So... life is crazy. 'nuf said.

This week was crazy we did so many bunches if service, tons of tracting, and in other words worked like dogs. We didn't find any new investigators, but mostly because we were dummies and forgot to pray with people all the time. So far in our companionship Elder K and I have found four new investigators only to have our hearts crushed when we either: 1 discover that they are actually former investigators, 2 get dropped by those new investigators before our initial return appointment (thus rendering them not a new investigator), 3  realize that they don't actually live in our area.

Yeah, life is an adventure. But its good, good things are coming.

We went on exchanges this past week with some other Elders: Elder M and Elder B. I was with Elder B here in 2^nd Ward, and Elder K went with Elder M in 1st Ward. We had a good exchange, we mostly tracted and had a Less-Active Lesson in the evening. Elder B is a good missionary, he is very good at finding and talking to people and he is fairly bold. He is also a very good listener. We stopped by a potential investigator named J, we talked to him for about 30 minutes and he really opened up to us, (which he really didn't do the first time we talked to him, and attribute his opening up partially to the spirit, and partially to Elder B’s good listing). He told us all about his bad experiences in different churches, his separation and divorce from his wife and is current woes with his living situation, and his desire to create a good environment for his teenage son to mature in. We talked about pure religion, helping others, families, and the positive experiences that he has had with the "Mormon" church. He didn’t become a new investigator because we didn’t say a prayer or set a specific return appointment. But it was a good visit none the less.

Elder K has been out 8 months now. Wow that really doesn't sound like that much anymore! I learn lots from Elder K! Here is an itemized list:

A - How to be more awesome! 

2 - The same as A.

D - The same as 2.

And on and on! But seriously though, Elder K has awesome insight on how we can improve in the littlest ways. And he is always supper humble about suggesting things. He's awesome. 

 He does like to eat his food off of a cloth mat instead of a plate sometimes, sorry to disappoint but we don't always eat with chopsticks now. The only thing that's really changed in my habits since being with Elder K is that I eat more cereal now. But, he also pretty much took over washing all the dishes, which has traditionally been my job. I almost always washed the dishes before because, as much as I love my other companions, they just sucked at washing dishes. Some of them tried and did a really awful job, others seemed to believe that all they had to do was put the dishes in the sink and they got magically cleaned, and still others didn't even bother getting them to the sink. Goodness I love those guys.

Speaking of which you should Facebook stalk Elder-not-anymore H, because he’s home now and some members were telling me that he was on Facebook. Send him a message or something. See if he freaks out. ;)

Requests: 

1 A copy of my Fallen poem, against all odds I wanted to share it with a member the other day.

2 A printout of the Lectures on Faith... if it’s not too long. 

3 A mental hug... cause I need one right now. :)

That's about all I have time for I gotta run! :(

I love you all soo much! Bye!

Elder Thomson