AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

hey all, 

this week has come and gone so fast that it is insane! I am being pulled two different directions emotionally and don't know how to feel (Because I only have a week and a half left, I am excited to go but at the same time I don't.  I love it out here.).

Wednesday:  we walked all over tarnation, and no one was home...

Thursday: more of the same.

Friday: we went on exchanges and did service at the YMCA, we sorted books for them and priced other books.  we do it every week from justserve.

then we walked around for three hours.  we took a route that we don't normally take and were able to talk to a cool older lady and hide from the rain on her porch.  

other than that nothing really exciting.  I honestly don't know if I will email at all next week.

See y'all next week.

Elder strunk

18 to go.

hey all,

before you start calling me trunky I have one defense! I have been reading D&C for the past 123 days and that has been my semi-flaky countdown.

this week has been really slow due to the holiday.  I will gibe the update in fairly short fashion because there has been not much happening since the random wednesday email session.

friday: we had district meeting and then went to do myplan (i have been doing it for the past four weeks, but for those of you who don't know it is basically the church's "we know this will make you trunky as all fetch because it counts down your last transfer but it will help you get your life sorted out so you don't go inactive" training) . then everything but the YMCA fell through.....

Sunday: my comp got to give a talk.  and we had a member have a bad reaction to her new meds halfway through sacrament meeting! (she is fine now) so church ended an half-hour early!........

On the fourth we went about business as usual except at the end of the day we went over to a member's house and had a lot of food and were able to talk to a few people who have been hard to get ahold of the past few weeks.  then we played a game where we guessed the people who had said things in americas history.

see y'all next week.  

elder strunk

fourth has come and passed.

hey all, 

no, it's not transfers yet, no we didn't forget to email (though that would have been a shameful action on my part.), yes I am still alive.... mostly.... (but who's counting)

this week was fairly scattered and I can't remember half of it.... so I'll give you the highlights.  

Thursday:  we had an amazing lesson with Quan, and were able to set him on date for August 12th he was totally willing to meet twice a week to work towards that goal.  we were able to see a few other people as well but nothing as promising as that.

Saturday: we got a lesson set up w/ martin for this friday and were able to start working with a referral who seems really promising.

sunday:  Quan moved to Roanoake ........ WHY!!!!!!!!!!😭 we were able to have a good gospel principles class on baptism though and that was a lot of fun.  

Tuesday: fourth of July! 

see y'all next week,

Elder strunk

I can give a fairly detailed description this week!

hey all, 

this week was a lot of meetings as the presidency of the salisburys comes to a end.  

Tuesday: we had our final Zone Confrontation (conference XD) with President Salisbury.  He gave a lot of good advice, it ended up being alot of finance and goal setting things that came up.  

Wednesday: we went and saw Michal Squires, a former english professor at VT who enjoys our visits and were actually able to teach a little bit.  then we walked over to try a couple of formers in another area and though neither of them answered we got a lot of good potentials out of it.

Thursday: we went up to the top of our area and went knocking.  then we slowly made our way down south to see a few other people.  we ended up at a house on one of the backroads that as we knocked on the door, I kid you not, ten cats appeared out of nowhere and just kind of stared at us..... creepy ....

Saturday:  we went up to try a few people and managed to ascertain the location of a few people and confirm the location of others.  then biked down to the lowest part of our area (that we can reach without a car) and were able to learn that the referral that we had been given was non existent, then as we were biking back the chain slipped of of my gears on a hill, after that it was fine for a little while... then (fortunately) just as we pulled on to the College campus to catch a bus, the rear tube of my bike went bang....  needless to say, we experienced the full effects of Murphy's law.

that's all for this week 

See y'all next week,

Elder strunk

events have conspired...

hey all

this week has been chaotic and rather short.... and events conspired to where I don't have my planner, so  I will again be giving a quick synopsis and will hopefully have a good long email next week.  

Thursday, we had all day transfers.  we were at the church at 6:30, saw the people off, then weekly planned for three hours, had lunch and went back to the church at 3 to make sure that people got where they were supposed to, and the train didn't get there till 4:30! yikes we ended up sitting around doing nothing for an hour and a half.  

Friday, we went out and did some good knocking.  we talked to a less active's daughter (?) who said that he is only home after six.  we told her we'd try back.

