April 26,2010

Hey there,
So this week we didnt have a whole lot happen with our gators. It was kinda stupid but it happens. It was actually our worst week yet as far as numbers are concerned. And it was perfectly timed too, because we had branch council on sunday so we got to show everyone how bad we did. Hah it was a rough week, we dont have any miles to do anything and we had a bunch of cancelled appointments and stuff like that. The church is cutting back miles a ton. Its getting hard to do anything anymore. We have one of the biggest areas in the mission. It takes about an hour to get from the northern part to the southern, and we are only given like 900 miles for an entire month...so it gets tough sometimes but its all good, so nothing new there. But we were able to hand out about 250 pass-a-long cards before the parade started. It was way tight, we actually got a referral this morning from it. So pray that other people will call in so we can have more people to teach! We are hoping they flood in. But im kinda expecting only like 3 out of all of those cards. Hah maybe im just being pessimistic or something. so that was a fun time. We sat in our windows and watched the parade. then after we tried to talk to some people, but the street emptied in minutes, it was nuts. So then it rained the rest of the festival, so thats good.
We had a district meeting friday and SURPRISE! President showed up, so i actually had to tie my tie and tuck my shirt in. But it went really well actually. He talked to us about some good stuff. then we had interviews, and it was actually one of the best i have had. normally i get some kind of rebuking, hah. But he was giving me mad props about some stuff that i had been working on, so that was helpful. Hopefully he doesnt want me to train or be DL, that wouldn't be good. but i doubt he does. So nothing much else happened. We made a turkey yesterday. that was sweet! Im totally out of food so thats all we had left. I couldnt eat any more expired mac n cheese so we roasted a turkey, and i think it gave me diarrhea for a minute. so thats not good. We are going on trade-offs again! YAY! Darley is coming here and we are going to have a partay. So its been a pretty boring week. sorry theres nothing more to say. But things are going good with me. I learn so much, especially lately. I have been reading a ton. I study a lot, yesterday was raining cats and dogs and we couldnt use our car so we didnt do a whole lot. So i got to study and take a nap. That was refreshing! so ya. Thats about all that i have for you this week. I was going to tell you something sweet i was studying, but i cant remember now. Thats awesome that mom and bri are starting to read together. Everytime you open it you learn a lot. And another thing i noticed is that whenever im mad at my comp...well more annoyed than anything and i open the bom my attitude completely changes after im done reading and all that goes away. Just another testimony of its truth and the Spirit blessing my life every moment of every day. And it does, im beginning to see it more and more. And its always the times that are hard that i realize that i hadnt prayed or i hadnt done something right, haha so its so important to live so we can have the Holy Ghost because it blesses us more than we know. So i hope you guys are doing good. Thank you for your prayers, i need them. Love you guys so much!

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