Life Accomplishments

Hey everyone,

 

So this week was another pretty slow week. We did a lot of finding and I am so not even joking... we did a lot of finding meaning we taught one lesson the entire week, so yeah that really honestly just sucked. But hey this week I did accomplish some lifelong goals. The first one and the one I am the most proud of is that I officially used an entire tube of chapstick! Normally I lose them or they melt or something, but oh no, I finished that sucker and it lasted a solid year. The downside to this accomplishment is that it was pretty much the best chapstick I have ever had it my life and chapstick is really important when you have Angelina Jolie lips.  So the first person who sends me a tube of chapstick from Miller Motorsports Park is pretty much going to be my favorite person in the whole wide world! The second lifelong accomplishment is that I finished the bible, and yes I know that is not nearly as impressive as the chapstick, but it's still kind of a big deal.

So yesterday I went on an exchange with my district leader. He is from Tahiti and only speaks French. It was a lot of fun to speak French all day and I learned some new words to add to my vocabulary so that was actually pretty sweet. Here in Europe they have things called Kabob shops and they are meat that is just left in like a light heat thing and it's only here because I am pretty sure they are against the food safety thing in the states. But they are so freakin' good and I don't know why that is important other than I like them and I had one this week. I also made lemon bars this week which really hit the spot. The only thing I need now is cheesecake! So Monday I am gonna buy a kit to make one. Elder Manivanh cooks and bakes a lot so I am learning from him.

The biggest thing that happened this last week is we were able to help one of our recent converts. His family has been giving him a really hard time about the church and he only speaks Albanian. So we called the missionaries from Albania and they called him and talked to him and then we gave him a blessing and iI translated it into Albanian and gave him a typed copy of it. The guy totally went from depressed to happy just like that. The coolest part was that he was instantly much happier before he even got the translated copy of the blessing!  It was really cool--he has been making it back out to church and everything too so that has been awesome. 

We have been finally finding some new people so know we just need get some appointments fixed with them and start teaching them. I am hoping a couple of them turn into new investigators.

This weekend we get transfer emails. I am pretty sure I am staying in Luxembourg but it will be super interesting to see what happens in our district. I really like everyone now so I am nervous for it.

Well that is about it for this week. I hope you all are doing great.

 

Elder Lerdahl