Armor (Of the Lord?)

December   26^th, 2016

Dear Family,

To describe my past week I would have to say that it was short. There was not to terrible much that we could do, due to the rain we got. I find it funny that I have been praying for rain and when we finally get it, it pours for 3 days. We couldn't really leave the apartment because of all the mud and stuff, because to get anywhere in the area we have to take dirt paths, so when it rains it turns to mud and when we get to the house we are covered head to toe with mud. So we usually walk, but that was not so much the case here, we wanted to walk but our rain gear was soaked in the first hour. We were already having chattering teeth by then so we decided to go back to the apartment and get warm (no one was home or letting us in.) We stayed there till it started to clear up and we got cabin fever so we made armor out of cardboard. We had some sushi. I had a tablespoon of wasabi it was awesome. I was a fire breathing dragon outside but when I got back to the apartment I had to use the bathroom, and I turned into a rocket ship from the wasabi. We had some lessons with some less active families and we got invited back on over for breakfast the next day (today). That is the sum of my week.

Love you all,

Ammon

Working His Magic

Suck it Up Buttercup

Dear Family,

 

To quote Hagrid "you're a wizard, Dad!" I hope that the party goes well for everyone in attendance. Please send me some photos of Ian's and Mackinzee's wedding. If the sister missionaries are allergic to anything, I share this motto that has been going through the zone here "SUCK IT UP BUTTERCUP" I am just kidding. No, I haven't gotten my Christmas package yet. It will probably get it the week of Christmas. Yeah, Nicole told me about going on over to help Ambria with her  Personal Progress. We may or may not get snow, most likely it will not. Sadness (not really it gets down to 26 degrees when the sun drops and snow would make it harder to bike home.) It is going pretty well with Elder Conder, we have been talking about how we could better understand each other when we say idioms from where we are from. Transfers were today and we are still together and will be together until January 30th, so we’re good. No, you didn't tell me that Josh is getting married on the 14th of January, please send me pictures. I hope that Ari and Sam do well on their exams and that they make it safely. I hope the tree looks amazing and that the quilt comes out amazing.

 

Love you all,

Ammon

Opening an Area

No new investigators, we have basically been having to "open" the area, we basically threw out our area book because all of the people, notes, and records are really, really, really, REALLY BAD. We have started out "new" in our area, We have been doing more contacting, I had to give a talk in sacrament meeting on the restoration.  We have been going through the area book and pulled out everyone that had almost okay notes and are starting to visit/find them, Pencil lead for marking scriptures, ties yes, and chocolate bars, and other things.

Elder Conder has not been able to teach any investigators, because we don't have any right now, so we have been teaching less actives. Training is difficult and it is really frustrating when they still have the mentality that "I worry about me and you worry about you" but we have slowly been getting that out of his system. We have been keeping our apartment clean, I have officially, unofficially taken the position of Desert Office Elder (I am not a real office elder) if there is an apartment that needs to be cleaned then the housing inspectors call us up to come help clean apartments.  I haven't really been writing in my journal, it is like 11 by the time I finish planning and past bed time, and we have to be up at 6. It is very cold it has been getting down to high 20's but it climbs back up to the 50's. And yes there is a surprising lack of Green in the mission, I have only seen green on the mission for 3 days out of my entire mission thus far.

Love you mom