Hi everyone!
This has been a crazy and interesting week. Unfortunately, it was a really slow week in terms of missionary work. A lot of appointments fell through, and we couldn't seem to get a hold of anyone to schedule anything! It was frustrating, but weeks like that happen every once in a while. This week is looking much better, and if people will actually use their phones so we can set up appointments, that'll make it even better. Something good though, we did find a new investigator on Saturday, and it was in Parowan. That's good, Parowan needs a lot more work going on. Unfortunately though, this is the second week Enoch West hasn't produced any new investigators. We still have a big non-member teaching pool now, but after the baptisms that will be happening in February, that's going to be shrinking a lot. So yeah, it was a tough week. A lot of good still happened, but not nearly as much as we had hoped. But the work goes on, and this week is looking a lot better. We should be teaching a lot more, and the plan is to have at least one, possibly two baptisms on Saturday.
So, you might be wondering why the title of this email is "Elder Oswald vs. The Forces of Southern Utah". Well, it's basically because everything is falling apart! Our furnace is still out. Luckily we have wood burning stove which is keeping us warm enough. Half our kitchen sink is still hopelessly clogged too, so we only have half a sink. Those are the things that have been messed up for a while. Then this week happened. Firstly, our toilet is broken. Let's just say, that's a problem. It's been broken for a few days now, and it makes things kinda difficult. So we've been having to rely on the church restrooms, and if we have to go late at night or early in the morning, outside in the trees behind the woodpile is the remaining option. That option however, as dumb as it already is, has been further complicated by the turn in the weather. Basically it went from about 45 degrees all day, to around 20, and it's just been snowstorming like crazy the last two days. It started on Saturday, and it was super sketchy driving home from Parowan on the freeway that night. Sunday morning, we almost couldn't get out because of all the snow that had fallen (and frozen mud underneath it), and we drive a Jeep with 4-wheel drive, so that's saying something. And it just snowed all day Sunday. Sunday night, it was snowing so hard that we could barely see 15 feet ahead of us. And right now, there's around a foot of new snow, and it's still snowing hard, and is supposed to continue pretty much all day. So in addition to the weather attacking us and the toilet rebelling, our windshield wipers are falling apart (just in time for all the snow) and our clothes washer seems to be breaking, and there were a couple days where our iPads barely worked because a couple bugs in the Church software. All of that on top of a week that just didn't go so well. It's almost funny how everything is conveniently flipping out on us. Actually it is funny. If there weren't any humor in the situation, the week would just be a giant piece of frustrating. But instead, it's an entertaining piece of frustrating. And hey, it's experience, at the very least.
Well that just about sums up the week. We did go exploring a bit in the hills to a landmark called Parowan Gap and saw some Native American rock engravings and dome dinosaur footprints. That was pretty cool. I'll send some pictures of that.
Well that's about it for now. Have a great week!
-Elder Oswald
Petroglyphs
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| Elder Baker and the petroglyphs |
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| "I like that boulder. That's a nice boulder." |
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| Another cool rock |
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| The dinodude in his natural habitat |
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