Saturday, elder Burnham got swamped with a 101 degree fever and we ended up staying in all day...

sunday was stake conference.  it was awesome to see all of the people I knew from Galax and the seventy was really cool.  he talked alot about agency, for about an hour!

that is all for this week, 

See y'all in the next

Elder strunk

*screams* "somebody shoot father time, he's walking too fast!"

hey all,

this week has gone by way too fast.  we have been having a lot of fun.  

  

we have been doing a lot of finding this week with a few potentials getting found in the process.  but nothing too exciting.  waves is not going anywhere so we are probably going to drop him soon.  quan is on vacation in tennesee for the week and so we haven't been able to see him either.  we have ben having good lessons with Joanne though.  which has been nice.  

I honestly can't believe how fast time is going.  it has been on day after another so fast that sometimes it is hard to remember what exactly has happened.  and father's day is coming up! holy crap! I hope that somebody fulfills the request in the subject so that time will slow down a little bit.  

See y'all next week (with both planners so that I can tell you details from the last couple of weeks) 

Elder strunk

​ps.  pictures will be forth coming

An attempt at a cake (birthday).

Me in the rain

My conpadre (aka Elder Burnham)

A snake find.

nothing super new (or, I can't believe I'm 20!)

hey all,

so it's raining..... which killed our plans for today....

on to the madness.

Wednesday:  we had exchanges with the Zone Leaders because summer drought affected our numbers.  it was really interesting in the fact that some how we ended up doing more tracting then normal.  though nobody answered the door.

Thursday: we finished up exchanges and weekly planned before going to a dinner appointment and then knocking some doors.

Friday: we were able to see joanne, and had a really great lesson with her.  mostly on the gospel of Jesus christ.  we were also  able to teach quan with a member present.  

That is really.  all for this week.  see y'all next week.  (and in just under two months... ugh time needs to slow down)

elder strunk.

did memorial day really just happen?

hey all,

 this week has been pretty good.  it has been relatively cool and dry 

Tuesday:  we got rained on and ended up walking up a really steep hill to try and see a former, all while soaking our socks.   we also met with Quan, an agnostic who lives in our area.  he is fairly interested in what we believe and said h would try to come to church.

Wednesday: we met with the YSA sisters and reconfigured the boundaries to our (temporarily) split area so that they could get a few more houses next to the institute.  and we got the trailer park where the recent convert lives.  

friday: we went back up north to see ricky and to try a former in that same area.  neither of them were home, so we ended up walking down to the YMCA to do service and had a good time doing service there.

Sunday: Quan came to church! it was awesome to see him there and to be able to talk with him after sacrament meeting.  other than that we had a bunch of meetings.  

other than that, it was  a lot of walking.  

see y'all next week,

Elder strunk

toxic mold and two new

hey all,

this week was a little more eventful on a couple of days.  so we should have a little more to say.  

monday: we went frisbee golfing with the ward mission leader, who will be leaving us with in the next couple of weeks.  then, we went and tried a bunch of formers.  we had a good day and were able to talk to a few people.

tuesday:  we went up north again and were able to see James..... only to get dropped.  this is by far the weirdest drop reasons that we have ever had to write.  there was a growth of Toxic mold in his apartment that had infected both him and his girlfriend and some of the people at the place where he works.  and since he works in a federal building ... the feds got involved, so needless to say, he'll call us.....  other than that we did service at the YMCA.  organizing and categorizing books! I AM IN HEAVEN WITH THIS SERVICE!

wednesday: nothing really eventful happened in the morning, but that evening as we were going to try a former we ran into a member who lived on the same street.  after talking with the member and getting two referrals from her, we moved onto the former.  the former's husband answered the door and told us that she was not home, but that she had been talking to people over where she was babysitting and they wanted to meet with us...... YAY!

thursday: again, nothing eventful in the morning, but that evening, we went to try a former that we had had trouble finding (we had to get the address from the members who were fellowshipers...) we knocked on the door, he answered and said that he was on a skype call with his family.... we told him that we understood and he asked us to come back on friday at 5:30.

Friday:  we did a lot of walking and talking.  then we went into the appointment mentioned above.  they immediately invited us in and began offering us all kinds of food and drink.   we taught the restoration and he accepted our commitment to read.  

nothing else comes to mind, see y'all next week.  

