Bad Luck Does Come In Threes

Oh my goodness. Another week. I wonder if anyone reads this. I can say
whatever I want. But I won't. Anyway let's start this email.

Monday: Played games at the Kennedy's and went to the Mayberrys for
dinner. Nothing crazy exciting there.

Tuesday: We went on Eldorado and tried a bunch of people. On our way
to another investigators house, Elder Andrus took a wrong turn and had
to turn around, so without thinking, he turns around and doesn't look
behind him and we get hit by the car behind us. First off, I am okay.
I no longer have any injuries except some bruises and my whiplash has
gone down significantly. No one else got hurt as serious as me.
Anyway, Elder Andrus didn't really hurt, he was just bruised. Elder
Smith kinda messed up his shoulder a bit. And I got a bruised rib,
some other bruises and I got some whiplash. I didn't think it was hurt
that bad, so I didn't go to the hospital. After a ride from the police
car to our house, we waited for instructions from our vehicle
coordinator at the library. He told us what to do. So we spent the
rest of the day getting the information. I am now the designated
driver for both areas. Yaaaaaaaay....

Wednesday: We spent most of the day looking for information about the
car wreck. Brother Crawford took me out on exchanges in Foxcroft and
tried to see a bunch of people over there. Unfortunately, it wasn't
successful, then we stayed the night at Foxcroft for the next day.

Thursday: We had Ward correlation. We also washed the car for zone
conference. Saw one less active and went on exchanges with Corey. We
had an awesome lesson with a less active. He is still slowly
progressing, but we are super excited for him.

Friday: We went to Hopkinsville to go to zone conference. I was so
tired the whole day because I had to get up at 4am and drive. It was
bad. We also picked up Paducah Elders and had fun. We had a lot of
trainings. We had the mission nurse check us out and she said we were
fine from the injuries of the accident, so we aren't worried. After it
was over, we stayed two hours because Elder Quiring had to meet with
President Stone. So Elder Ihler and I went to the chapel and sang
hymns at the pulpit. Not gonna lie we sounded great. Then we went to
Paducah, had some dinner, and went home.

Saturday: We had weekly planning and helped Doug move some furniture
into his house. After that, we went to West Frankfort to see a
referral from the relief society president and talked to her for
awhile. Then we went to dinner and tried seeing some other people.

Sunday: Eldorado and I separated to go to our different wards. I was
with Corey pretty much the entire time. It was great because I felt
like I had more of a connection with the members on that day than any
other day. We went and had lunch at Corey's grandmas house. Then we
went with CJ and taught an investigator. We gave him a Book of Mormon.
He is interested about the plan of salvation and we are excited to see
him again. Then we went to the Pollastros and had dinner with them. It
was great.

Please don't freak out everyone about the car accident. I'm fine. I am
looking forward to this next week. Talk you later!

Elder Craig

 

***********A note from Colton's Mission Mom********************

 

I'm sorry I just saw your email. I thought about telling you when it happened but didn't want to interfere. I promise if he would of been hurt I would of told you. Elder Andrus was driving and did a u turn and a car ran into them. The pain he was describing sounded like a little whiplash. He is not hurt, I promise. Today he said the pain was almost gone. I'm sorry about the way he told you. I can imagine being on your break and getting that news. Corey was in a wreck about a month ago and we took him to the ER.  They didn't do anything, we were there 5 min. We did have some muscle relaxant's that we offered too give Elder Craig but he didn't want them. If his pain was too bad I would of made him go to the ER. I told him to tell you all at once not pieces. I cant wait to see the emails we will get from Corey.

 

 

 

Lose it!

Not a lot happened this week, but I hope you enjoy the email anyway.

Monday: For P day we went fishing for most of the day and got
sunburnt. I bought sunscreen later that day. We went with Eldorado to
the Pollastro's pond to fish. We caught bluegill and bass. Brother
Mayberry came with us and he told us we could go to his house to see
how to fillet a fish. It was pretty cool, but kind of morbid because
the fish were still alive. Then we went to the Kennedy's to play
Monopoly then the Mayberry's took us to the Golden Corral out in
Carbondale to eat. Then the Mayberry's came out with us to see a less
active and they had very powerful testimonies. It was a good lesson.

Tuesday: We rode bikes all day. The entire day was filled with
tracting and trying potentials. Then we ate dinner with Sister Webber,
an older lady who is a recent convert. Then Brother Behan took us to
try and see some people in Herrin and Energy. We saw a man named
Stephen who is a less active because he is a coal miner and he gets
called in all the time. I realized that day that there is a lot of
coal mines out here. Then we saw a less active family who is really
into scouting and then wanted to buy us food. They were a very nice
family.

