| Me and my boy David on his Bday. It was a wrestling party. |
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| Cow. |
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| Huge Texas Rain Cloud. |
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| Part of the mosquito slaughter. |
We had a lot going on this week and so we did not have as much
time to do some good old-fashioned proselyting. The biggest time taker was
Stake Conference. Here’s the story. We left Saturday at 5 with Pete Baldera, a
member in our branch. It was an hour and a half long drive so we had plenty of
time to talk. We were able to talk to him about his conversion and how he
overcame his alcoholism and chain smoking. He is super funny and talks in Spanglish so it
was really enjoyable with all of his stories.
Then the meeting was probably the best Stake Conference I have
ever been to. President Money (the young 2nd counselor) spoke first and shared
stories about his experiences with the youth. Kinda like if Bishop Galland spoke. Then Pres.
and Sis. Ashton did a combined question and answer/mission preparation talk.
Usually I hate it when couples speak together but because it wasn’t a talk, just
testimonies basically, it was super good. And finally President Bond spoke and he doesn’t
look like a guy who would be a good speaker but he is super good. He is the
kind of guy who can get down to anyone’s level and relate everything to you.
In the meeting, President Ashton challenged the whole stake to read
at least some part of the Book of Mormon daily. Even if you study the bible one
day, you need to somehow get in the Book of Mormon a little bit. And Pres Bond challenged us to pray daily as
well. They said that if we start missing days of prayer and scriptures (even if
it is just one), we start to forget our spiritual language and it makes it a
lot harder to be open to the promptings of the Holy Ghost. So I challenge you to do the same, and pray at
least once a day personally, and then to read a little something in the Book of
Mormon daily. Watch out because I will
be following up.
After the meeting, we went and spent the night at the Bay City
Elders’ apartment. The apartment usually has two people but that night we had
six. It was sweet! We roasted
marshmallows in their fireplace and made homemade ice cream. Sleepovers are
always fun as a missionary, haha but they almost never happen.
Also this week it has rained every morning. And you know what rain brings? Humidity and
mosquitoes! Ugh! they were terrible this
week. Every time we get back in the car, we spend 5 minutes killing the 15 or
more mosquitoes that got in with us! Our skin looks like we have chicken pox
because we have so many bites. And if
you scratch them, your arm goes from a chicken pox outbreak to ground beef
looking... But its ok, I got some bug spray and it kinda helps.
Also this week, a member made us pineapple upside down cake! Before I thought that stuff was only in movies
and the Land of Oz or something. I never knew it was real! It was pretty good.
Update with Haley: She could potentially be baptized on Sunday! We are going over today to talk about it and
help her see that it is really close. Pretty
much all that needs to happen is we have to teach her at least 3 more lessons,
she cannot drink her green tea this week, and she has to finish the Book of Mormon
and pray about it. The lessons part shouldn’t be any problem. The tea, we gave
her herbal tea so she just has to remember to drink that and we should be good.
As for the Book of Mormon, we gave her a children’s one and as of a few days
ago she was halfway done. She doesn’t
want to pray about it until she finishes it. So if she really reads she can get an answer
in time. But pray for her for sure. She is super prepared and can do it but
everything just needs to work out smoothly. Hopefully by next email, she will
be baptized!
But that’s all for me,
Elder Lund
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