Elder strunk

not much.

hey all,

 pretty tired right now just spent the day playing frisbee golf.  on to the stuff.....

Tuesday: we had zone conference and were edified and uplifted.  we also learned that the new president will be getting here in June, so I will have a transfer and a quarter with him.

Wednesday: we rode the bus on normal schedule for the last time.  (it is now on reduced schedule) . we also walked up and were able to see a few people.  

Friday: we had exchanges, the process by which that is done has changed.  we now both go to the District leader area and one half gets the car, and the other half gets the foot.  we ended up walking around a lot, and going to see a few people that I remembered from my time there at the beginning of my mission.  (none of them recognized me of course.  

Saturday: we started at the top of our area and walked the entire way down, seeing people as we went.  it was a long day. 

that's all for this week.  see y'all next.

Elder Strunk

as the weight drops, the time flies.

hey all,

this will be a little bit shorter, due to shortness of time in between sessions.

Thursday: three hours of driving in silence.  interesting time of reflection on how much I have changed in the past two.

Friday, we went and met with an investigator named waves (cool name, huh?) he is a good guy and has honest desires, and likes to talk, like most people here.

saturday: we went and saw an investigator named James, who was really interested in learning about the Plan of Salvation.  we were also able to go to the ward cookout and get many much hot dogs and burgers....... foooooooooooood.

sunday: we had a weird, different, and all around strange regional broadcast, although I can Imagine that it was weirder for the General Authorities that were probably just talking to a wall.

this is all for this short-ish week

see y'all next week

Elder Strunk

*joyfully panicked screams echo in the foreground* or Back in Blacksburg!

hey all,

this week has been one awesome thing after another.  

Tuesday: we went out to Ravenswoodand walked our tails off going to see different people.  didn't really get to see anyone due to the fact that no one was home.  ended up talking to a bunch of people on the way and were able to see potential come of that.

Wednesday: crazy day, we went and saw a few people ..... after the thunderstorms passed, and then went out to the adkins, and shared some scriptures.

thursday: back to ravenswood to see the same people and were able to set up a few things for this next week....

Friday: service at the food pantry in ravenswood, and more walking.  More talking and more things for this week.....

Saturday:  more of the same, and I was told I am leaving.

Sunday: we were able to see a bunch of people and avoid most of the rain.  we also got a text form the Martins saying that we would be able to meet with them at the end of the week.  

monday: back out to ravenswood and said goodbye to the people that are out there.  

See y'all next week from Blacksburg, VA

off road carrolla..... not a wise Idea....

hey all, 

this week has been a long one.  but a good one.

Wednesday:  we went out and tried to see a few people.  and with the rain I found out very quickly I had walked a hole in all both of the shoes that I have........ so we ended up running to wally world to grab me a new pair of shoes.

Thursday we went out to Ravenswood and then to Racine to find some less actives, and ended up finding a cool guy in Ravenswood.... he liked to talk.... and we also got to sit down the butlers again.  

friday:  we did a lot of service and were able to see a few people in ravenswood and then tracted a little bit.....

that is really all this week. nothing much else to talk about.  

see y'all next week

Elder strunk

 

Mom speaking- I would guess this is the car from the title of the post, but I have no idea what it means. Stay tuned for when I get a response about this...

Grayson taking an unsure selfie- Sorry it won't rotate:(

farmer's tans and angry beepers.......

hey all, 

sorry for not emailing yesterday but we had interviews, which takes up most of the day.  

Tuesday: we walked a lot the last week so this is the only time I will mention it, but we went and were able to cross a few people off of our to-see list because they were home and would not answer the door, even though we saw them peak out of the window.........  We were also able to see Frank! he is an Awesome sometimes-catholic who is an honest seeker of truth, we shared the Easter video with him and had a talk about how Christ can help those who are searching for answers.

Wednesday: we went and saw the Adkins family (da da dada *snap snap*) then we went out to Evans and tracted for a little while, invited a bunch of people to our church tour that we had planned for Sunday (insert frustrated sigh here) more about that later.  we also got to see a potential and set up a lesson for Friday.  it was awesome.

Thursday: we tried a lot of people and all of the set stuff ended up falling through........

Friday: we went out to Ravenswood and were able to see roger, an older gentleman who we talked to on Monday.  we were able to teach him the restoration and were able to help him understand the need for prophets.

