So last Monday was labor day and sorry that my email was really short.
We only got to use one computer in the stake center and my companion
ended us using most of the time so there's that, haha. We were going to
go to Idaho falls but since my companion ended using a lot of time we
just shopped at Broulmins in Rigby. We had a zone activity and we hiked
the Menan buttes and when we got to the very top, we could see the great
Tetons and could see all of Rexburg and the Rexburg temple. It was an
awesome hike and we're going to go hiking later today too in cress creek
with sister Cole's!
On Tuesday, nothing special happened.
I had steak for the first time being on my mission. We had to help a
family in one of the wards with their house. I vacuumed and my companion
taped plastic on the walls(they were getting ready to paint). When we
got home that night, there were so many stars in the sky and my
companion and I laid in our backyard and just looked into the sky. we
saw so many shooting stars and we no joke We think we saw a UFO! haha We
also saw the milky way and it was unbelievable. We had exchanges on
Wednesday with the Thane elders and we are exchange again tomorrow and
I'm staying here in Ririe with elder Clark. We are doing a lot of
service tomorrow and then later that night we are teaching an
investigator named Vanessa Linserman. We had our district meeting in
Palisades and that where we did our exchanges. I stayed there in
Palisades with Elder Shaaer and it was so fun! We mostly drove around
trying to find people to teach but we did visit with a less active
family and they were super nice and they said they wanted to feed us one
night! We then exchanges back and then we drove home. We did weekly
planning on Thursday and we also had to change our tire because it
popped! We ended up going to Rigby again to take it in the shop to get
it fixed. I went to the doctors because my ear was way plugged up and
could barely hear anything on my left side. The doctor flushed it out
and now i can finally hear again! its a miracle! We saw another one of
our investigators Penny and she is not doing so well. she had cancer and
then she was on remission and the the cancer came bask and it is now in
her liver and is about the size of a golf ball. She doesn't know how
much longer she has to live but we are praying for her! she keeps saying
"gods got me, he wont let me die". Hopefully she recovers fast so we
can start getting her to church and teaching her the lessons again. We
went to one members house on Friday for dinner and he was drunk, hahha.
It was so funny though because he knew a lot about church doctrine and
kept telling us that he loved us and that he wanted us to bless his home
when i said the prayer. when he talked to us, he cried then he laughed
and then cried again. when he drove us home,(our house was just around
the corner) we took 15 minutes just to get home! He was such a slow
driver! I am still working on 12 week and just watched the district
videos again and that took about half of the day. We helped shuck corn
with a family and then fed some corn to the cows they had. We brought
our progressing investigator Sy Versage some corn that we got from the
other family and he was so grateful for us and said that we are amazing
young men and is so grateful for us and all that we do! On Sunday we had
no correlation meeting in the morning so we got to sleep for an extra
hour! We went to church as usual and it was fun! Jacob Myler spoke
(recent returned missionary) and his talk was way good! Our investigator came to
church and i think he really enjoyed it! Some events in his life
happened and unfortunately he cannot get baptized because he is not
married. Its a long story. We will continue to teach him the lessons but
very sad that he wont be baptized, bummer. For dinner the Jorgensen's
feed us and we help them cut and peel potatoes for french fries and
hamburgers. It was way good and then we shared a thought with them
before we left. We had a lesson with a new investigator in the YSA ward.
We taught him the first lesson and he agreed to read and pray about the
book of mormon! I think that's all that been happening with me this past
week! I'm grateful for my brother Logan and the choice he made to serve
a mission! Having both of us out can be very stressful for my mom, but I
know that the Lord will bless us and my family. Sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven!
I'm grateful for all you do for me! I feel all the prayers you send on my behalf! Until next time! I love you all.
Elder Browning!
