Hey Family!
>
> So this week has been pretty good but also a little sad... But that's
> okay, overall it was a good week! It's been so crazy how fast the
> weeks are actually going by. I thought it would be so much slower than
> it is but the days keep flying by.
> So I'll start with the sad part of the week, which was on Tues. So I
> don't remember if I had ever mentioned it but Brandon(who just got
> baptized) and his family have been having financial issues so they had
> been planning on moving eventually after Brandon would get baptized.
> The thing is we thought it would be at least a couple months away. But
> we got a text Friday saying that they would need help moving... Which
> really shocked us. They are moving to Tennessee to family or some
> apartments the family owns. So that's what we did which was a
> fun/tiring experience. Me and bravo had to do lots of the heavy
> lifting and we did a great job filling the truck, but there was tons
> still left. Soooo we had to unpack everything out of the truck and
> then they went and got this huge monster truck thingy and then against
> filled the truck! Very exhausting work but was super fun as well. Gave
> our last lesson to the family and said our goodbyes. We gave them our
> info so hopefully they email us or something. Anyways I digress...
> Hehe
> We met with a new investigator this week whose name is Robert. He is
> 52 and has lots of problems with the Word of Wisdom. And he is facing
> some charges or something. But he is really a good guy, has a firm
> belief in Christ and the bible. He really wants to learn more about us
> and that it can really help him with his health issues. He does read
> out of a ton of different bibles so his beliefs are everywhere.
> So Tuesday night was my very first real exchange! I had a half day one
> with elder Whittaker in his area so it doesn't really count. But this
> time elder bravo left me and went up to winter park to be with our
> district leader elder doman. And then they sent down elder
> Honda(quarter Japanese but looks white haha) to be with me! Which I
> was a bit nervous to take over the area but I have it down pretty
> well. And also because Elder Honda came out the same time as me, they
> left the two greenies to cause havoc down here in Bumby. I had a great
> day planned and somehow we had lessons that were set and read to go.
> Then that morning 3 of them texted for a reschedule. Which left me
> scrambling and all, but it went fine. We went and contacted a ton and
> knocked on lots of doors, which has been a first really. Due to biking
> it has taken up a large amount of time. We met a guy name Wilner and
> talked to him for a bit, nothing to much but he was interested to
> learn more so we are going to see him this wed hopefully. Me and Elder
> Honda did get to see Carlos which was a great lesson. He has a date
> for March 7 for baptism, he wants to have a testimony on the book of
> mormon so we focused a lot on that and how he can find his answers. We
> really were able to get down and have him recognize some cool
> experiences he has had and he seemed pretty excited. Now he just needs
> to talk to his parents about getting baptized.It was a great
> experience having a different companion and learning from different
> people. Still have tons of things to learn and grow on.
> just shortly we met these 2 bashers right after each other and it was
> just so frustrating. Lets just say some beliefs just absolutley blow
> my mind! both did not go very well haha
> sorry thats all i have time for today. but it looks like the mission
> office is going to give me privileges very soon to be able to drive!
> so Elder Bravo is super stoked since he has been on bike for 14 weeks
> now hahahaha i should get the call within the next 2 days! from there
> we are going to go crazyyyyy!!!
>
> Love you family! Have a great week!
> -Elder Conrad