Rolling in Haymarket!!!!!

Hi Mom!

Well this week was better than last hahaha. We picked up some new and taught some really strong lessons. So last moday was allllllllll moving. We didnt get done until 1130 at night. Only one man showed up to help and he was the one with the trailer. But it was perfectley fine. On tuesday we had zone training so we met with the zone and that was awesome. (we are having a BBQ right after we are all done emailing). Then we had a really really good lesson with a man named Tim Havrilla. His wife and step son are members. He has taken the lessons a ton and is just waiting to know 100% wether the church is true or not. He told us is deep concerns so it went really well. On wednesday we did some service. We dont get that oppertunity that much like we did in Culpeper. Im bummed about that. We offer to everyone but most people have hired people already that do all their yardwork. But service was pretty fun. Thursday was way legit. We started off by doing service again and that was fun. We were making a burn pile of all the trees that had fallen over from the wind and burnt it all. Then we changed and went on exchanges. I stayed in our area and was companions with Elder Yates. Rausch went to Warrenton. Man Yates and I had so much fun!!!! He is so awesome. He plays lacrosse for BYU. So we had a lot to talk about.

 

We recieved a media referal that day that we went and contacted. Basically the lady went through a lot, was trying to find a website that would help her and when she was looking up religions mormon.org was the first website. She said it answered all her questions. So she asked for us to show up. Unfortunatley it was a short visit so we left her with a BOM and prayed with her. She is in the hospital right now but we will meet with her as soon as possible. Then we met with this teenager who played lacrosse in high school so that was fun. We all played catch for a little bit. Then we had a crazy dinner. The family has the craziest kids. It was hysterical. Yates doesnt get family dinners that much in his ward so he was so happy the whole time. But Thursday was like the best day of the week. i loved it!

 

Friday was fun we met with this old couple. Their names are Emma and Ray. The missionaries Have been helping them out for along time with diffrent acts of service. They invited us to a cook out for Rays birthday the next day. So we went and thats fun. We didnt get to stay for that long but it was fun to meet their family. Its always fun when you meet the family of people you help and they are just so thankful. It was funny though but we werent the missionaries that did the help, but we were reaping the rewards. On Saturday we burnt some more stuff and visited some diffrent people. Church was good and all on sunday and we were fasting for the mission and saw some diffrent people.

 

This week was definitley better from the last but our teaching pool and people we just serve is not where we would like it to be. So we are trying and trying to meet new people and find new people to teach. But the ward is awesome feeds us a ton so thats just awesome. Well i love the work and am excited to get things rolling in Haymarket!!!!!

Love Elder Powell