As I'm sure you know, Thanksgiving was this week. A blow to your system, I'm sure. We got the opportunity to help at the Redlands Family Services for a short while on Tuesday. At first we helped people take the food that they received to their cars. Then we got to help sort a TON of food that was collected from a Food Drive that happened in town a few weeks ago. That was a cool little treat. Not that I got any of the food, mind you.
That night we were supposed to have a Book of Mormon study class at the Reichmanns' house. The sad thing was that the people the class was supposed to be for didn't show up to it! So it was Elder Bushman and me with Brother and Sister Reichmann. Hopefully this week people will show up.
There's something about Thanksgiving week where people just really don't want to meet with missionaries. Most just don't have time to. Unfortunately we weren't able to teach too many lessons. All of them cancelled on us. Ah well. What are we to do?
Thanksgiving was pretty neat. The awesome Williams family had us over for dinner. That was spectacular. Then we spent some time with our recent convert, Donnie. Then we had pie at the Reichmanns! Pumpkin pie, of course. Would I ever have any other kind? The bummerino part of the day was that Elder Bushman was sick. ): He wasn't able to enjoy the great meal and desserts. Bummer, huh?
BUT! On Friday we had a second Thankgiving dinner. What are the chances? That day was a lot better for Elder Bushman because he actually was able to eat something and hold it down too! The Lord certainly blesses his missionaries, huh?
Saturday the 30th was my 18 month mark. Pretty much mind-blowing. Like, totally, man. It certainly doesn't feel like it's been that long, but it also feels like I've never really done anything but missionary work, anyway. On that day we helped a new family move into the ward. My arms felt like gelatin afterward. Elder Bushman had a baptism to go to in Fontana, and I needed to stay in my area, so I paired up with Brad Newton who is going on a mission on Wednesday. We really didn't get too much done. We were also eating dinner at the Newton's hourse, so I helped them move things and stuff until we ate. Then there was a sweet "Pies and Ties" farewell party for the 3 young men in the ward who are going on missions. Those young men got some freaking sweet ties! I was jealous.
Yesterday was a freaking sweet church meeting. Testimony meeting was great. Donnie, the recent convert, got up to bare his testimony. Then the woman who is getting baptized that Elder Summerhays and Elder Weaver have been teaching got up there too. Then her husband who has recently become active also got up. It was magnificent. We also got to have 2 great lessons in the next 2 hours. In Gospel Principles it was about the Priesthood Organization and Elders Quorum was about the Articles of Faith. It was a really good block this week.
I guess that is that. I'm still awesome. Nothing can bring me down. I'm only two blocks away from a sweet comic shop. And some apples are green. This is all information that is neat, but not totally relevant. Have a good Christmas season!
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Now go, and be Golden,
Elder R. Sage Taylor
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| Brad Newton, who is going on a mission this week! |
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