Familia!
This week was a crazy
week! I don't have many long stories, just a bunch of short random ones
que me gustaria compartir con y'all. Entonces, here we go:
I cut my hair!
That's right, I am a professional hair-cutter person! Elder Wells had to
trim the back, but other than that, it was all me! I have included
pictures so you can marvel at how great a job I did...
Our car got stuck in
the snow 3 times in one day! I have learned that Corollas aren't meant
for the snow. In addition to those 3 times, we have also pushed other
cars out of the snow. I think I'm up to 5 or 6 now...
We had a specialized
training/interview with President this week, and they made an amazing
announcement: we are now authorized to go to the temple!!!!! We will
get to go once every 6 months! We were all so excited. One of the
things I have missed the most while on my mission is the opportunity to go
through the temple, and now I'll be able to! We don't know when yet, but
I'll let you know as soon as I know.
We went on exchanges
this week, and I was down in Dayton with Elder Bradford. It was really
exciting. You meet a lot of interesting people using public
transportation. We rode the buses all day, and it was super
awesome! I got hugged by a homeless guy, had a music battle (where people
hold up their phones and play different songs at each other) form around me,
and also had some pretty good conversations with people about the gospel...
I lost my name tag
this week! I had two, so I was still alright, but I was afraid I would
lose the other one, so the next day I ordered a few more. Then the next
day, I found my missing tag. I thought I had brushed it off of my shirt
and into the snow while we were out, but it turned out that I had just brushed
it into my pocket! So I had it the whole time... So now I'm
going to have some extra name tags...
We had 4 people at
church! New record for me!
We had some people try
to convert us to their religion this week. It's happened before, but this
time it was basically in an attack formation. They had rehearsed
their speech to us, and they kept trying to trap us with the questions they
would ask. They went on for a while, and I finally just told them that I
knew with all my heart that this church was true and that it has the authority
to act in the name of God. I said that I would do what God tells me to
do, and that I know that he has told me to be a missionary for the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints. I felt the Spirit as I told them that, and I
know that what I am doing is what my Heavenly Father wants me to be
doing. It's true that you grow as you bear your testimony of the restored
Gospel.
That's about it!
Thanks for everything; it sounds like all is well out there. Have a great
week!
Love,
Elder Foote
P.S. Because of
the temple announcement, I'll need my temple clothes. If you could send
those to me, that would be awesome!
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| A New Haircut! |
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| Elder Foote and Elder Wells, New Haircuts |
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| The Dayton Spanish District |
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| The Evidence That There Are Hispanics in Ohio |
3rd picture: (left to right)
ReplyDeleteElder Bradford (He was in the Provo UT MTC with Colby), Elder Taylor, Elder Wells, and Elder Colby Foote.
4th picture: The sign in the window is proof that there are Hispanics living in Ohio. The Brown family brought this to our attention... there is a black cat with yellow eyes inside of the apartment, looking out at Colby as he was taking that picture. We had totally missed that. LOL! Kind of creepy!