Wednesday: While tracting, a kid that was about 6 years old answered
the door and just said "Lose it." We laughed and asked if his parents
were home. "No. Now lose it." And slams the door. It was very funny.
CJ came out with us and we saw a less active who had a lot of health
problems. We just listened to his story about his current testimony
and then left. Then we had dinner with the McGrath's who had very good
burgers. Then Brother McGladdery came out with us and we saw a
potential and finally was able to setup a return appointment with her.
She said she read the pamphlet too, so that was awesome! Then we saw a
less active who had the most southern accent I've ever heard since
being in Illinois. Then we went to Benton to try another less active
and then got DQ. Cotton candy blizzards are back!!! Then we went to
the Kennedy's to attempt to fix their Wifi. Or as Corey calls it,
"Porquefi." He is going to Columbia on his mission in a few months.

Thursday: We went to Herrin that morning and saw no one. That's not
true, we set a return appointment with an investigator and tried a
bunch of people who weren't home. So we ate lunch at the Kennedy's and
taught the restoration to their neighbor. He said he would read the
Book of Mormon, but we couldn't come back until August because he will
be on vacation until then. So we saw Corey's grandma with Jody Kennedy
and taught her more about the Book of Mormon. She said she wouldn't
mind reading it with us. Then we tried our set appointment for the day
and then went tracting. Then we went to dinner at the Crawford's and
had Navaho Tacos. They were delicious.

Friday: We had district meeting and the last day we will see President
and Sister Andersen. We had interviews with them and it was very
spiritual. They gave us their home emails and pins for our suit
jackets that say "Tennessee Nashville Mission." Then the entire
district, except the Sisters of course, went to the Paducah Elders
apartment and ate lunch there. Then Eldorado and Foxcroft had
exchanges and I went to Eldorado. Elder Andrus and I tracted and I
basically explained Persona to him and about all the games I used to
play at home. We also went to the hospital that day and went to the ER
because Elder Andrus had a rash on his face and didn't know where it
came from and Sister Andersen approved of him going to the hospital.
It was Poison Ivy.

Saturday: Elder Andrus and I were taken to a town up North called
McLeansboro by a member to be taken to an appointment. The funny thing
is though, Elder Andrus never took he phone with us and forgot it at
the apartment and didn't even confirm the appointment, so it was kind
of awkward with the member since he drove us up all the way there for
nothing. But it's okay because he tried a potential with us and it was
a good lesson. Then we saw another potential and she got super into it
when we told her about the First Vision. She got really excited and
said she would read the Book of Mormon. Then we tracted and I went
back to Foxcroft.

Sunday: We went to church and had a nice time there. We finally had
students in our gospel principles class that we teach because there
were some graduating young women. So now we have a class to teach!
Nothing else happened.

Huh. I guess I did do a lot. I guess it didn't feel like it at the
time. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this week's email! I love you! Have a
good week everybody!

Elder Craig

At Kennedy's house on P-day



My New Area

Unfortunately, not a lot happened this week. Plus I can't remember
anyone of who we saw, so I'll try my best.

Monday: We went and saw Dick and he took us to he Colonial Inn. It had
terrible food. Then we had dinner at the Hoots. Nothing special. We
also went to the Covingtons house to have them sign my book before I
left. Then lots of packing.

Tuesday: Brother and Sister Abney were very kind enough to take us to
transfers. And so I got to meet my new companion, Elder Powell. I
didn't really know how to feel about him at first because the whole
car ride was pretty silent. Brother Hirsche and his son, CJ, were kind
enough to bring us back to good old Marion, Illinois. They took us to
a place called Backyard Burger and it was pretty good. So I got to our
new house and kind of started unpacking. And yes we live in a house.
It's a lot better than my last apartment. The only thing was it had a
mildew smell to it, but you guys know me. I don't have a great sense
of smell, so it didn't last long. But it's a nice small house with
lots of room. It has about five rooms, the bedroom, the study room,
the living room, the kitchen, the bathroom and a small space for the
laundry room. It's very nice. I don't feel cramped anymore. Anyway, we
went tracting for a small part of the day. Then a member, Brother
Meservy, took us out on splits to see a couple of people. No one
worked out unfortunately, but he was pretty positive about it. Then we
went to the ward mission leader's house. He was sick so we gave him a
blessing. And then we went home. Elder Powell like movies and comics
and we get along pretty well so far.

