Last sight of the mountains for two years!
Well, i'm in Michigan! We got up at 3 in the morning on wednesday and
headed to the airport. i only got an hour of sleep that night because i played
bang until like 2 in the morning with the others that i wouldn't be seeing
again. but we got delayed a few times and stuck a few times so I got to the
mission home at around 5 o'clock michigan time. but it was cool, at the
airport we had a long break, and i kept thinking in my head that there was no
such thing as coincidence, so i started walking around with another elder. We
were in line for wendys and i started talking to a guy and he was telling me all
about his life and i started telling him about the book of mormon and how it
gives us direction and really helps us. so i gave him a pass along card and told
him he could get a free book of mormon from it and showed him the number to call
and stuff. it was cool cuz he said, "i'm really open to this stuff cuz i'm
looking for direction in my life." it was cool, cuz i saw how there really isn't
such thing as coincidence. So i'm doing good out here. it's really easy for me
to talk to everyone. i've done slash heard of so much stuff that i can relate
to almost anyone, which is really useful when first talking to them. so my
companion's name is Elder Wright. he is from California. he's a good guy, he's
a hard worker and he and i think very similarly. so we've been working hard
every day and getting work done! we've found at least 7 people to teach in
the two days we were able to work this last week. which is a huge blessing. the
branch here is very small but the area is huge. there hasn't been a baptism in
about six months, but that is about to change!! I'm excited to finally be here
and be working. My area is Petosky. it is huge. it covers macinac city,
charlevoix, and cheboigan and a bunch of other places. I'll be able to go
on exchanges to the upper peninsulla and my first exchange to there will
probably be in a week or two. it's not too cold here. i would dare say it was
colder in utah. My companion thinks i'm a weird greenie, cuz whenever he asks
if i want him to do stuff first i say no and i do it. so like doorknocking i
said that i would do it right off. but it's been a good experience, lots of
doors in the face, but a few really prepared people that we are going to visit
this week. i'm excited to see what comes of it. my apartment was freakishly
disgusting, so i've been cleaning it like crazy.
my companion has probably
realized that i'm ocd and expect cleanliness, so he's started to clean his stuff
up too. but it's really good, i'm enjoying it here. the bay of lake michigan is
frozen! i thought it was a field with snow on it, but it was the lake! the makes
really do freeze into wave position and it's nuts! haha.
so ya, it's been a good
week. my area is a full time car mission, so that's really nice. it's kinda
funny, this is gonna be a boasting in my god, but not me moment. i've been told
my whole life that this would be a huge tough experience, (which i'm sure it
will be, and it has been) but it's nuts how much i've been blessed with
strength. but moral of the story, i've been able to keep on pushin on. i don't
really know how to explain my feelings right now, but i have a huge confidence
in the lord right now, and have since i got dropped off at the mtc. i've had
some hard times, but it's always in my mind that i can't be stopped. which
sounds way prideful, but it's true. i honestly can't be stopped cuz i have god
on my side. i probably sound like a mega greenie. but it's true. i'm excited to
work hard and get the work moving again here in this area. I love you all and
hope all is going well.
Upon arriving at the mission home, there was a moment to take this picture with Monson Welch who is Brian Bentley's cousin serving in the same mission.
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