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