Weekends go by so fast. I love spending Saturdays with Callie and the boys. I also love Sundays attending church and having a restful day at home when I am not visiting other wards for my Stake Primary Calling. Which currently we are attending each Ward's Primary Sacrament Meeting Presentations; which I love.
But lately...I look forward to Mondays. Why? Because I get an e-mail from my missionary.
What a blessing to have a son who is serving the Lord. I miss having him around the house so I try not to think about him too much. This has always been his goal and I am so proud of him for following through.
He is doing so good and has adjusted to the missionary life. This is a picture of Bryce with his first campanion, he is from Pleasant Grove.
The following are a few of his e-mails:
Another week down; I can't believe how much I have been enjoying the work. I love the people here so so much.
On Wednesday we did a mini MTC for the Yong Men, so we can start taking them out with us. It went well until we were role playing a lesson and their leader started making it hard for them to teach us.
On Friday/Saturday I was on exchanges with Elder Peterson down in the Roanoke North Area, I realized something about being in the big city (Roanoke is about the size of Provo) I love my little town of Bedford (and Moneta and Thaxton, and Montvale... Ok so maybe my area is a little on the big side) . Their is nothing quite like small town southern hospitality. I want to share the message with every person in our small little town.
Yesterday was the Branch Primary Program, me and Elder Eddington made a deal with the chlildren that if they did a good job we would let them cut off our ties (don't worry mom it was a very ugly tie that some one gave me not one of the nice one's you bought before I left) They were so exited to do it, they each got a piece of our ties, Then the primary presidency made us go threw the rest of the day with the little stubby ties on (we got asked by so many people what happened to our ties).
We are planning on once a week having a study session for all the Recent Converts (and any one else that wants to come) so they can get better confidence in themselves and their ability to learn more about the Gospel.
Remember I love all of you and I would love to hear from any of you.
October 3 E-mail from Bryce:
What a great week it has been let me tell you about the great experiences we have had:
Wednesday- we got run off my goats while tracting (did you know that goats are very very Territorial)
Friday- We taught three lessons in one day. (and we finished the shed we have been painting for a service project)
Saturday- General Conference very very awesome very very spiritual, a 2nd temple in Provo=WOW and we got to stay out an hour past curfew (OK so mayby it was just because Priesthood went an hour past curfew but still)
Sunday- General Confrense once again super awesome. (although since there was no Relief Society our meal calendar didn't get passed around so we are going to have to figure out how to cook for ourselves this coming week.)
The lessons we have been having are going great. There is something about the black Name Tag that says "tell me all your problems" We have really felt the spirit this past week.
Have a great week everyone and remember I love you.
October 10th e-mail
Today is a late e-mail; this morning me and Elder Eddington had to wait three hours in the tire shop (last night he hit a pot hole that took out both the front and rear tires on the passenger side). The Bedford county library system is closed down for the day so we get to use a members computer (Hurray for fast Internet). Although when I booted up the Internet I found out that Steve Jobs died witch makes me sad.
Just a quick note today me and Elder Eddington are celebrating our two month anniversary, and we don't want to kill each other yet.
This past week was awesome; we taught Nine Lessons (five of those were with a member present) one investigator at Church (plus we got one less active to come) and got two new investigators, one of those was a lady that moved hear from Lexington, VA and was being taught by the missionary's over there (the Elders got us her information the day she Moved here), she is a very very strong possibility for a baptism. So I am very excited for the week to come. I know that it can be a great week and I hope we can continue the good work.
Last week I said we would have to figure out how to feed ourselves, I take that back. Sister Ball found out that we weren't being fed (the Ball's normally feed us on Tuesdays so we called to see if they were planning on feeding us and we didn't want to just not show up if they were). So she fed us three times last week and found some one to feed us the one day where nobody had signed up. I've heard that every missionary has that family in their first area that they adopt as their new parents, I think that I've adopted the Ball's as my new parents (sorry mom and dad but don't worry this does not mean I am replacing you).
Let me say that I love the Recent Converts here in Bedford, even though they were never my investigators. They just love the missionary's so much, and I love them back so much. One of them came to
"bail us out" when our tires went out last night. One of them has fed us multiple times. I just love them so so much. I love to see their testimony's grow and what not.
Well it is time to go out and prepare for a great new week I love y'all I'll write again next week.
Hand crafted by Mark. This Osage Orange coffee table or TV Stand and Walnut desk was handcrafted by my husband. It started with a desire to own a saw-mill. Many hours of hard labor bringing home huge tree trunks. Milling the trunks into lumber; waiting for the lumber to dry. And now the finished product.
