HEEEEELLLLLLLLLLOOOOOO
EVERYONE!!!!!!!!
So
excited that it is Monday and that I get to talk to all of y'alls again! Hope
everyone's week has been good and that nothing too crazy or hectic has
happened. I know for me that nothing too huge has happened except for one MAJOR
ANNOUNCEMENT!!! I just would like to say that the highlight of my week was when
I got to watch my boi Greg Thurber open up his mission call!!! He is going to
be serving in the Cleveland, Ohio Mission and that mission borders right next
to mine, just right across from mine!! I am so happy for him!! I have a ton of respect for him and the
choices that he is making in his life. So dang proud of him, so shout out to
you Greg for being with me from day one and will continue to be with me for the
eternities!
Now
that we got that covered let us jump right into this week!!
To
explain the title of this email, this week has been super hot because we got
hit with a heat wave. It has been mega hot and humid for the entirety of this
week. So when you read just keep in mind that it has been over 30 degrees (high
80’s your temps) and the humidity has been crazy. Now back to our regularly
scheduled email.
Monday
we went to Barrie and did some shopping. I bought a new pair of pants and a
couple of ties so that I could freshen up my look. Then we just went window
shopping and looked at a bunch of different stores to see what they had. After
that we came back and visited a couple of people.
Tuesday
was spent visiting a ton of people and then doing a bunch of paper work to get
the branch and the area a little more organized. We also cleaned up the old
apartment a little bit more and it is getting pretty close to being done.
Wednesday
we had a District Meeting in the morning and that went pretty good. We learned
how to better work with members of the areas that we are serving in. After the
meeting we had a District Service Project where we helped a guy lay cement for
the foundation of a house. I was pretty excited until the guy told me that I
had to go to the front of the house and dig a 2 foot deep trench along the
front of the house!! So I spent the next 2 hours digging this trench while
everyone else was working with concrete, AND THEN AFTER I FINISHED A MISSIONARY
CAME WALKING ALONG THE SIDE AND CAVED THE WHOLE THING IN!!! I had to fix the
entire thing so that cement could be poured in it. I got to have a little taste of what my dad
does for a living. 😂 After that I went on exchanges
with Elder Fabiano to Owen Sound. That night we had dinner with the Rawlings,
they fed us really well! We had some
chicken parm and some mashed potatoes. After that we just drove back to our
apartment because we were an hour away from home.
On
Thursday I took Elder Fabiano to visit a couple of people that I use to see
when I was in Owen Sound. We went and had lunch with Bro Dunning and his
family! I was super excited to go over there and see all of them again. I love
that family so much. They did so much for me while I was there in Owen Sound. I
will never be able to repay them. AND THEY HOOKED ME UP WITH SOME STEAKS FOR
LUNCH!! Super great food and super great people, hopefully I get another chance
to go back over there and see them again. After that we drove an hour and a
half to exchange back in Collingwood. Then we went back to our areas. We had
dinner that night and taught a Bible Class that went really well.
Friday
was spent weekly planning and visiting a bunch of people and seeing how they
were doing and if there was anything we could do for them. We had dinner with a
member that night and it was delicious as always.
Saturday
we helped a member move out of their apartment in the morning and then we went
to a birthday party of a member in the ward and we were able to talk to a bunch
of people about the church and why we are on a mission and what we do as
missionaries. After that we had dinner with a member family who are amazing!!
Their names are the Sheppards and they have five kids and one of them is going
on a mission!! She is going to be headed to Salt Lake City, Utah come January. Then
we walked around and talked to some people.
Sunday
was good as always, got to see everyone at church and I didn't have to teach
this week! I got to sit in on some classes and listen and give some input.
After that we went out with Rich Sheppard and visited some people. We had
dinner at the Branch President's house and then went to a Self-Reliance course
being taught at the church.
That
is about it for this week! Hope everyone has a good rest of their week and it
is filled with some adventure!! Love and miss you all!!
--
Elder
Murray
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