We're actually doing better with dinners being super far away, though. This week, we have three dinners in a row that are actually within our area! Exciting!
So, this week was pretty crazy for us, in a good way. Yes, there was a lot of rain, but I haven't noticed any intense needs where we are, stuff that would require service. The craziest thing was last night, as we were driving from our dinner to an appointment, there was a ton of rain, and the roads up where we were working weren't really designed for that, so there was a lot of flooding. We did fine, but there was one car that was stuck in the rain. Aside from that, just a lot of rain.
Aside from the rain, we actually had a really good week. Something kind of crazy is happening: people have actually been willing to talk with us. There have been like 6 people this week who when we've asked them if they have a few minutes to talk, they've actually said "yes". That's pretty crazy.
Other really cool thing: We're teaching this part-member family. I think I've mentioned them before. They've been coming to church the past two weeks, but they usually have soccer games on Sundays--soccer basically is their life. But we've been meeting them a couple times a week, and they are super awesome. The two youngest kids want to be baptized, so we're trying to figure out how we're going to make that work. Awesome: they cancelled one appointment we had with them, and we just stopped in on them Saturday afternoon. What we didn't know was that the UEFA Champions' League Final was going on at the time we came by. So of course, they were watching it. But when we stopped by, they just turned it off, and said "it's okay, we'll just record it". They're awesome.
Another cool miracle. There's another less-active family that we've been trying to contact for the last 4 weeks, but it's been impossible. But as we were just walking down the street, this lady in a truck shouted out "Elderes!" and had us come over. Turns out it was the mom of this family, and she really wanted us to come over! So we were able to meet them, yay. We have dinner with them tomorrow!
In terms of the college stuff, I've got it all figured out, I think all should be well. I sent in a picture that my companion took of me.
I'm missing the father-son campout! Hopefully next year it'll take place when I'm not at school or something. That's one thing that I miss being out here: camping.
Thanks for everything! p-day should get back to normal with me emailing everyone semi-extensively next week! I promise!
Sorry again for the short email. I really do love you.
Love,
Peter
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