Wednesday: We went to district meeting. We went with the Eldorado
branch. We went to their apartment and then they took us, so basically
we switch off who gets to do that every week. The district so far is
so so but I enjoy listening to their conversations. All the Elders
went to Taco Bell to eat. We went to Paducah for the district meeting
is what I should have said at the beginning. Anyway, after district
meeting, we went tracting and got yelled at for "soliciting." It was
great. Then we ate at the Meservy's for dinner. It was good ribeye.
Afterwards, CJ came out with us to see an investigator named Mike. He
really loves the gospel and wants to learn more. We taught him the
Plan of Salvation. It was a good lesson. Then we talked to a less
active named Sarah who works at a gas station for awhile then went
home.

Thursday: It was pouring all day. We tried this one investigator, but
we couldn't even get inside the complex, so we went to Herrin and
tried a few potentials and went to Hardee's for lunch. We met a guy
named Ed who we were going to move their house, but they decided
against it. Ed is very proud of his Native American heritage and has
his own bead shop(?). We talked about how he would like the Book of
Mormon because that's exactly who it talks about and he told us we
could come back. We tracted and as we were tracting this sweet lady
answers the door and talks about her ministry and then she says "I'm
sure we believe in the same thing, but-" then her husband busts
through the door saying "oh no they don't! We don't have any
similarities at all! They aren't even Christian! Joseph Smith and the
magic hat?!" Then slams the door. It was hilarious. Then we saw a less
active and talked to him for a little bit. We talked about Final
Fantasy and Fist of the North Star. It was interesting. Then we went
to the Crawford's for dinner and they were such a cute family! They
made this really good chicken salad where they put brown sugar on the
chicken and stuff. It was so good! The Brother Crawford came with us
to see people. Then we went home.

Friday: We wasted a lot of miles because I forgot the church key. We
went to do weekly planning. Not much happened except the Melvin's took
us to Mike's drive in to eat. And I felt prompted to give this guy on
the street a pamphlet and turned out he was Buddhist. It threw me off.
Then we talked to Sarah at the gas station and went to meet the
Kennedy's after. The Kennedy's are basically our ward mom. Their
daughter reminds me of the main girl in Freaks and Geeks. They are a
great family

Saturday: We went on splits with a guy named Doug Philips. We walked
to a guy's house and taught him the restoration. He said he would keep
an open mind, but I'm not sure if he will actually read the Book of
Mormon. We went to the Kennedy's for dinner and Elder Powell and David
kept showing us magic tricks. The we took David to see a less active
and she was a talker. She kept us there for maybe two hours. I don't
think I said one thing except introducing myself.

Sunday: I met the ward and don't remember anyone. I also had to do a
presentation that Elder Powell forgot to mention to me about, during
third hour about member missionary work. It went okay. We went and
taught Mike again and shared a conference talk with him. Then we ate
with Doug Philips.

That's was our week. It was kind of weird. Anyway, I hope y'all have a
good week! Here is a picture of a snapping turtle.

Elder Powell eating a crawdad!

Elder Powell

 

Goodbye Kentucky, Hello........Illinois?!

Yup that's right I'm leaving. Where to? You'll have to read the rest

of the email to find out! Let's go!

Monday: P day. Helped Sister Summers mow her lawn and tracted and got
two potentials.

Tuesday: In the morning, we went to Morgantown to do exchanges. The
district leader came with me back to Russellville. So Elder McCoy went
to Leitchfield with Elder Neyman and I got Elder Haley. He is pretty
cool. So we got back home and waited there so that we could get a ride
from Brother Bailey to go see Tonya Steele, but he was an hour late,
so we told stories to each other in the mean time. We got to Tonya's
and set a baptismal date with her for June 4th! It was great! Then we
went to Brother Stockton's to clean his gutters with a leaf blower. It
was fun. Then we saw Miss Lynda and then went store contacting for the
rest of the night.

Wednesday: We went to district meeting and took photos of the
district. We got to see Humpy as well and we were about to start a
debate with him, but I stopped it and said, "look the only way you can
know for yourself is if you pray about it." And he agreed so he said
he would. Then we had Book of Mormon class and I got a package from
the Dolloff's! Thank you so much! It was delicious! And I have two
more Pokemon from you! Three more and I'll have a full team!

Thursday: Everything got cancelled. The only thing that happened was
tracting, helping Sister Wiebe shop, and having dinner at her house.

