Dad: Sorry you are so tired as of late, but hey, I'm sure things are fine. You're just working really hard, and therefore are tired. Being down 60 lbs. is what is keepiong you from having a massive heart attack.
I'm going to be working on the postcards today, and will probably send them off later today or tomorrow, we'll see if I can get everything done, probably will.
As for college, can you look up SLCC stuff? I'm probably just going to go and get my associates first, then worry about the rest later.
Mom: Empty house huh? Feeling some empty nest syndrome? I guess not, but still, it's going to be interesting knowing there will just be us three for a while... not sure what I think of that.
Taking it that Kendra and Marcus are doing okay otherwise? That's good. Still need to write them...and then they need to respond....
In regards to Sam: Something that I have gotten as a missionary was a flashlight. A flashlight comes in really useful at night, especially if you're in an area without a lot of lights. I know mine has come in useful.
Man, Seattle.....
So, what happened this week, well, we taught a fair amount, did a lot of finding, and trying to contact.
We managed to make contact with one of our old investigators this week, Miriam, and we started reading from the Book of Mormon again with her after English Course. She has stated that she would like to start taking the lessons again, and we're going to try and set up an appointment for Thursday before English Course, and reteach the Restoration.
We also managed to teach a lesson to a family, Stefano and Angela, but we're not really sure how much interest is there. We're going to be meeting with them again this week, and going to be seeing just how much interest they acutally have. It's going to be interesting, but I have hope.
We weren't able to meet with LaVigna or Luca this week, but Luca made it to church, but left before we could talk to him. We're going to be trying to see both of them this week, and hopefully we'll have a serata familiare with LaVigna and the Melone Family tonight.
Besdies that, we had a scambio with Anziano Rigby and Anziano Mika, and we found a lot of people to contact and that's our goal for this week: Contact all the people, and fill our schedules with more teaching appointments.
Okay, that's all for me, talk to you next week, and I'll talk about Zone Conference,
NaNa
Here are the pictures that were posted on Sorella Waddoups blog from the zone conference. In several of the pictures you'll see the missionaries including Nathan making beads. Here is what Sorella Waddoups had to say about that activity:
Lesson from the Beads
"We made bracelets at zone conference. Yup, you got it. The elders and the sisters. It was a neat object lesson.
A few years ago my husband and I visited a Buddhist Monastery in Taiwan. Many of the monks there wore a simple bracelet made from brown wooden beads. Each bead represented a blessing. As you went around the bracelet naming a blessing for each bead, the blessings never stopped because the bracelet created a circle and formed one eternal round.
We put a bag of brightly colored beads on each table. Each missionary was told to take a handful of beads and count out 35 beads. The remaining beads were to be placed back in the bag. Each missionary was then given a piece of stretchy elastic and instructed to put 25 beads on the elastic and then tie the two ends of elastic together creating a bracelet. The extra 10 beads were then placed back in the original bag of beads.
After the bracelets were completed, I told the missionaries how each bead on their bracelet represented a blessing in their life. Those blessings never end. I counted each of the missionaries as one of my blessings.
We talked about how the bracelets are a lot like serving a mission. The bracelets may not have exactly the colors or number of beads they wanted, but they had to work with what was available. It’s just like serving a mission. Nothing is ever exactly the way you imagined it and you have to work with what you are given. Making bracelets probably wasn’t what they wanted to do at zone conference, but they were required to do it anyway. On missions we do a lot of things we don’t really want to do. The elders certainly didn’t expect to come to zone conference and make a bracelet, but it was still a learning experience. For some of them, the bracelet didn’t match their outfit, but they either had to wear it or go without. The bracelets won’t last forever, but neither will serving a mission in Italy. It only lasts 18 to 24 months.
We discussed different uses for the bracelet. When they look at the bracelet, they will always be reminded of all the blessings they receive. The sisters can wear the bracelet and always remember the good things in life. The elders can give the bracelet away to their mother, a sister, a girlfriend, or someone in the ward. Most of the elders want to keep the bracelet and give it to that special someone they will marry some day. They can tell them they made the bracelet while they were on their missions and they have been saving it for that one special blessing in their life.
When asked what other lessons they had learned from the experience, they came up with things like it was easier for some to make than others. No two bracelets are exactly alike. Some missionaries liked their bracelets and others didn’t. Some wanted to make more, some didn’t. Depending on the size of the beads, some bracelets were bigger than others. Some of the bracelets were really colorful. Some of the missionaries traded beads and produced bracelets that were all one color, or matched the color of their country’s flag. Some were made of bright colors and others made from more subdued hues. Some of the missionaries loved the activity and some of them couldn’t see the point in even doing it. At the end of the conference, one of the senior elders said “If you want your blessings to go on continuously, you have to ‘tie the knot’ and get married. That pretty much summed it up."
Great idea!
Anziano Eads and 31 other missionaries had to spend the night before the Zone Conference at the Mission Home. Nathan munching . . .
Anziano Eads with two others role playing teaching the restoration.
Anziano Eads just being happy and a ham looking at the camera. Nice to see.
Anziano Eads hamming it up and being silly in the picture above and below. Yep, he has matured, grown up but his personality remains his.
Looking a little reflective here signing.
Singing here with memorized words; benefits of being an "older" Elder in the mission. Truly he is an Anziano which really means "old man."
The picture above and the two below is of the bead/bracelets making. Looks like Nathan made green and black . . . we will confirm in the email if he responds to that question. Wonder how he managed that. Unless it is dark blue like navy and that bright green to reflect his favorite NFL team, the Seahawks; should be red and gold . . . .
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