Saturday, we had district meeting then went back out to Ravenswood to try and see a few people and talked to a lot of people that were out walking.

Sunday: Elder Goold got sick and so we only went to sacrament meeting then, when he was feeling better, we went out and set up for our church tour.  (one person showed up....)

Monday: only thing that really happened excitement wise was when I got a dressing down by the woman behind me for needing to change lanes last minute (i'm sorry, but you try driving around Charleston for the first time with only a GPS and a bit of faith) needless to say I got the bird and honked to death

see y'all next week

Elder strunk

I made a denim tie!

Another view. A no sew wonder!

stubborn Pentecostals and a Chocolate Festival

hey all,

this week has been great.  we have seen many people and started losing weight! 

Tuesday: we walked about twelve miles and were able to see a few potentials: Terry (an older woman who had been taught by sisters in the past) was not able to see us but did answer the door (which was nice), and Jesse (a semi-crazy middle aged woman who has had several tragedies strike her recently) and talked to her on her porch for about twenty minutes about many subjects.  

Wednesday: we walked about another eight miles and saw Joyce White and were able to set up an appointment for this Tuesday.  we also made a number of posters and signs for the Easter initiative.

Thursday: we went and saw the Shamblins and showed them the Easter initiative.  Then we helped them share it.  We then went out to Fareplane and saw a few people that were out that way, nothing really happened out there, but we aren't giving up.

Friday: Everything fell through.  it was a lot of walking and talking.......

Saturday:  we went and did a lot of walking and talking at the WV Chocolate Festival, which may-or-may-not-have ended with me about five dollars poorer then when we entered.

Sunday: mostly walking and a lesson with Joann Meadows, or rather a session of "we are just explaining what we believe, not trying to push anything on you" with her friend *shakes fist in the general direction of Lewisburg* who has been trying to counter all of our teaching with her Pentecostal stubbornness.

*sighs* rant over, see y'all next week,

Elder Strunk

our ingenuity for our street sign: two metal hangers, shoe goo, tape, and a lick and a promise

my companion (Elder Goold) and the finished product

the pimp glasses we found in the closet.  Green lenses, stylish!

Puns, Avatar: the Last Airbender, and the days of yore

Hey all,

this week is a blur, we had many things go on and a lot of interesting experiences.... ONWARD!

Tuesday: is a blur, we went and tried a few people and tracted in the rain.  interesting experience from that is the fact that my umbrella broke (which would kind of deter me from wanting to rain tract again, Darn you satan.) and a few minutes later, as we went by a house that we had knocked on earlier,  the guy who had said that he wasn't interested walked out and gave me a new umbrella (thanks heavenly father :) )

Wednesday: we went out to Ravenswood and tried everyone that we knew and had one person answer. Travis Casto is a good guy and willing to Read the Book of Mormon.  plus he has two GIANT and BEAUTIFUL Great Danes, Molly and Rose.    it was a good day though because we were able to decide on the videos for a Fireside that we are working on. 

Thursday: Zone Conference! New little black boxes, Now with female voice (which is so much harder for me to get angry at for some strange reason).  

Friday: service and a whole lot of invitations to conference.  we were able to see Hannah again, and talk to her.  she is still interested, but her ex-Husband won't let her daughter even hear our message.... dang pentacostals,,,,,,,

Saturday: we went to conference and were hoping for somebody to show up, but no one did....

sunday: back to the church, then back to the apartment to get the phone (25 mi) back to ravenswood to watch conference ( 12.5 mi) then back to the apartment for dinner (12.5 mi) 

favorite talk was either Joaqin costa or elder holland

see y'all next week

Elder Strunk

I made biscuits!

With Elder Scott

"mormons in the civil war... all right."

hey all,

 short email this week due to short week.  it's kind of funny that as a student you look forward to the short weeks, but as a missionary the short weeks are just boring.  

Thursday: transfers, shopping and unpacking.

Friday: went out to the food pantry and did service.  tried to see a few people and were able to see "Tall" Tim Moore, a guy that we invited to learn a couple of weeks ago and taught a really good restoration.

