SO today we came to a new library and in the basement they are having a booksale. I bought 4 dictionaries for 4 dollars. I have been looking for a dictionary of Etymology for a while and I found one! For a dollar! I also found a rhyming dictionary (good for freestyle rapping), a dictionary of American Sign Language, and a Meriam Webster's. I don't know if I told you.... I like words.
We helped someone move today until like 1. Crazy. I am exhausted. I'm stressed because that took most of the preparation out of our preparation day and I can already tell we won't get everything done that we need to. That means doing wash all week with 4 of us. Hopefully I will at least get the important things done like washing the car and cleaning my desk. I have been stressed this week!!!!!!! Don't think I'm mad we had to do service on preparation day or anything helping that woman move was stress RELIEF. This has just been one of those weeks.
Your Easter package was received and it helped. You will probably never know the irony and perfection in your timing and when that package came. Let's just say I was "Saved by the knock".
Josh's Parents didn't come to dinner but his sister did. She is so sweet. We may have been a little intense for a first meeting but we also knew that this was one of a few chances to talk to her so we bore some pretty intense witness and I think she felt it. I hope she accepts the gospel.
We have been traveling a lot lately. We went to Richmond this week and to Staunton (pronounced Stanton). Staunton is in our zone but far away and we had exchanges there.
To be honest, we have been doing administrative stuff all week and it's stressful and we have hardly taught anyone. We had a wonderful zone meeting on Friday and we had a representative from the stake high counsel there. How amazing! He spoke on what we can do to have unity with the members of the church (which is what the meeting was about). A theme for the whole meeting was unity. There were trainings on Planning and Member missionary work and Unity. I loved it. I felt the spirit and I was excited to be there with the whole zone. Afterwards, everyone had brought a lunch so we ate together (to help along our unity theme) then we had an activity where we sat in a circle and everyone said a strength their companion had and we all learned about each other. The idea is that if the sisters in Waynesboro have someone that would click with the missionaries in Franklin we want to get an exchange or a blitz set up to get them over there. These are EVERYONE'S investigators and everyone will be helping everyone else to invite others to come unto Christ. President Perry has called it "assists" before, like basketball assists. He has debated many times with us whether or not to report assists as a key indicator on Sunday nights. I love the Idea. Now that we all know each other in the zone we are more equipped to love each other and work in unity by helping each other.
I went to VA Beach on saturday for Margie's baptism. WOW that was amazing. We rode down with one of the YSA sisters' recent converts and the YSA sisters. (Sister Tanner taught Margie too) and at the baptism we sang together. Margie requested that I sing the song that I first sang to her when Elder Narramore and I came to her home. We sang "Nearer My God to Thee" it was Sister Jones, Sister Tanner and I. We composed our own version of the order of the verses and when we split in parts and when we sang in unison and stuff. That was fun. Elder Canova and I sing a lot together. Hymns are powerful. We sang in our ward choir on Sunday, and we are singing in a Contata on april 28th with the stake choir. What a great activity!!!! I want to do one in our stake when I get home. It is a song and narration through the whole book of mormon and life of Christ called "Come unto Christ". After practicing last night with the stake choir we are so excited to have the whole zone bring all of their investigators and sing in it or just attend. I will be doing the narration part, tell Grandpa Andreasen I'm trying to live up to his radio announcer days. I did sing with the choir last night though and I fell in love with the music so I'm not entirely sure if I want to narrate.
I love you all and I can feel your support and prayers! I am trying my best to stay focused and engaged, while still realizing this will end and that it's OK that it will end. This is the only time in my life that I will be able to give my full time and attention to serving God and I am very thankful for that.
I love you all, I hope I answered your questions.....
Love,
Elder Andreasen
P.S. I choose Christ
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