Okay, first off: super sorry I wasn't able to send anything yesterday, I hope no one was worried. It was Columbus Day apparently, and because of that, the library was closed. So, we're doing our emailing today. However, I'll probably be on here for a while today, because my companion is working on his college application since he'll be going home soon.
I have been having a good week here in Colorado--although it hasn't been perfect, I've been getting a lot better about getting into the whole routine of the mission.
This week was good. It was way easier than last week, I think, because I'm slowly getting used to the actual missionary routine. Even though there have been some problems and stuff, it's been alright, and they haven't really been bothering me much. So this week was pretty much occupied with meeting people who haven't been attending church much. We were planning on meeting some of them who we were planning on teaching, but those appointments fell through :(. That's alright, though, we'll be meeting with them sometime.
We have a definite appointment with one family this week, and we'll figure out something for the other folks. We've been meeting many people, although again, we've mostly been focusing on setting up appointments for later, so we haven't had a ton of opportunities to teach.
One member that we did get to have a lesson with this week is this guy. He's older, and he's gone through a lot in his life, it seems like. He's got quite a few health problems, which is at least part of why he hasn't been going to church much, and his wife died a while back. He's a really great guy, though, and I'm excited to meet with him more. Hopefully, we'll find a way so that he can become as active as his health will permit.
One thing that I've been enjoying out here are the meetings (weird, huh?). We've been having either a district (around eight missionaries) or a zone meeting (around twenty-five missionaries) every week, where we've had the opportunity to learn from our leaders (other missionaries). It's been really enriching, and I feel like I've been learning a lot about how I can become a more effective missionary.
Church was pretty awesome this Sunday. We had Fast Sunday (I think this is like the third time in six weeks I've had Fast Sunday, but it's all good.), and all five of the missionaries in the ward (I don't know if I told you this, but we're sharing the ward with a trio of sisters) shared their testimonies. I think this was the first time outside of the MTC that I've actually shared my testimony on Fast Sunday. It was a little awkward, but also good.
My companion and I have both been a little bit sick lately, but we're all good now.
Oh, one really cool experience: This Saturday, we were biking around. We had had three appointments fall through (well, at this point only two of them had fallen through, but later the third one did. woo hoo.), which was disappointing. We were biking down a street when a car pulled up to us, and a lady started talking to me. The conversation went a little like this:
Lady: Hey, are you guys with the LDS?
Me: Yep.
L: Would you guys happen to have a Book of Mormon I could have?
M: Ah, actually no [bizarre situation: at that time, the only copies of the Book of Mormon we had were in Spanish. We've fixed that, though]. We do have this pamphlet about the restoration, though--about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon.
L: Oh, thanks, thanks.
M: Just curious, or what?
L: Well, I'm a protestant right now, but I've found that my beliefs line up more with your church.
After that point, we talked to her a little more and she basically invited us to teach her. We'll hopefully be meeting her today.
Long story short: A lady drove up to us and asked us to teach her. It was pretty cool.
Well, there you go. A pretty good week, some ups, some downs, but all around alright. I'm getting a lot more used to things, which is good.
I love you all and miss you too,
Peter
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