Saturday: panic sets in at about noon as first the first councilor in the branch presidency and then the branch president call us to tell us that we are speaking in sacrament meeting the next day ...... that was interesting.  we went out and visited the Raid on Ravenswood, a civil war reenactment and that is where the quote in the subject came from.  the first person that we saw said that as he puffed on a cigar....

elder Goold and I get along really well and are having a blast.  

that is all for this week, besides the fact that it rained cats and dogs yesterday....

*panicked screams echo from background* must be transfers.....I want my miumj

hey all,

this one will probably be the longest one that you will get for a while, transfer week and all

Wednesday: we were able to get in and talk with the Martins ( the family that was referred week before last) and had an amazing lesson.  She is dead set on baptism and the he is living the word of wisdom (more on that later) we had gone in and taught the restoration to them both and then answered some questions about the Word of Wisdom and committed them both to live it.  before that we went and taught Joanne, the woman that we I.T.L.ed at the end of last week, and she had a lot of good questions that we were able to answer and tie back to the Plan of Salvation.

Thursday: exchanges, we got to see Joyce and had a great lesson with her before going and trying a few people out in ravenswood.

Friday: meetings all day.

Saturday: we had another amazing lesson with Joanne, and were able to teach a restoration with a review on the plan of salvation.  it was amazing!  then we went back and taught Sister Martin again, and this is what she told us about the few days in between meetings, her husband set out to "prove us wrong" and decided to follow through with the commitment on the word of wisdom.  it ended up helping prove us right.  she told us that she had been able to see multiple changes in her husband as he has lived the word of wisdom.  and she had taught her mom straight out of Moroni 8 on infant Baptism! it was all I could do not to spin cartwheels all the way around the apartment when we got back.

the rest of the past few days was filled with elder grover's goodbyes and packing.  that means that your's truly is staying in ripley for one more transfer! 

see y'all next week,

 Elder Strunk

I want my mummy!

These don't have captions- must not have had something witty to say about them?

blessings of diligence

Hey all,

this week was great.  we had so many great things happen and we were able to see many blessings from parking the car and walking to places that are close.

Tuesday: we got in to see mike! we had a good lesson on faith and read Alma 32 with him, he asked a lot of good questions and we were able to help him progress a little bit further on the path.  on the way back from that appointment a woman asked us if we were selling something (which was a first for me, usually it is GO AWAY JEHOVA"S WITNESS) we told her no and ended up taking for a good few minutes and set up an appointment for this week.

Wednesday:  not much eventful happened and we ended up going to help get a couch for an active member that we ended up taking out after an hour because it had cat hair all over it and she was allergic....... so yeah.

thursday, we went out to ravenswood and were able to catch a few people before going to see Jeremy and Ashley, a part member couple, and reading the book of mormon with them.  it ended really well and he has really started to open up.

Friday: Zone meeting and Exchanges.  An interesting thing happened this week though, we didn't have to resort to tracting! it was awesome.  

Saturday: slow day nothing much happened...... sorry

Weather update: We are currently getting snow .........................

see y'all next week 

Elder Strunk

"you got the keys?" "........"

hey all,

this week was fairly dry (work wise) due to torrential rains and rising rivers in the hollers.  

Tuesday:  rain, rain , and more rain, we went and set up some appointments with less actives and those nearer to the apartment.

Wednesday:  more rain.  we went and did some knocking around our apartment complex.  only other eventful thing that happened was the fact that we managed to lock ourselves out of our apartment.  A nice neighbor was kind enough to card us into our apartment after noticing our plight.  

Thursday: we ha district meeting and then proceeded to try to see Mike, who promptly canceled on us and rescheduled for saturday.......

Friday: nothing more than knocking 

Saturday: we went to try and see Mike who rescheduled again for tuesday, however as we walked back to our apartment we ended up Inviting To Learning a girl who was out running.  

see y'all next week

Elder Strunk

Jeremiah 4:19-20

hey all, 

this week has been a high and a low.  a high in the fact that we found a place that hasn't been bombed by the sisters that used to be in the area and a low because of complications in bodily functions.

tuesday: I was feeling a little bit strange but we still went out and worked and managed to get a few things done.  nobody was home, due to the fact that until two days ago the weather was in the 70s and sunny.  

wednesday:  we had meetings all day and I ended up with food poisoning from something or another that I had eaten to tuesday........... so needless to say (see scripture for an accurate description of how I felt)  I was miserable.  

thursday: still recovering from food poisoning.  we were able to go and see the Moores a part member family in ravenswood that evening, she is from utah and is still getting used to West Virginia-isms.  we had a good lesson on the isaiah chapter that finishes out first nephi.  

