Hey thanks for all the letters. It sounds like everyone is doing
great! When is the next marathon mom and dad? You are working hard it sounds
like! All your missionary work is awesome, mom! That's the kind of members
missionaries love! We have a ton of returned missionaries that are always
wanting to come on splits with us and they're super helpful.
This week is going to be interesting. ISU starts school on the 26th so one
of the wards is about to explode! I can't wait for all the new potential
investigators to move in.
Crazy thing happened on Tuesday. Elder Vigil and I were sitting on our
bikes in Old Town Pocatello checking our planners when this lady just busts out
her front door and starts screaming, "I don't have sticky fingers! I didn't
steal the ring!" She went on about this stuff for like 3 minutes and Elder
Vigil and I were just starring at her shocked. After she was done she ran back
inside and slammed the door. We laughed so hard afterwards.
I went on splits for the first time this week. I had some cool experiences
with the other missionaries. We met a guy named Kenny who is a recovering drug
addict. When we walked in, he had no shirt on and neither did his two kids
running around the house. He doesn't have a job and his wife works everyday for
about 10 hours to care for the family. They have a rough situation. They
didn't have any chairs, so we sat on upside down 5 gallon buckets. He told us
that he had a rough childhood too. That when he was a baby teething, his parents
would rub vodka on his gums to stop his crying. He really wants to have a good
life for his kids but he seems lost. I hope the other missionaries can bring
him to the church so that his family can be strengthened.
Later that day we met a lady named Becky who is trying to come back to
activity. A couple months ago she finally got a new job, but it made her work
on Sundays. She continued to read the scriptures and pray everyday for help and
she eventually was blessed for her continued obedience. This week she got a
promotion after just a couple months and now she's the one who sets her schedule
so she can attend church every Sunday like she wanted. The Lord is so loving of
his children.
We found 5 new investigators this week. Two of them have a baptismal date!
I haven't even met them yet though because Elder Vigil and Elder Arrowches
found them on exchanges...I'm psyched to meet them tonight though!
This week we find out about exchanges so maybe I'll here about my visa who
knows?
I love you guys,
Elder Marsh
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