Email # 23

 Hey!!

> 
> No results yet... The hospital where im getting the
> MRI should be calling me soon (within 24 hours) to schedule the mri.
> after that i will have to schedule another appt with Dr. Mcglynn to
> discuss possible surgery. I will keep you posted.

> Im glad you had a relaxing fathers day! I sent you a letter and you
> should receive it either today or tomorrow at grandma baldwins house.
> That is so crazy that Cortney and Jeff are married!!!!! It doesnt even seem real to me that they are
> married. How did the wedding go? where was it held? What are you doing
> next for addys wedding? what left do you have to plan for? I am
> waiting for the suit to come in the mail before i take the picture. I
> think i will look better in a suit that fits me rather than one that
> makes me look like fat.  i feel disgusting!!! I cant work out at all because of my dumb hip and i am
> going crazy!!!!! sitting in the apartment all day is so lame. and we
> cant drive anywhere because they took 150 miles away from each car in
> the zone. theyve been cracking down big time with the cars. I am the
> only one that can drive the car we have now (2012 chevy cruze) i dont
> mind that sometimes, but it would be nice to cut a break from driving
> all the time. We almost got rear-ended big time last week. the two
> guys behind us locked their breaks up for like 25 feet and came to a
> screetching hault about 5 feet behind us. Elder McClellan and i about
> pooped our pants! haha. It was crazy!
> I dont know how our investigators are doing.... we havent been able
> to meet with them for about 2 weeks! it is pretty frustrating. well,
> actually we taught yuan on tuesday and he is doing well. We taught him
> the plan of salvation and he thought it was amazing. we asked him
> about being baptized and he still wants to wait until his english gets
> a little better so he can fully understand what we are teaching him.
> Bro mitchell is still translating sacrament meeting for him and that
> is going great! bro mitchell really enjoys doing that for yuan and it
> gives yuan another great fellowship! killing two birds with one stone
> right there! We contacted another one of our investigators this week
> and he was all high up on something. it was pretty disappointing
> seeing him like that.  Darnell is still doing well i think. he has
> been super busy with work which is a good thing. its keeping him out
> of trouble. he texts us every once in a while to see how we are doing,
> and it sounds like he is doing well. he still wants to get baptized,
> its just a matter of when. he was set for the 30th but he hasnt been
> able to make it to church so we are going to have to push it back a
> few weeks.
> being a DL is pretty fun. I had my first official District meeting
> on thursday and it went pretty well. elder mcclellan and i trained on
> the importance of members and how we can find investigators through
> the members. we've already had some success in the district with
> receiving member referrals. after the district meeting, the midlothian
> sisters received 2 member referrals and they are now teaching them.
> the bon air sisters have 3 people set with a baptism date which is
> great! I have 2 baptismal interviews to do on the 27th. one of them is
> milton who is like 80!!! its going to be so cool!  one of
> the midlothian sisters got pre-diagnosed with lyme disease so keep her
> in your prayers!!! 
> dinner appointments picked up a little bit. definitely not what it
> should be like, but its getting there.  The walkers took us out to costco on saturday and bought
> us a bunch of stuff from there, so we should be good for another week
> or so and a member is bringing us chinese food tonight.
> I still havent killed any squirrels yet. ive had plenty of shots at
> them, but i keep missing!!!!! I cant wait to get one of those buggers
> to fry up one night! one of the members has like a half-mile driveway
> in the woods that we take at least 10 minutes on trying to find
> squirrels to shoot. haha its pretty fun. I just cant wait to get my
> hip fixed so i can actually do the work that im called to do!!!!!!!!
> Last friday we painted Bro Bridges' apartment. He is a quadriplegic
> and on a ventilator and wanted his house painted so it wouldnt be so
> boring for him. he had his nurse cook us steak and potatoes! it was
> pretty good! not a bad gig huh? tomorrow we will go over there and
> paint the kitchen. she asked what we wanted this time, and i said taco
> bell??? hahhaha i havent had taco bell in forever!! its going to be
> delicious! bro bridges kind of laughed when he heard thats what we
> wanted. We also made a visit to sister wolstenholme. she is literally
> allergic to everything! WE cant go inside her home because our smell
> lingers and it makes her sick for weeks. haha shoot, i shower twice a
> day and she still cant handle my smell. haha i guess she is chemical
> sensitive and gets super sick. her home was built specially for her
> and her condition. its pretty crazy! she cant go anywhere without
> getting sick. church, the store, friends houses, library, nothing!! we
> are going over there tomorrow to do some service for her. she wants us
> to put salt out on the driveway to kill the weeds. everything has to
> be done naturally or else she gets sick.
> I think thats about it!! have an awesome week!  i love you all and miss
> you!!!! take care!!
> 
> love, elder baldwin
> >