This has been a fun week, different but fun. We
have been contacting referrals like non other, but nothing has really
come out of it, well not true, some has come and it has been awesome! We
have investigators right now who are learning mainly for a educational
pursuits, which happens a lot in University and YSA wards. So we are
trying to find some new investigators. So while contacting referrals one
night in this apartment complex I felt like we should knock on this one
door. I have had that feeling so many times and I have knocked on so
many doors, and nothing ever happens. So I ignored it, but about 20 feet
later I still had this feeling, I wanted to ignore the feeling
thinking...really nothing will happen, cause nothing ever has. But
finally I told Sister De Bry and we turned around and knocked on the
door. I felt like family history was the right way to go as a tracking
approach, I thought it was just cause that is what we talked about at
zone conference earlier that day. So we knocked on the door and this guy
answers the door. We introduced our selves and started talking about
family history. He invited us in, he had 2 adorable little boys who he
was trying to get to bed haha. We just started talking and found out he
was super interested in family history, his brother has done a lot
already. We totally thought he was a member, but as we were talking he
told us about all his LDS friends. His best friend was LDS but he died
when they were teenagers. He was a history major, like Sister De Bry.
He has been to Logan and loved it. He told us we could come back, and
we totally are. It was so cool to have some one answer who really was
interested! I have yet to have that and I loved it! I will keep
following those promptings even if they say no, cause my whole mission
they have, until this man we met, all those "No's" were worth it :)
So Zone Conference was awesome! It was all about family
history and how we can apply it in our teaching, which was super cool! I
realize I need to learn how to use Family search more haha.
Oh So last Monday I wrote a short email about how we found Dallas.
This week we have visited him a little bit. He was in the hospital for a
little while so we could see him there. But then he left and he does
not have a phone, or address really so we had no way of finding him. So
yesterday at church we were walking towards the chapel and there he is!
We both were surprised to see him there haha. He has metal bars coming
out of his arm and they are connected to a metal rod so he can't move
it..it is crazy! He did pretty well during church, but the longer he was
there the paler and paler he got. He was in so much pain. (He got hit
by a drunk driver while riding his long board) He wanted to also come to
the dessert night at bishops that happens every Sunday. So we got him a
ride. I really was worried..cause he needed to rest. So that night we
went to see him when his ride was going to pick him up. He is now living
with the people who were letting him stay in their garage. We got to
the apartment right in time to see his bandages changed.....yea.....not
really haha. It was nasty..the stitches were just a massive maze all
over his arm. How ever that really was not too bad..the bad part was the
metal rods you could see...and how they stretched the skin and you
could see the open wound to his bone...gross!!! He loved dessert night
last night though ,we made sure he had a pillow to rest his arm on and
that he sat down a ton.
Ok now to the Dirty Dash. So in Billings all the
missionaries help out at like every event possible, and the community is
very welcome to it. So our Zone volunteered. We were doing bag checks
and stuff, and everyone had a different job. But after we volunteered
they let us run it! Which last year the missionaries did it also. So we
all ran the dirty dash. It is based in Utah and so I totally want to
take Josh next summer. It is a 5k and the first mile we just ran through
tons of barns and occasionally jumped over hay...We thought that was
lame, but then it got intense, with tubes we had to army crawl through
with mud everywhere. Tons of those like rope things to climb. We ran
through mud that was up to our waist. There were walls we had to climb.
Slides we had to go on. It was so freaking fun! when we ran the elders
had shirts and ties, and we had shirts that said mormon.org and familysearch.org it was pretty cool! It was defiantly a once in a mission experience.
So I have started to read the Doctrine and Covenants straight
though, and like I have read it before but not like straight though and I
have found it is one of the coolest and most spiritual experiences I
have had. I love it. I read it all the time whenever I have time
...which is rare...but I still try haha.
Anyways. So I read your email about Holly Burr and Brittany
Harris...oh my goodness it is crazy to think that they are home haha.
time flies! I wish i could have heard both of their homecoming talks! I
bet they were amazing! Well I love all of you and have a great week! and
I will send pics :)
Love always, Sister Draudt (Andrea :)
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