How are we all today. I know it's kind if weird for emails not to come on Monday, but that's what happened this week. I'll explain later. Anyway, this week was pretty exciting and full...
To answer any questions about Elder Barlow and the area. We cover two wards. But they are so geographically bigger, that we need two apartments. Elder Barlow is from Riverton Utah. He has been out for about 4 months, and is a super great missionary. We have found that we have a lot on common. Also to answer the question of where we are. No we are not in Sheridan Wyoming. Sheridan Montana is a small small town south of Butte and Whitehall.
So, for the majority of this week, we spent our time trying to accomplish the stake goal of 20 lessons a week. That or contacting referrals received from members. It ended up being a very quick week.
After going through all of our plans on Tuesday, we headed to "The Wagon Wheel" a restaurant in Twin Bridges. There we had dinner with a less active member. Elder Barlow and I both got 1 lb burgers. They were really good, but that was probably way too much food for me. While we were there, he asked us a couple questions regarding temple sealings, so we got to do some extra research for him.
We also got to help a very less active with her struggles. She texted us a while ago, and asked to meet with us. Elder Barlow and I both thought she was a nonmember. But when we started talking, we learned otherwise. That was a very special experience.
On Wednesday night, the zone leaders called, and asked us to set up a goal for baptisms this transfer. So we immediately set to work and met with our bishops on Thursday and got those goals set. We don't have anyone close right now, so our goal is pretty low. But we are planning on planting the seeds necessary to have a baptism in the future.
Kris is doing pretty well. We had two lessons with him. He has a lot of questions, and wants to go at his own pace. We feel like we took a step forward then a step sideways with him. We'll have to keep working, but I think we have a pretty good idea where to go.
So, one of a missionaries biggest pains is what is called tiwi. It's a little box on the windshield that has the voice of a girl, and nags you when you are driving poorly. Well, ours kept falling off the windshield, so we unplugged it till we could get a good way to hold her on. (With approval of course) It was awesome.
On Saturday, we did our best to do a task that bishop gave us to do. He wants to get us a new apartment. It is a lot smaller, and would cost a lot less. The only problem is that it would fit in our current bedroom. It is absolutely tiny.
Sunday was pretty good as always. Nothing super exciting happened there. We tried our best to finish off our lesson count for the week. But we were not able to. Oh well.
Lastly, we has interviews on Monday, so preparation day was moved to Today this week. They were great. But we ended up spending the whole day basically in Butte.
I think that's all I had on my list to talk about today. I love you guys and I hope to hear from you all again soon. Have a great week.
Love,
Elder Sherwood
Pictures:
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| A selfie with the Gold Plates. We found them! |
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| The Whitehall painted wall. |
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| A frozen river. |
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