Friday: felt confident enough to go knocking and we explored the couple of towns in Ohio that are in our area.  

that is basically it so hope this finds you all well.

See y'all next week

Elder Strunk

My first attempt at making a potato casserole.

P-day

AY AY AY can't believe it's almost march! (HA PUN!)

hey all, 

the last few days have been fairly slow due to the cancellation of lessons, but we shall not get discouraged!

Tuesday: we went over to try Frank and were actually able to meet with him! It was so cool.  we went over some of the church beliefs and also the beliefs that he has.  it was a good lesson.

wednesday: we went over to the Shamblin's house and had lunch and shared the talk from last general conference about prayer they are so awesome. he has MS so he is unable to come to church but it is always fun to come and see them.

thursday: exchange luck came through again!  nothing went right and we ended up doing a lot of knocking😥

friday: we had district meeting and then went and made attempts to go and see the people of ravenswood.  we were able to talk to a few people but that is about it.  

weather uptdate: (i've decided to do this since I seem to get questions) the Temperature has leveled out into the sixties.  and the clouds are intermittent .  it's interesting.

see y'all next week

Elder Strunk

I wish that the weather would make up its mind!

hey all,

short and to the point this week due to shortness of period between emails.  

thursday: we did a lot of trying and were able to get in with Mike (after six weeks of trying) and had a really good lesson on the gospel of Jesus Christ interspersed with the plan of salvation.

friday: ended up dropping in on a few people and setting up several return appointments (this next week is fairly packed)

Saturday: we were able to see the Adkins family and had a good lesson with them om the plans that the lord has for everyone and the fact that due to faith we can hope for a better tomorrow.  

other than that it was just a bunch of set-ups and other things of that nature.  the weeks are starting to look up .

See y'all next week 

Elder strunk

as to the weather- it goes from seventies to thirties in two days! it is weird!

anybody know what happened to winter?

hey all,

this week has been picking up as we have been able to get in and actually see a few people.  though if it isn't one thing it's another and we have had investigators getting sick as we've just recovered 😥.   I'll try to come up with the days that stuff actually happened. 

wednesday:  we had an exchange and I went up to spencer.  it was fairly cool to meet some of the people that live in that area and see the impact the gospel is having in their lives.

friday: we went to the food pantry and were able to speak with a less active that had been attending church since she was four, but had been shunned out of the church when she had some issues with chastity.  then we were able to set up an appointment with the butlers, an awesome catholic family that offered to feed us dinner and ask us some questions about our faith. 

monday:  we were asked to go give a blessing to Matt Rhodes, a returned missionary less active, to help him with a sickness that he had contracted.  we were able to talk with him and share a message about having a firm foundation in the gospel and he then dropped the bomb on us that he had put an offer in for a house in charleston and would be getting word whether or not he would be getting the house that evening.  he's a great guy and we hate to see him go. 

tuesday: we were able to see mike White, and talk with him about the gospel of Jesus Christ.  the lesson went very well and we were able to clear up much of his confusion on the subject of the plan of salvation as well so, basically, we taught two lessons in one (with tangents).

that is all that has been going on this week. 

oh! before I forget.  I am staying in the area so you can get over your transfer panic now.

See y'all next week,

Elder strunk

head rush.... check! clogged nose.... check!

no one willing to let us in the door 'cause I look like death warmed over.......... Triple fetching check!

Hey all,

another shortie this time because I have been down with something for the past six days and so not much got done.  I will endeavor to give you some highlights though.

Wednesday: we went into ravenswood to watch the Missionary broadcast at the church and it was a very good broadcast.  there were some good discussions on baptizing converts and teaching repentance.  

friday: we had Zone meeting and the discussion was focused on the missionary broadcast.  then I went up to spencer and we had a couple of good lessons and were able to talk with some of the people that we had planned and didn't need to go tracting, so that was good.  

other than that it was attempting to see people and only getting things set up for this week.

