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!