I'm glad summer's off to a great start in Oregon. Here in Colorado, it's been (sort of) feeling like summer for a while. It's been hot for the last 3 weeks or so, but it's also been raining a ton. I kind of assume that's how it's gonna keep going. We'll see I guess.
I got the packages on Saturday, I have so far resisted the temptation to open them :). Thank you for thinking of me! It's weird to think it's my birthday. Holidays don't really seem like holidays as a missionary. It's just going to be a regular day.
So this week was pretty interesting. We still taught a lot, but we've been running into a problem known as flakiness. We keep finding these people who are willing to hear our message, but then are never willing to keep a return appointment. Like, we'll share the message of the restoration, and they'll seem really interested, but then when we come back, they're gone. It's kind of frustrating, but I guess that's how missionary work is sometimes. It's like, what are we supposed to do, not teach people? But I guess it's alright. Like it says in Preach My Gospel, "No effort is wasted."
Aside from that, things are going pretty good. This is a really fun area to work in, that's for sure. There are just so many dang people! Transfers are coming up, and I honestly don't know if I want to be transferred. Obviously it's not my decision, but it's weird to think about. Especially because this will be my last transfer(!)
Fun times: our ward had a Fathers' Day Activity on Saturday, and it was probably pretty different from any ward activity you've ever been to. We were enlisted to bring in the Giant speakers so the hired DJ could play his really loud Mexican music, so that was fun. And we ended the night teaming up with a bunch of the missionaries to try to get our Ward Mission Leader (single, in his 20s) to dance. We succeeded eventually, with the help of this super cute 9-year-old recent convert :).
Interesting thing happening this week: Without my knowledge I was drafted into this musical performance thing. I guess the Denver Stake is putting on a concert of missionaries performing this Saturday, and I'm going to be singing in a quartet with my previous companion and the two assistants. So that'll take up a lot of time this week--two practices plus the performance Saturday evening. So we might not do as much actual missionary work this week. But it'll be fun!
Here's some pictures of what it's like in our area. Pretty great!
1. My companion standing outside an investigator's house.
2. Legit street art
3. Driving through downtown
Do you remember my first couple of weeks, when I was pretty down and couldn't believe I could possibly make it through 2 years of this? Well, it's pretty crazy, but you were definitely right when you told me I could. And it's gone by way too fast.
Missionary work is great! That's the feeling I've been having lately. Even when we're tracting at 8:30 at night, and we have some drunk guy tell us about how all the (people) come from this giant space battle, and that Lucifer and Jesus are basically the same, but Satan's evil, missionary work is awesome! I really wish I'd come to that realization earlier on in my mission, because I only have a few more months to enjoy the work now. But it's just great.
Thanks for everything. I love you a ton.
Love,
Peter
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