August 26,2013 

So This Week I Went Swimming

So a lot has been going on this week Wednesday we were doing a service project and it started to rain which felt pretty nice as it rarely rains in burns but then as time went on it started to thunder and lightning and then it started really pouring hard it was like sheets of water were coming down and apparently we got winds up to 75 miles per hour so we run back to the apartment to close a window and at this point all the streets are totally flooded and there is a huge branch blocking the entrance to our complex to I hop out and also at this point I'm completely drenched and wade out to the branch and move it.  Then we went to the chamber and helped mop up a ton of water and it was a blast. Then the storm died after about an hour and by the next day all the water was gone.  We went about life as usual.

We had stake conference this week we had Elder Bussy from the seventy come and talk. Elder Johnson and I went to the leadership session broadcast to Burns at 4 as the stake center is in Bend, which is two and a half hours away from Burns. So after that we stayed at the church waiting for an appointment we had there at 6 30, but he didn't show up til almost seven which was when the adult session started.  Then after that it was 9 so we went home and went back the next morning for the general session and that’s when the problems started. About 20 minutes in to the conference our feed cut out and then came back but continued to freeze every 10 minutes or so for quite some time til finally after an hour the feed cut out completely and we found out that the system in Bend had died and they were working to just get us the audio, now which started to work and then died also, until finally with 30 minutes left in the session the feed finally came back and we watched the concluding remarks. It was good because it was Elder Bussy. He gave a good talk.  It was also good because two of our less active members came for the first time, at least since I've been there so that was cool. Then today I'm in Bend as we are going to do exchanges again until Thursday. This time I'm the one going back to Burns with the zone leader Elder Worstencraft so thats exciting and scary at the same time as I'm going to be the one that knows the area.

One really cool story for you all so last Monday I said I was at a mission tour and while there we talked to the mission president about Burns and our concern about only having one investigator and he told us that there were at least two that were ready and that we needed to find them so we really refocused our effort. Saturday we were visiting a less active member who has some adult sons in the area and we just said we were looking for people to teach and she said well I don't know anyone and so we continued talking. Then she says that her son who is active is now raising two of his nieces and they aren't members but have been coming to church and seem interested.  So we go over there ( it was the next house over) and talk to her son who says the oldest said she would want to be baptized except she didn't want to wear the funny underwear which was funny. Then we set up an appointment to teach them on Tuesday so now we have two new investigators which has really strengthened my testimony of divine revelation but now time is short so I wish you all well the church is true