Hello everybody! I hope everyone had a good week!
This has been a sort of rough week. All but one of our appointments canceled, and we had to resort to more tracting. We have a few potentials, one of which might pay off really soon, but as for this week, we weren't so fortunate. We did a lot of service, so at least we were kind of busy. There was one day we did somewhere around four hours of service (we had two service projects back to back), and
almost all of it was outside in 95 degree bright sunny weather. That was really uncomfortable. But it was good to do service and I haven't gotten a sunburn yet so I'm fine with it. And it was fun because the second service project on Friday was sort of a multi-area service project, and I got to see Elder Martell (a good friend from the MTC) for a couple hours.
Friday was my birthday! That's right, the mission aged me a year. Haha, anyway, it was alright. It was actually the day we did all the service. I didn't have any kind of celebration. It was really just another ordinary day for a missionary, except that I did have a birthday present that got here on time and I got to open it that evening. I'm still trying to figure out how my birthday has already come and gone. It seems like just a month ago I left the MTC. But nope, I've been a full-time missionary for over five months, and the weather is significantly hotter than it was when I first got into the mission field. So yeah, anyway, it was a good birthday. I'm not really sure how birthdays are supposed to work as a missionary, but I enjoyed it. I got to serve the Lord on my birthday, which isn't too shabby. I wouldn't mind some more letters though. I haven't gotten much in terms of letters for a couple months.
Friday night we had an exchange. My District Leader, Elder Bennett, came over to my area (Enoch West) and was with my companion, Elder Spencer, and I went over to the Canyonview area with Elder Bennett's companion, Elder Howard. Elder Howard is so cool! He is a fellow nerd (especially with Middle Earth and Doctor Who), he is a fantastic missionary, and he is just hilarious! It was a fun exchange. It was also interesting because Canyonview is a walking area. So I got to walk all day! Now I can say I know what that's like, and I have a greater appreciation for the car. It wasn't so much the walking though as it was the lack of air conditioning that was hard. Anyway, we had a few good lessons and visits. It was really fun!
Today I gave three talks in Church in three different wards! That was cool, but also really exhausting. My first talk was about following the prophet and specifically following President Monson as the work is being hastened. My other two talks were on the same topic (thank goodness) which was on the Holy Ghost and specifically his role in missionary work and how he can help us as member missionaries, as well as full-time missionaries. It might have been the best talk I've ever given, and both times went really well. The Holy Ghost was definitely involved in both the preparation and execution of that talk. I love when that happens.
So that's been my week; some good times and some hard times. I'm a year older, and I feel about that much more tired (I hope that doesn't become a pattern). But it's been alright, and I'm still loving my
mission!
I miss you guys! Have a great week!
-Elder Oswald.
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