August 25, 2009: Letter

Hey!So last wednesday was transfer day. We went to the Classic Fun Center which is kinda like a Cal Skate. It was fun. I tried to roller blade for the first time and I think I lasted for about 3 minutes. It was so embarassing lol. You don't even know. I had to hold on to everyone and I almost fell and everything haha. Definetly something I'm not good at. My new companion Elder Williams is pretty cool, he kinda looks like Eminem a little bit. A car drove by the other day blaring Eminem and it reminded me of Seth and all those late nights picking him up downtown. :) He has been out for 14 months so he's my greenie buster. We get along pretty well. He pops his fingers all the time though which is pretty annoying. The Temple dedication was great! We went to the 9am session at the Stake Center. All the church meetings were cancelled just for the dedication. We were walking there and it was raining and I told my companion, "wouldn't it be nice if someone stopped and gave us a ride?" and then right after I said that, someone did! It was cool. Have yall ever heard of Temple Riders? They are a bunch of people that ride around on motorcycles with chuch clothes underneath their leathers and go and see all the temples. Just an fyi for ya haha. We've been trying to teach this lady Andrea lately. She wants to be a cop but seems like she's on Speed so idk what's gonna happen. She's really funny and cool so I'd like to start meeting with her. She lives in the Stonehedge apartments...pretty ghetto and kinda weird sometimes but a lot of our work is in them. We were trackting the other day and we rang the door bell at this house and the kid came to the door, looked through the window, opened the door about 2 inches, said "no thanks", shut the door and locked it lol. It was funny. It's interesting how Heavenly Fathers makes us laugh and cheers us up. We are giving 2 talks in two different wards this coming sunday. One on the 9th article of faith and the other on missionary work. Wish us luck! A few days ago we chased down a guy to talk to him. He was walking in front of us so he didn't see us running but it was fun. Nothing ended up happening but it was funny to think about ppl that may have been watching us chase a guy down to do a contact. Okay I've got something cool to tell you. Sister Phillips is a lady we contacted in the Skyline apartments which are similar to Stonehedge, but not as ghetto. Anyway, we contacted her when I first got here, and we've been visiting with her and talking to her about the gospel ever since. She was already a member, but inactive. After we met her and kinda taught her she started coming back to church and has been doing great ever since. She is getting ready to get her Temple Recommend too I think. She told us the other day that because of us she has been going back to church, and that we have really helped her in the Gospel and with her testimony. She goes to church every week now. She told us that she will never be able to repay us for what we have done for her. I can't explain how amazing it felt to hear that. It feels so good to know that I've helped someone get back into church and come unto Christ. :) Things are going well here in Lay-town. We went to the Temple this morning and that was really nice. That's exciting to hear about the property that dad has been trying to buy from Doug Snarr. I hope he can get it! That would be so cool, as well as the door shop! I'm gonna send you more pictures in the mail today. I'll try to get a cd to yall as well...I need a member to help me out with that. In answer to some of the questions, we have 9 wards that we attend, and we usually go to 3 per week. We have 2 little girls with baptismal dates coming up. One of Sept. 5th and the other on the 12th. Jack is potty training?! Aww haha. I got a hair cut today at a salon that does it for free for missionaries. It looks great. K well I better write everyone else before I have to go. I'll write more in a letter later and send it to you with pictures. I love you and miss you sooo much. I'm keeping you in my prayers daily. The church is true!Love,Micheal