Friday: We had weekly planning and then basically rode bikes for the
rest of the day trying potentials and whatnot. The only thing that
happened was, President Andersen had Elder McCoy call him and Elder
McCoy is having a baby! Which means he is just training. Which meant I
knew I was leaving, but to where? I don't know. So we went to the
Coots house and I dropped off my testimony book for them to sign.

Saturday: We saw a potential that morning and he said he would read
the Book of Mormon. Then we went to Sister Wiebe's and mowed her lawn.
While we were there, transfer calls came in. And I am leaving The
Russellville branch to go to the Foxcroft Ward. Which is in Marion,
Illinois of all places. I thought I was gonna go to Tennessee but I
guess not. So Sister Wiebe gave me a derby glass. Very nice of her.
Then I said goodbye to Humpy. He was sad I was leaving too. The rest
of the day was packing.

Sunday: I went to church and bore my testimony and told how much i
loved everyone of them. I got the youth to sign my book. A lot of
people said they were going to miss me so I was kind of glad about
that. I also said goodbye to Miss Lynda, Sister Summers, and Mary and
Marilyn. We also had a lesson with someone who let us in during
tracting. The rest of the day was just packing.

Well, this is the end of my story in Russellville, until I come back.
I'm truly going to miss it. My lesson and very nice analogy is that
everyday is a blank canvas. Remember you don't have to go by the books
to tell you how to paint. "You can pick your favorite colors. There's
no paint by number for you to go by. With every single shade, you
create a beautiful life." Remember to make it your day. I hope y'all
have a good week! And I'll let you know my new address as soon as
possible.

Elder McCoy and Me

Left to right in front of the chalkboard:
Elder Haley, Elder Casey, Sister Mortensen, Sister Wellisch, myself,
Elder Anders. Behind the chalkboard from left to right is: Elder
Neyman and Elder McCoy.

Great Sunday!

Oh my gosh! It has been such a good week this week. It went by so fast
too! Just a heads up to everyone that transfer calls are this Saturday
so just in case, don't send anything to the Kentucky address. Send it
to the mission office one. Anyway let's get started!

Monday: Not a lot happened. We dressed in service clothes to help Mary
move at some point, but she never called us so we couldn't do much. So
we tracted the rest of the day.

Tuesday: We tried a bunch of people, but they all said to come back
later that day. So we did. And all of them fell through. We met a guy
who says he is a less active, but we weren't sure, so we shared the
restoration with him. When we first pulled up to the less active's
house, their kids kept hitting Elder McCoy with a stick and they
started throwing mud at us too. Fortunately, we didn't get any on us.
Then we helped Mary and Marilyn move for an hour and then ate at the
Abneys. We went to Miss Lynda's for a little bit and then when we left
I'm not joking when I say that it was lightning and thundering
nonstop. Like there was not one point where the sky wasn't lit up by
lightning. It was crazy. I also went outside for five seconds
(literally 5 seconds) while it was raining and got completely soaked.
It was weird.

Wednesday: We had district meeting. Shared a lesson at Mary and
Marilyn's new apartment. Went over to a potentials house and they said
that their family would read the Book of Mormon. Then we taught Book
of Mormon class.

Thursday: We went to Sister Wiebe's house and she was having a truck
being towed so we tried a former and then came back to help her with
her chores. We started reading out of the Howard W Hunter book with
her and it is pretty good so far. We saw a potential and her Mom. When
we taught them the restoration, they wouldn't really talk to us. After
the lesson though, the mom said she would read the Book of Mormon. She
said she believed in apostles and told us an experience about how an
apostle, not of our church, healed her. We don't know what to think
about that. Then we saw Mary and read Enos together. We had dinner
with the Hoots and it was lovely. We tracted until 8pm and we saw
fireflies for the first time! It was pretty awesome!

Friday: Nothing really special happened except we got to eat dinner
with the Covingtons! Oh man I love all of them! We blew up balloons
with the children and started making hats and stuff. It was great!

Saturday: We mowed Sister Wiebe's lawn and cut some branches off her
trees. We tried seeing a less active with Brother Bailey, but they
weren't there, so we tried two potentials and on the way there, a lady
stopped us to bless her house. She was a little intoxicated, but she
was happy we did it. Then she told us our fortunes or something.
Brother Bailey's was "your foot has healed a lot." Elder McCoy's was
"it's so great of you putting flowers at the grave." And mine was
"your pen keeps breaking on you." It was interesting.

Sunday: OH MY GOODNESS! GUESS WHO CAME TO CHURCH!!!

