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

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.

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

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

florida one day north pole the next....

hey all,

this week has been a slower week than the last few so, I'm only going to give you a rundown of the days that stuff happened, the rest is just knocking and ensign reading.

Tuesday:  we went and saw Brittany and Sandy again and were able to read 1 Nephi 1 with them, sandy really enjoyed it and had good questions while Brittany was still set in being Pentecostal.  we then proceeded to go and teach Jason (Nikki's husband) about sabbath day observance and the joys that coming to church can bring.  and he came! it was awesome!

Thursday: Exchanges.  we had elder LaDue over here and were able to see a couple of people.  Lucky Calhoun (town drunk) was someone that I thought would be just one of those people that we went by to visit occasionally and share a scripture and then leave for a few weeks.  He isn't drinking anymore! he has been sober for a month and we were able to have a good conversation about faith.  *Angel choir sings from the heavens*

Saturday: we had a lesson with our favorite (and only) recent convert Nikki, we talked about various subjects and had a great conversation about Christmas with the whole family.  

all in all it was a good week with a few intersperses of knocking.  

see y'all next week

Elder strunk

P.S.  skyping will progress at 2-3:00 our time so be prepared.

weather is getting colder (ish)

hey all, 

this week has been great, but before I get into the day summaries I would like to thank y'ins for the feedback from last email.  It really helped me to see that I might have been a little vague in the past.  I ask for your forgiveness and hope that you recognize that it is hard for me to write extensively in nonfiction.  

Tuesday: we went to see the Thomases and were able to teach all of the people that are investigating or recent converts: Jason Sr.(I), Blake (I), and Nicky (RC).  they're all really awesome people and Nicky is really rooted in the gospel, She works at a gas station and there is one customer that tries to "save" her from making "the worst decision of her life" (his words not hers).  we also went and saw a woman named Sarah Woolslayer who is fairly hard to catch due to her work schedule.  we were able to teach her about the plan of salvation (reviewing the resto. a little bit) and it was amazing to watch the things that we explained click in her eyes

Wednesday: we were able to make a trip out to accident, MD ( great name, I know) and see the Lohrs and again have a great lesson with them, again explaining the primary lesson while throwing in a part of the restoration here and there and we you could just see everything click.  

Thursday:  exchanges..............................  I (to put it in nice words) strongly dislike exchanges.  Who wants to trade comps. for a 24 hour period and either go into a new area or end up planning an entire day by yourself?  Another thing, that I strongly dislike is that NOTHING seems to work out on exchanges.  It ALL tends to fall through. *sighs* rant over.  other than my strong dislike of exchanges we had a great time and were able to see and teach a few people.

Friday:  we went and helped move some dirt.  a lot of dirt.... it was fun and we were able to have another lesson with the Thomases.  before this was district meeting so we had a whole lot of crap to go through after exchanges before we could get to anything.

Saturday:  we took a trip out to Kitzmiller and saw a few people that we normally see and then took the backroads back to oakland before stopping to see a few people.

thanks again for the commentary last week

see y'all next week

elder strunk

Sorry for sending so late .... the pics I wanted weren't on my camera and I am unable to contact the person who has them at the moment