The one with the birthday party and the return of the cockroach

Hello everyone!  Hope you had a great week! Sounds like there were a lot of big things happening at home that I'm glad to hear about! This week was pretty alright.  We were able to teach a few more people than last week which was really good. We are trying to surround ourselves with members because we know that this connection is what makes the transition to accepting the gospel easier. Nobody wants to talk to a couple of strange...

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The one with the car breaks down and we shoot rubber bands of toilet paper

This past week happened.  Monday night was filled with some really great non missionary work things. We tried to see some people but no one was home expect for this one lady who was busy so said to come back the next night. To continue that story, we showed up and parked out on the road (she lives in an apartment complex). We saw her sitting out side of her house as we walked up. We walked around a building and she fell out of view. When...

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The One Where We Pray with a Drunk Man on his Toilet

This week has been hard and I'm glad it's over. I wish there were more things to talk about but it can be summed up very well in the statement, "we tried". It was filled with a more than usual amount of cancellations, empty houses, unanswered phone calls and disinterested people. I'm just getting very worn out and frustrated. There were a few bright spots that happened.  We had an interesting experience on Wednesday morning. We arrived...

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The One With the Phantom Cockroach and a Hmong Name

Tuesday was the last day of the month and we realized that we had a ton of miles to blow. For those who may not know, I didn't before my mission, all missionary companionships have a limited mile/kilometer budget that they are allowed to use each month. Since we cover such a large area we have 1200 we are allowed to use. As of the 29th we had only used about 1050 so we decided that on Tuesday we were going to Wadesboro. Wadesboro is a town that is about a 45 minute drive to the south. We spent the day there contacting all the people that had been...

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The One with a Myriad of Mishaps, Most Involving Bodily Fluids

This has been quite a week. But since you all want to know about transfers I'll spill the news. So my new companion is Elder Burkhart. He is from, wait for it,... Utah. He lives in the Salt Lake Valley in a town called Taylorsville. He likes cooking and ballroom dancing. He has been out on his mission for a while and goes home in October.  This week has been a tougher one. Adjusting to a new companion is one thing but having the work go...

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The One Where I Like Sushi?!

Hello Family, Friends, Strangers, and the people in Salt Lake City who monitor all our emails! How are you doing? This has been another wonderful week for me. First of all, some transfer news. Elder Ashcroft and I will be parting ways this Tuesday as he is getting transferred out of Albemarle. I feel really bad for him because he is going to his fourth area with his fifth companion and he has only been out six months. Also, Elder...

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The One Where We Listen to the Radio with a Laotian Man

This was another really good week. Our zone activity at Defy Gravity was so much fun! We had such a good time and I stayed sore for like three days after but it was so worth it! Tuesday night marked the most uncomfortable car ride I have had on my mission. We were with a Laotian member of the ward who doesn't speak any English. When we got into the car he was jamming out to the radio. As we usually do we ask them to turn it off, only...

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The One Where I Learn How to Lock Pick and an Old Man Talks about Urination

This week has been another crazy one, and unfortunately I do not have much time to write today because we are doing a zone activity at some place called 'Defy Gravity' like an hour away. It's a trampoline park which hopefully is as much fun as it sounds. So for this week I'll just tell some funny stories. On Tuesday we went to talk with one of the sisters former investigators who happened to be an elderly man. He let us...

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The One With Toothpicks and a Famine

Hello everyone! Hope you had a great week, I know I sure did. This week is been pretty normal which is been an exciting change of pace. We've actually been teaching people and not just pounding our face against a wall hoping something will happen. We've seen a lot of miracles and also a lot of tender mercies. I've been able to get members out to help us in increasing amounts and overall things are just looking up. Our biggest miracle of the...

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