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| Note: See the diffuser mist in the background? Yep proud mama! |
Elder Montgomery and
I really wanted to organize our area a little better this week, so we put in a
ton of time reorganizing the area book, buying boards and velcro and putting
them on the walls, deciding how to most effectively utilize the board, etc etc.
We actually had to spend a whole day inside one day just doing all that
stuff. It was rough. It’s hard staying
in the apartment all day when you're used to being outside knocking doors or
visiting people, talking to people or whatever.
Staying inside and doing "paperwork," more or less, was
difficult. But, that's okay; it's helped us tremendously throughout the week,
so it was definitely worth it.
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| Ward Boundaries - HUGE area! |
Speaking of baptisms,
remember that lesson I taught in Spanish last week, on our exchanges? Remember
how he invited me to his baptism? Well, we went, and it was fantastic! I don't
know why “R” likes me so much. I can't even really understand what he says most
of the time, but he was super excited when I made it to his baptism. It was a
super cool experience. Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures with him
because I had to leave the service a little early because of an appointment we
had. But all in all it was a great experience!
Also on the topic of
baptisms, all of my old investigators from New Braunfels should be getting
baptized super soon! “S” is getting baptized THIS SATURDAY, which is super
sweet, and “S&J” are being baptized on the 3rd of May. Also, “S” is going
to be baptized the 17th of may. How awesome is that? I asked president if I could
go see them, and he said yes! I'm super excited; I can't wait to go and see all
of those. Elder Swonson lucked out; all he had to do was reap the benefits of
my old area. haha just kidding; I’m actually really excited for him :D
My Easter was pretty
fantastic. I actually had the opportunity to sing a special musical number
during sacrament meeting with my district.
Again, I'm in a very good “singing” district, so all I had to do was
sing quietly and it sounded great. But, no it went fantastic! We sang
"Come Thou Fount" and everyone sang parts and it was seriously
awesome. People were crying. SO many people came up to us throughout church
and told us how great it was; it was a very cool experience.
The temple president
actually was there and spoke in sacrament, and throughout church he kept coming
up to us and telling us how great we did. Man, it was such a cool experience.
Then, later that
night we were able to hear where Elder Montgomery's younger brother is going to serve his mission,
from Sister Heifner. He's going to Salt Lake City south mission, Spanish
speaking! How awesome is that?! He's going baptize like crazy up there :D
Last but not
least: I don't think I’ve mentioned the dogs
here in the south side of San Antonio. I'm not really sure WHY it's like this,
but there are tons of wild dogs in my area. It's so weird. Some big ones
too! They just cruise around the streets,
but they're especially in the more ghetto areas. We carry around dog treats with
us, and pepper spray, every time we get out of the car. I've only had to use a
couple dog treats though; never had to use the spray. Almost all of them are
super nice. They kinda just follow you around and knock doors with you and
protect you, it's funny. I only had to use a dog treat when I was distracting
someone’s dog that didn't seem very nice, so I could knock on the owner’s door,
that's about it.
Anyway, that's it
for me this week; hope you all had a great Easter week!
"Jesus is the Son of
God, our Savior and Redeemer. Because of Him, death is not the end, and life
takes on new meaning. We can change, we can start over—and we can live again
with God. This Easter, celebrate His life and discover all that’s possible
because of Him." http://easter.mormon.org/
Elder Snow
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