Well its good to hear you got rid of the tank. Hopefully it
was not too hard to get up the stairs. Did they take the lights too? Also did
Davis ever come get my Xbox? We have had some good weather here in Washington.
It has been about 50 and sunny for a couple days and that is pretty rare here.
A lot of people we have talked to told us that it was going to snow
today but its sunny and about 50 right now. We had a slow week preaching
the gospel due to the holidays but I had a great thanksgiving. We woke up and
played in a turkey bowl. Even though My team got smoked every time I had a good
time. We ate dinner with a family that was a little strange but the food
was really good. It was the usual Thanksgiving dinner, no squash though. You
always made the best squash. The real fun came when we went to a family in the
ward's house and played cards. It was a really nice house and they had a nice
set-up for card games. We played a game called scum and it was lots of fun.
They had lots of desserts and leftovers we took with us when we left and
have eaten over the last couple days. I wished I was home but had a
great thanksgiving.
We have a couple prospective investigators but have
had some bad luck when it comes to teaching them lessons. One time we went to
teach a lesson and the guy's kids got in a bad car accident 10 minutes before
our lesson. The other lesson we had with the guy who was in prison fell though
because he had pneumonia. So that has been a bummer but we found some
interesting people last night that we will be able to teach. I am not sure if I have
mentioned it in an email so far but the second largest army base in the US is
in Tacoma so a lot of people we talk to are in (or were in) the military. Its amazing how the
military will and has destroyed so many people's faith in Jesus Christ. A lot
of people we talk to tell us they used to believe in a God, but after what they
have seen, they do not believe a God could let those things happen. Its sad to
see how their service has really impacted their life in a negative way. Some
guy with major PTSD invited us in one night when we were knocking and I thought
he was actually interested. He then went on to tell us how we should not be
knocking so late an no one wants to hear our message, (it was 5:30 pm). You
could tell his brain was fried from combat and I was pretty sure he was going
to stab us so we just agreed with him and left.
We have a mission Christmas
party on Dec 10. It will be fun to see the kid from my district in the MTC. I
am on page 500 in the Book of Mormon and will finish this week. Thank you so much for
the package I opened it just before I wrote this email. The article about the
Jok brothers is incredible. I will have to find a way to watch an Iowa
basketball game. No word from Talia and Max but I have not writtem them
anything for a while. The article about the planets is really cool too. That's
really cool you remembered the poker too haha. I will not need anything else
for a while; we have a washer and dryer in our apartment so that has been
really nice. Its only a 1 bedroom apartment and the rent is 960$ a month. Tell
Anne and Kate I will send them letters I just have not had much time to write
them recently. We exercise each morning for 30 minutes but biking around all
day is where I get most of my exercise. I hope this week will be better for
teaching but I am doing much better. It is nice to hear that everything is
well at home. Hope school is going well.
Love,
Will
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