GUESS GUESS GUESS!!!!!! Tonya Steele came to church with her family!

It was such a surprise because she said she was working and wouldn't

come to church this Sunday, but they did anyway! It made my day so hard!

It was awesome! They only came to sacrament meeting, but it was better than
nothing! Apparently Tonya works Sunday nights and she sleeps in the
morning so she can be rested, but she came to church all on her own!
It was awesome! President Coots texted us this morning asking if we
wanted the weights to the weight bench that they threw away and then
Elder McCoy brought home. So we said sure and they had a ton of
weights! It was ridiculous. Then we saw Matthew just to see how he was
doing. He said he hasn't read the Book of Mormon yet, but he is
thinking about getting baptized he just doesn't have his answer yet.
We encouraged to read the Book of Mormon so he can get that answer.
Then we went to the Owens house for a very early dinner. It was Riley
Bunce's birthday and we celebrated with them. It was a lot of fun.

It may not seem like a great week to all of you, but it was pretty
great to me. Especially Sunday! 1 Corinthians 2:9-11 really stuck out
to me. The Spirit of God will give you your testimony. God will reveal
himself through the Holy Ghost, allowing you to know the truth of all
things. Remember that is pretty much the only way that God will reveal
himself unto you. I hope y'all have a good week! Bye!

Elder Craig

 

Landscapes of Kentucky

Pics for Vehicle Coordinator

and

Lots of Weights

 

 

 

Not Much

Hello once again! Let's get started shall we?

Monday: We bought a dozen donuts and ate them all for pday. It was
pretty filling. Afterwards we tracted and ran into a less active and
shared the Easter video with her. The video talks about how we can
live with our families again and we just so happened to come on her
dads birthday who died in a car accident years ago. It was very
surreal. We talked about her dad for a long time and left. We went
home and I didn't eat dinner because I had a huge migraine and I felt
sick so I just went to bed.

Tuesday: Brother Abney came with us to see Mary and Marilyn. Marilyn
was asleep the entire time and Mary was just depressed about a lot of
things so it was kind of an awkward visit. Then we had dinner with the
Abneys. We helped Brother Stockton get something and then he kept
telling us about his colonoscopy and how he had to prep for it. I
couldn't stop laughing.

Wednesday: We had district meeting and had lots of fun there. Right
after we went to Bowling Green to get our oil changed and tired
changed as well. So we spent the rest of the day kind of touring it
because we had nothing else to do while we were waiting. We went into
some shops and stuff and took pictures. Right afterwards we went back
and did our Book of Mormon class.

Thursday: We helped shop with Sister Wiebe and did some chores as
well. We helped Mary and Marilyn move for three hours and just put it
in their storage. Then we had a lesson with them and Brother Bailey.
It went well.

Friday: We had weekly planning and tracted a really long time. We got
four new investigators. It was awesome. The Coots fed us and it was a
great dinner. I always really enjoy talking to them.

Saturday: Every single little plan that we had fell through. So we
tracted and tried seeing some formers. We did see a less active family
and showed them a video but it was a short lesson because they were
watching the hunger games mocking jay part 2.

Sunday: Had fun at church and got to talk to my family on skype. It
was a great reunion.

Sorry there wasn't much to talk about this week, but I hoped you
enjoyed it. Remember that sometimes things don't go our way. And that
there may be an opposition in the world, but remember that if we don't
have opposition, we wouldn't know happiness. 2 Nephi 2:11. I hope
y'all have a good week! Thanks! Bye!

Elder Craig

Beaver Banging His Own Drum

Four months out and twenty more to go! But man, it has been going by
fast, and I can only imagine how much faster it will get. I hope all
of you enjoy my emails. So we ended up biking/walking a lot this week
because we ran out of miles and it felt really slow, but at least we
got some exercise in.

Monday: Pday. Elder McCoy cut his own hair and when he tried to do it
the first time, I was quite worried about him to be honest. It looked
awful when he came out of the bathroom. He finally used the
instructions that he had got with the clippers he had bought and it
looked way better. We got to see Tim. He was drunk. We talked about
pressing forward in Christ and he told us the reason he didn't come to
church was because he felt guilty about drinking all the time. We told
him he still could, but he felt too embarrassed I guess. We also
cleaned a lot.

