Gotta find the happy side!!

Yo whadda do motha (i was told by our gangster investigator Chris to keep it black so thats my effort lol),

 

Well this week was full of dissapointment. But I have not let any of it keep me down and will not ever!  But i will start off by giving my personal opinion. Being a missionary is not only about Baptisms! Baptizing is just a huge blessing in missionary work and part of the process.

Zaria (our only on date) fell off because she is on HOUSE ARREST!  Seriously!  Elder Perry took that really hard I keep having to tell him that life doesn't end because she didnt make the date.  We're still going to work with her, if anything now our appoinments wont fall through at least,  hahahha. <--- See Mom,  you gotta find the funny happy side in a given situation, right?  You always taught me that :)

The other major thing that happened is our investigator Chris tried to kill himself twice this week. He called us on the middle of the night and we talked him down the first time but the second time we werent aware of it. He's struggling big time . He is going to see a therapist in like 30 days but needs help now so we are meeting with him every other day. Please pray  for him, he needs it.

Now for the Good!!  We were able to meet with a lot of our new investigators and that all went well. One day i was on exchanges because of leadership meetings i had 4 diffrent companions because of everyones diffrent schedules. The best part was i got to go on another exchange with elder Cluff again. Hes so tight. We got to work about half the day together. So that was way awesome. Well zone conference is this week with 3 other zones for a farewell with the Albrights then its transfers again. Man i hope i stay in Culpeper. The sweetest thing happened yesterday. We had dinner with the Seeley family and we mention transfers and they all yelled "NOOOOOOO you guys are so awesome don't leave!!!" and when we walked out the kids tred to hold the car door shut so that felt good t see that families do appreciate what were doing.  Then we met with Chris yesterday and afterwards he told us how he hasn't felt this happy in a long time, so that was strong to hear. It reallly hit me and elder Perry. 

Well sorry for the short letter but i hope all is well back home and I hope you had a great fathers day mom you deserve it!

 

Love,

 

Elder Powell