Buenos Dias!
Miracles, Miracles, Miracles! General Conference was amazing. We were able to watch all sessions at our church building via satelllite broadcast. I felt that almost all of the talks were directed towards me! haha. Priesthood session was so good. We need to use the authority we have!! General Conference is like the missionary super bowl, I was so bummed that it went by so fast! Lets just say that I cannot wait til October! Larane was able to watch conference with us on Saturday and she watched the rest at her house. When we asked her if she enjoyed it she responded "I'm just taking it all in" haha. She is getting excited for her baptism on the 14th and we are super excited for her.
Exciting news that we received during leadership training was that Russell M. Nelson is coming in May to speak to the whole mission. I was so stoked to hear that! That means I will be able to hear him at least twice while on my mission, once in the MTC and once in the field. Pretty cool huh?
On Tuesday, we did some yardwork for Bro Dilworth's mom. We spent a good 2 hours over there and she made us some good fried chicken afterwards. Southern cooking is putting some weight on me. It's whatevs though, I'm on a mission. While we were doing the yardwork, we came accross a nest of baby snakes. Not even thinking, I picked one of them up by the tail and then Marcus (Bro. Dilworth's son) told me that I was holding a Copperhead and I threw that thing down right quick. There were 4 of them in that area and we threw them in the street to get run over. Crazy, crazy,crazy. I guess I should be careful before handling snakes on the East Coast. Moccossins and Copperheads I guess heavily poulate this area and people get bit frequently. I'll try not to pick up anymore snakes without knowing first what kind they are. I need Cade out here to help me identify what kind they are. haha.
Yesterday before Conference we went to the Lawrenceville First Baptist church for breakfast. They had a service first and then served the men breakfast. I talked to this one guy "Doc" and asked him if he would be interested in learning more about our church and he accepted the offer to have us come over and teach him. He is a super nice guy, and he has been around for while. He's 87 years old :) He knows Bro. Dilworth so hopefully we can get him to come with us when we go over to have a lesson.
Last monday I got my teeth cleaned. President Evans is the local dentist here and he charges the missionaries the same amount for a teeth clean as if the Savior were to come in and get his teeth cleaned. President Evans is a great guy.
Elder Buckley's mom sent us a package with my blanket in it, so hopefully we get that sometime this week. I will be looking forward to your package later on in the week :) Thank you for all of the letters and prayers. I love you all and hope yall have a great, safe week!!
Love, Elder Baldwin
No comments:
Post a Comment