a big farm boy and is hilarious! He has a lot of the same sense of
humor as me so it's been a party! Training has been fun because he
came so prepared that I don't feel like I'm training.
Also president and Sister Johnson are now officially gone and
President And Sister Bednar are here! I haven't met them yet but I
will have that chance on Wednesday! So I am excited to met them!
So this week started off with finishing up the roof we started on the
other week. We met up with Brother Hill and finished Sister Walkers
roof. So my greenies first day was hard labor in the sun which he is
already used to. The next day was more service! We helped haul some
wood for a member and then we had a huge burn pile and we helped him
fire it up and we watched it burn!
So the other day we were walking around a place called Rochester. And
we were walking up this street when all of a sudden these two guys
come around the corner and yell "Hey Elders!" So they stopped us and
one guys name is Mike and he said that he just got back from serving
his mission in Utah. He is from Maryland and his buddy that is with
him is a non-member and they are up here for a little while renovating
a house. So he wanted us to come up and help them out a little and
also teach his friend about the gospel. So we came up the next day and
helped these guys clear out the house they are working on and then
they took us to lunch and we had a little lesson with them. His
friends name is Layne and he is so cool. He had such real intent and
was asking such sincere questions. He really does want to know the
truth. So they invited us back this week so we will go help them with
the house some more and teach Layne again! So I'm looking forward to
it!
So a couple weeks ago I mentioned a guy I talked to that had survived
cancer and we really connected. Well Nigel is his name and we finally
had a lesson with him. And so I started off teaching about the Plan of
Salvation and then at the beginning I just felt something was wrong so
I switched and started telling him about the Joesph Smith story. His
attention instantly changed and he was so focused on what we had to
say. He was speechless at the thought of Christ's church begin back on
the earth today. He was so excited to start reading the Book of Mormon
and to pray about it! I am so pumped to see him again!
There is this old time candy store down the street from our house
called Grandpa Joes! So we went there real quick and there is at least
50 different glass bottle sodas there. So we saw a sign that said buy
5 get one free. Well needless to say they got us! We bought some cool
flavors and tried them out! Some of these are the best soda I have
ever had and the Bacon flavored one was probably the worst thing
every! It smelled so bad and tasted even worse! But we had to try it!
The other day we had dinner at the Buzzell home. And afterward brother
buzzell had us go outside with him and he showed us that he had 300
water balloons filled up and ready to go! So we got his family
together and had a huge water balloon fight to cool down from the hot
day! It was so much fun! We got drenched!
And last but not least we went to dinner with a family and they
brought out their pet rat! It was so cool it just crawls all over you
and is pretty cool! They said that it would end up growing to 3 times
the size it is now! Hahaha I couldn't imagine a huge rat crawling
around my house! Haha
Well that was pretty much the week! Hope you are all doing well! Love
and miss you all!
Elder Swisher
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