See y'all next week 

Elder strunk

that awkward moment when a whiteboard falls in the middle of the night.......

hey all,

Sorry for the late letter.  We got a text saturday night that we would have to switch our P-Day to tuesday because of our interviews. 

wednesday: we had district meeting and were able to have the second ( and most inspirational) district meeting on chapter seven of preach my gospel.  it  is really fun to look at a chapter that at first glance might not have very much relevance in an english speaking mission, but when you get into it you find some of the most helpful things. it goes over (if you take out the word language in all the points) how to develop good study patterns. 

thursday: we went out contacting a few people and were able to have a lesson with the person I told all y'all about a couple of weeks ago.  she seemed really interested and we had a good lesson.

friday: we had exchanges with the Zone Leaders and I went out to charleston for the day.  there was a lot of door knocking involved and we had a great lesson with one of their investigators and also had an amazing lesson with an episcopal preacher.  that ended up with us setting up a tentative return appointment. 

saturday was all knocking all the time.

monday: we went up to see president and had a great interview.  then we went back to our area and had one of the most successful nights of knocking that I have had in a while.  we had two come back laters and were able to place two Book of mormons.  It was all in all a good day.

As for the title- just as it said..... the other night while we were sleeping a whiteboard fell off the wall and made a loud noise, scaring the bejeebers out of me and not even fazing elder grover.

See y'all next week

Elder Strunk

one should never go looking for a media referral in the rain.....

or why I hate carrollas

Hey all,

this week was a mite bit more exciting than last week and I have some good news as well.  

Tuesday: we went out a knocking and appointment setting up.  we were able to get into contact with several people that asked us to come back after the holidays and were able to set up several appointments.  

Wednesday: we had district meeting and got a media referral ..... now on to the explanation of the title.  we went to contact said media referral and first went to the address listed in the text and found out that the address did not exist... yay.   so then we called the phone number supplied on the text and found out that the address was entered wrong in the referral system.  so we type in the correct address and the GPS takes us clear out into the boonies.... we decide, during a complete lapse of judgement, to go and try to find it.  so after the road turns from tar and chip to gravel we were a little bit nervous but nothing too bad then we hit dirt... and rain and dirt don't mix... we drove for about a quarter of a mile and realized that we had passed the house that we neded to go to... so we attempt to turn around. I say attempt because as soon as we tried to reverse.... (in the toyota carrolla that is our temporary car) we get stuck rim deep in the mud.............................      so after a half an hour of pushing and improvising and groaning and straining we took the walk of shame back to the referrals house to ask for a little pull.... (and the day started out so well.....) we were able to deliver the bible (it's always a bible) and the Book of Mormon. they were glued to their phone the entire time.... now I know how you felt with me...... they said to call at the beginning of the week and set up a time.  and then they didn't answer. then we went and began to knock a couple of houses on another road closer to the city...

Thursday we had a lesson with one of the people that we set up with on tuesday on the sabbath day.  it went really well and we were able to commit her to come to church.  then it was more of the same.  

friday we went out and id some knocking before going out to Ravenswood to teach a woman named Lisa.  it was a good lesson and we were able to connect really well.

today: I found out that Ethan and Amber got baptized! 

see y'all next week. 

Elder strunk

teens and twenties... teens and twenties

hey all, 

another busy slow week in the books.  

wednesay: we went over to a less active's house and and a lesson on fasting and prayer.  it went fairly well and we were able to talk for a little bit about his life.  

Thursday: meetings the entire day..... 

Friday: other than the usual knocking we went and did some service at a food bank and were able to get an ITL (invitation to learn) out of it.  

I promise that the next one will be longer (don't hurt me) 

See y'all next week.

Elder strunk

sorry for the delays (stupid holidays)

hey all,

as you can see I am currently emailing on a tuesday for the reason that the library was closed on Monday.  

on to the questions since nothing has really happened in the few days since wednesday.

New comp: Elder grover.  from about 45 minutes from both Rexburg and Idaho Falls, creating a 90 degree angle between the two.  he has been out six months and  we get along swimmingly *sighs in resignation that there is still seven months till i can get in a pool*

Apartment:  right near downtown ripley and is fairly nice.  one bathroom, so that is a minus, but what can you do? 

address: 455 charleston drive #d7

                Ripley,WV 2571

other than that, the answer to your question why so short? is simple Nothing to report.

See y'all next week

Elder strunk