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