Tuesday: We got up early because we had to go to Hop Town
(Hopkinsville) for zone conference. This time I paid attention to
every single training. I loved all of them. I learned a lot. That was
also the last zone conference that President and Sister Andersen were
going to be at because they're going to leave in June. We will have a
new Mission President named President Stone. I'm sad that they're
leaving, but oh well, life goes on. The only other thing to mention is
that we went to Mary and Marilyn's house and Mary is improving on the
commandments much more than I thought she would. It was awesome!

Wednesday: We biked to Brother Stockton's house and helped him paint
some of his walls and mow his lawn. Elder McCoy ended up mowing the
lawn while it was raining. Haha it was funny. We walked to Frans house
and as we were walking, we spotted a member who was having a hard time
putting furniture in her car, so we helped her with that and continued
to Frans. She was busy. We walked to the church and tracted some
houses along the way. It was really exhausting. We "taught" seminary
and read some of the Book of Mormon with Brother Bailey. Brother
Bailey gave us a ride home, which was really nice of him.

Thursday: So before I get started, we had not a lot of miles left. So
we were going to conserve them today, but it ended up not happening.
So at zone conference, someone gave us a phone because they found it
in their area and it ended up belonging to someone halfway to
Adairville and Russellville. So we drove to their house and dropped it
off. Another thing, I forgot to mention last week that one of our
formers named Tonya Steele contacted us wanting to take the lessons
again, it was very surprising because she would never respond to our
texts when Elder Ross and I taught her, so we dropped her because she
wouldn't setup an appointment. So Brother Bailey was going to take us,
but cancelled. So we drove 20 miles to get there and 20 back. It was
awful. But the lesson was good. So we got home and rode our bikes. We
had Sister Sweet come to teach temples to Mary and Marilyn. They loved
her. We had dinner with Sister Wiebe. We also saw Miss Lynda and tried
teaching her the restoration, but we cut it short because it was past
our curfew and she just kept talking about how she believes in the
gift of tongues.

Friday: We biked to the church for weekly planning. It was pretty
exhausting. We tried Fran on the way back, but she was busy. So we
walked to Miss Lynda's neighborhood and tracted for awhile. We met
this guy who has met with the missionaries before. We asked him about
what he thought of the message that they shared and he responded with
"everyone loves hearing the beaver bang his own drum." And we were
just confused. He said after that, "I switched our conversation to
politics." And with that we were way more confused! So after seeing a
bunch of people, we were walking home in the dark in pretty much a
wooded area and a car stopped and picked us up to take us home. It was
very nice of them to do that. I also attempted to sew my belt loop
back onto my pants, but I kept messing up so I just used hem tape to
keep it on there.

Saturday: We started walking to this one house to help this guy move.
The Shoemakes picked us up to help them. Elder McCoy had to sit on
everyone's lap in the back because of how cramped it was. So we helped
this guy move and it was really fun. Elder McCoy really struggled
lifting and turning everything, even though he lifts weights every
morning :P haha. Jake and Gage knew what my Attack on Titan shirt was
and I was surprised to find out that the older couple we were moving
knew what it was too. After that, we ended up talking to this one lady
for a really long time. She told us she never sees a stranger and to
call her Granny. She told us we can come back and park our bikes in
her yard if we ever need to. We got to see Humpy and read Moroni 10
with him and got him to commit to read the Book of Mormon. Then we ate
dinner at the Sweet's. No moose this time haha.

Sunday: We had fast and testimony meeting which means I was exhausted
all day from fasting, but at least we got our miles back! We went to
see a potential and she said she read the pamphlet and went on
Mormon.org! That is the first time someone has done that! She was very
interested in learning about it, but she told us she isn't interested
in joining because she has been a baptist all of her life and doesn't
like change. She said there were very good points about our church
though. I didn't even mind dropping her because she did a lot more
than what other people would do. I was still a little sad though. So
we tried several former investigators and they either all moved or
weren't there. We went to the Pentecostal church again because I
wanted Elder McCoy to experience people getting the Holy Ghost, but
then all the preaching and stuff was pointing towards us. Saying we
don't understand and whatnot and basically just trying to convert us.
We won't be going back for awhile.

That's it for this week. It was kind of slow, but eh that's what
happens when you run out of miles. One thing that I have learned over
my life is that there will be many trials in our lives. Whether it
being the difficulty of riding a bike up a hill, or the loss of loved
ones. Sometimes we blame others or God when those things happen,
especially the emotional problems, but God sees what is best for us in
order for us to grow. Therefore, if you endure these trials well, the
blessings will come. D&C 58:3-4; D&C 121:7-8. I hope y'all have a good
week! I love you!

Elder Craig


Just some pics of me with Sister Wiebe's new kittens.