Tuesday, August 9, 2016

E-mail Home 8.8.2016

Hey family!

I am writing this in the back of a car. We are on our way to the mall of America. This past week has been busy!

We went to Alexandria to exchange with those elders and see how they were doing. That area has been struggling for quite a while. President White washed it twice in the last 3 months. We spent a lot of time finding and stopping by old potentials. I really feel sorry for these elders because the previous elders haven't done anything. Their area book hasn't been taken care of in months. They are basically starting from scratch. 

Thursday morning we woke up and Sister Kruta had left us a voice mail. There was a huge storm that ripped through Brainerd and Nisswa. They had over 60 trees done on their property. The county had the prisoners clear it just enough so that they could get out of their drive way but that was all they did. So we had to rush over to Brother Tropp's (home teacher) and we were going to go over and clear some wood. It was about an hour and forty five minute drive. We got there and then he drove us to the Kruta's and the police wouldn't let us in. They were blocking for the power company. So we didn't have any time to go cut wood. We went back to the Tropp's and helped them clean up a little then took a generator back to them so they could keep their fridge and freezers going. On Sunday they announced over the pulpit that we would be going after church to clear up their yard and get the stuff off of their house. There was a bunch of ward members that went to help. There were even some families that were vacationing up here that came to help. It was amazing how clear we got it. I have some before pictures but no after pictures. 

We are going to have to push a couple of baptism dates back. Isiah wants to wait awhile (he is also struggling with church attendance). Korey and Katana aren't coming to church either. Scotty might make his but his health has been really shaky. 

We went up to Pine River this last week. We got a new investigator there as well. Brother Quinn's friend Judy is in town for a few weeks and he wants us to teach her. We were able to teach her the restoration Friday night and she came to church on Sunday. So that was exciting!

That's the weekly update. 
See all y’all soon!

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