Well, it sounds like you've had a pretty busy week. I did too, which was pretty great. Thanks a lot for all of the news about things going on in Portland.
Okay, this week: This week was pretty great! We had a lot of teaching going on, and were able to even find some new people to teach!
So I think two Tuesdays ago, the zone leaders challenged us to knock on 150 doors between two Thursdays ago and last Wednesday (inclusive). That could be tracting, visiting members, set appointments with people, etc. But mostly the focus was on tracting. So for the first few days of that challenge, we weren't able to do much of that, because we had a lot of set appointments. By last Tuesday, we found ourselves having about 110 doors to go to make it to the 150 number (and we'd been promised food if we could make it, so there was a little bit of motivation right there).
So, on Tuesday, we went tracting at this apartment complex for something like three hours straight (I'm sure to Dad this doesn't seem like anything special, but that's probably more tracting than I'd ever done on my entire mission combined so far). We knocked something like 105 doors (we got the rest the next day), and we were actually able to find some receptive people, which was awesome. There was this one lady who said that she was going through a hard time in her life, and that she was really disillusioned with the religion that her parents had tried to force on her all of her life. She was really impressed, I think, with the friendly way that we presented the gospel.
Then, there was a couple who also seemed pretty receptive. He said that he had a couple of friends who were actually serving missions, and that his boss was actually a member of the church as well (there's that power of example!). So, we set up times to meet with them tomorrow, and hopefully all that will go well!
We also were able to have a lesson with the other couple taking the lessons that I think I've told you guys about before. We went with the Ward Mission Leader, and talked about commandments, and it went pretty well. They're great--I think we're meeting with them three times this week. The ward's also been really welcoming to them--all three of the times we're meeting with them, it'll be at a member's house, with food involved :).
The injured elder is actually doing a lot better, and has been okayed to start working again--I think that happened midway through last week. He's still not 100% well, but he can work!
A couple of exciting things about this coming week: We get to go to the temple on Wednesday, which will be awesome! That'll be the first time since October that I've gone--in November my companion wasn't able to get up at the 4:00 time that we would have had to, and we weren't allowed to go in December due to Christmas and things. So this'll be great.
And then also on Wednesday, we'll be having interviews with our mission president which should be really cool.
I do know that being on a mission right now is the right thing for me. That doesn't necessarily mean that I never wish that I could listen to music or read books :), but I know that this is the right thing for me.
As far as I can tell, we did miss whatever this polar vortex thing is. Things have been decent recently--there has been some snow, but it's been manageable, and it hasn't been too terribly cold. So we're doing alright.
In terms of other service, we have a couple places that we do community service. First off, every Friday we go to this place called "Covenant Cupboard", which is basically a food bank/pantry/I don't know associated with a Presbyterian Church. We get to help distribute the food, and it's a really cool place. We also go to this place called project Cure, although not super often, and we help them pack and ship medical supplies to like third-world countries.
Well, I think that's about it. Hope you're having a great day, week, year, etc.
Oh, and here's some pictures! they're of Me & My companion, and of my terribly messy desk.
Love!
Peter
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