Well as the subject says... yesterday was my four month mark.... it is so crazy how time has flown by!! it feels like i just barely left home, but it feels like i have been here forever!
this was a very interesting week with not much to report on.. but one fun
thing was doing service for someone on Tuesday. they needed help cleaning their
yard off all the fallen branches. Elder Jenkins and I put them in a pile and
then was told to light it on fire!! he had a nice little bonfire going that was
so much fun.... unfortunately Elder Jenkins now thinks i am a Pyromaniac.... i
blame it on my dad fighting fires and coming home smelling like smoke!!
Then all through the week we had plans fall through so it was a lot of
service and knocking on doors... sadly the snow left and we just have really
cold rain... so we get quite wet and muddy as well as freeze.... but the work
must go on!
Thanksgiving was a good day but quite strange. We had meals with two member
families and they both were so nice and so amazing! it was weird because i
noticed little traditions in my family that were missing but it was nice to have
a new experience! also i believe i have put on so much weight.... so much food!!
after the meals we still had time so we went to go door to door. it was weird to
do that on a holiday so we drove to a small town in our are to see what was
there!
Friday i spent time with another Elder in Warsaw and all we did all day was
go door to door... we talked to 53 people that day.. it was crazy. sadly none of
those 53 really showed any interest....
Saturday was interviews with my mission president and it was amazing....
however he informed me that i probably will leave Keokuk in the next few
weeks.... it is sad to think i only have 3 more weeks here but i am excited to
see a new place and meet a bunch more people to sere! but with the knowledge of
possibly leaving it made church hard... i can't imagine not seeing these people
every Sunday.. but i just have to make the best out of these last Sundays!
once again i grew a larger testimony of the spirit. yesterday we had a hard
experience and i asked another elder to give me a blessing. in the blessing he
covered every little point i needed. even things he didn't know i needed. the
spirit is so amazing and it know what we need!
Well i hope you all have an amazing week full of amazing
experiences!
You all are the best
With Love
Elder Payne
