October 13, 2010
Dad's questionnaire: (and Skylar's responses)
How was your week?GOOD, I GOT TO CLEAN THE APT. TODAY, ELDER BEAN IS SUCH A SLOB.. HES LAZY AND HE COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THE RULES... WE HAVE EXCHANGES TOMORO SO I WILL BE WITH ANOTHER MISSIONARY WHILE THE DISTRICT LEADER EVALUATES HIM. I HAD A MEMBER DONATE ME A WHOLE NEW BIKE FRAME AND HE IS GOING TO PUT EVERYTHING ON IT FOR ME. FINALY I WILL HAVE A BIKE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER!!! OTHER THAN THAT NOTHING NEW. WE ARE GOING TIE SHOPPING TODAY!! THRIFT STORE HALF OFF DAY!! YAYY! I FOUND A SUIT FOR 6 BUCKS, ITS SWEET I WILL SEND A PIX OF IT
Anything new going on in the area?NO I HAVE A BAPTISM THIS WEEKEND THOUGH. I HOPE I WILL GET OUT SOON THOUGH. I WANT A COMPANION THAT I CAN GOT SOMETHING DONE WITH.
Are you eating well? YES I AM! GETTING FED BY MEMBERS ALMOST EVERY NIGHT.
Does Elder Bean like any of the same things you do. NOPE NOTHING... BUT HE WILL EAT WHATEVER HE CAN GET HIS HANDS ON. WETHER HE PAID FOR IT OR NOT.. >< / Who is writing you and have you heard from Bo yet?YA WE ARE IN GOOD CONTACT. NIKKI AND SHANTAE WERE FOR A WHILE BUT I HAVENT SEEN ANYTHING FOR A FEW WEEKS. SUCH IS THE LIFE OF A MISSIONARY. O WELL THOUGH.. ITS THE LETTERS FROM THE FAMILY THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT!! HAHA. BY THE WAY I AM STILL EXPECTING EMAILS AND LETTERS FROM EVERYONE INDIVIDUALY!! I WANT TO KNOW WHATS GOING ON!! HAHA. NOT JUST FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE. (BUT I DO LOVE YOUR PERSPECTIVE) BUT LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU ARE READING AND STUFF. I LOVE SPEAKING ENGLISH. I GET SO MUCH MORE TIME TO STUDY AND I AM LEARNING ALOT OF DEEP DOCTRINE AND I AM AT # 56 ON SCRIPTURES MEMORIZED! I LOVE MEMORIZING SCRIPTURES!!
Cambria talked in church yesterday, and did a great job. Sounds like she had a good mission and met alot of different people.
Danjee did a lesson on Issaha and how he was speaking to our time. Wow to see what he saw and to get the Whole picture from before
Christ was born, The restoration, and the things of our day. Pretty cool.
Caleb Grandy also spoke on Sunday, Don't Know if you remember him but He is a Black Hawk pilot that has been in Iraq for the passed year.
He was telling of how there is not a day that goes by that he doesn't think of his mission and the strength that is gives him.
He told of a time that he was flying out of Baghdad and a storm was closing in on him and his crew, it was almost dark and the storm had closed in and the visibility
Was all but gone, he said a little prayer and the saw a small light in the basic direction that they were going and followed it as they got closer they saw another, point of
The story was that there is always a small light out there, and if we look and have faith that we find it. Hope your Looking.
Are you doing OK, is there anything that we can do for you.
How has you weather been, the night are cooling down here and the days are not bad either. I AM WET!! HAHA THROUGHLY AND COMPLETELY WET AND I KNOW I AM FEELING THE SPIRIT BECAUSE I LOVE IT!!!! I USED TO PRAY FOR STRANTH BUT NOW I JUST PRAY FOR OPERTUNITIES TO SHARE THE GOSPEL!! I LOVE IT ALL SO MUCH!!! I WILL BE SENDING YOU WHAT IS CALLED "THE DISTRICT" ITS A REALITY TYPE THING ABOUT MISSIONARIES AND EXACTLY EHAT WE DO. THEY FOLLOW THEM INTO LESSONS AND STUFF, ITS SWEET!!
Lots of things going on here but none as important as what your doing there. So proud of you.
Well I better get going I have to set in on Walker Yost's Board of Reviews.
Love you and Hope all is going well.
DAD
TELL MOM THAT I GET MAC AND CHEESE FOR FREE FROM THE CHURCH. WE HAVE LIKE 50 BOXES NO JOKE! BUT THE RAVIOLIES AND STUFF ARE SUPER SWEET!! WITH ITALIAN DRESSING NONE THE LESS! THX!!! I AM HOPING TO GET A GOOD JAKET SOON. THE ONE THAT I WAS GIVEN IS NOT AN OREGON RAIN COAT.
Dad replies:
Sorry things are rough with the companion right now, but you know there needs be opposition in all things. Think of it as a trial of you patience and
How it will prepare you to live with family members with there own agency, even when they drive you nuts you still love them. Mom was glad to here about the dressing and stuff. Great to here how much you love it.
I know things will work out for the best.
October 13, 2010
Skylar writes:
THIS WAS MY LETTER TO THE MISSION PRESIDENT:
This week has definitely been a trying week. We have been stood up for allot of appointments and allot of investigators are dodging us. We have been asked by the Bishop to contact all of the unknown members on the ward list, so amen to trackting time for the week. which is a shame because lately I've really enjoyed it. Elder Hawkins and I use to have allot of fun with it. Brianna still has a date for this weekend and i feel like she will be ready, but something doesn't feel right. I will prayerfully consider why. Dawna is also back in town and sill smoking. But we are getting there! slowly but surely.
AJ will be attending church as soon as the Bishop meets with him. i think he is making remarkable progress. However, i cannot say the same for Aqua and Titus. They are fighting more than ever. We walked into the home for our lesson and i could feel the absence of the spirit. and it was very sad to see.
Elder Bean still seems to be very tired all the time...I'm not sure if that's just what happens after 15 months or if its just him. I definitely feel like the Lord is testing my willingness to obey and to work, regardless of the circumstances. I, at times, have a hard time staying motivated.I feel the responsibility to be the one to say "lets go out and work" but its hard to have an effective planning when he doesn't care what we do. I hope that things will get better. But he has a good heart and i know that deep down there is a missionary that will work miracles! I just need to help him realize that.
I am doing pretty good. still memorizing scriptures, still trying to work hard, and still fighting to be obedient. Even if it means that i have to stand alone. I am studying in PMG ch 3. in lesson 2 there is a list of chapters. I am reading through all of those to get familiar with the assignments i leave my investigators. As well as trying to think about how people of other faiths might interpret sections i read from the bible.
Thank you much for all that you and Sis. Dyches do.
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Elder White
