I am healthy and I am happy. I forgot to tell you that two weeks ago they worked on my toes and I just had them remove both ingrown toenails from both big toes. I have pictures. The people at the doctor's office were so funny and the crazy thing is that earlier that day the other Elder Andreasen went in to the same doctors office to get an ingrown toenail removed from the same toe. WHAT?! That was such a weird coincidence. So they are both fixed and healing :)
Elder Nielson says hello!
Ok now for the real stuff!!!!!! This week has been phenomenal! Mostly because yesterday I got to go back to Chesterfield to the baptism of Aurora!! You remember the R family right? Well, Aurora is their 11 yr old daughter. When we come back we have to come visit the Swift Creek Ward. That was probably my favorite area. Walking into that building was like coming home to a family reunion. I love those people!!!!! Aurora was such a good example to her family. She looked beautiful. The baptism was Sunday at 9am and she was confirmed at 10 in sacrament meeting. It was awesome to be in the Richmond mission on the last day that it was the Richmond mission. Before President Perry went home this week he told me I was his last exception hahaha. NICE. He sounded sad to be leaving and it was a tender mercy that Elder Nielson and I got to talk to him on his last day. We weren't even hoping for that, but we were on the phone with one of the mission office staff and she said "oh before you go President would like to talk to you". He is a great friend and he told me I had better be at his house in October for his mission reunion so I had better be there in October for his first mission reunion. When they left from Washington for their mission they sold their house but he is now moving to Salt Lake....
Anyway at Aurora's baptism and confirmation I was able to meet the Mission President of the New Richmond Mission. He told us that he is trying to attend as many baptisms as possible. He was super genuine. We had some refreshments together and talked about the Richmond mission. It was so funny, Sister Wilson said "We are just trying to see how we will ever fill the shoes of President and Sister Perry" and in my head I could hear President Perry saying "The new mission President and his wife will take this mission to greater heights that we never reached" I could see their potential and I know they will do just that. I was thinking "Sister Wilson you have no idea what The LORD is about to do with you". That was a moment of vision.
The ward asked them to share some words during sacrament and He and Sister Wilson both talked about Member missionary work and how just this past week they had been in the crowd at the Marriott center for the worldwide broadcast. He told us that last week they had been in a small room in the MTC for sacrament meeting and the only speaker was President Monson. HA!! What a meeting! He shared some great insights into low pressure missionary work. He said that in doing Member missionary work we need not be doing strange heroics, we just need to follow the spirit to do little things. Like the little boy who handed out invitations for his baptism. That was a power packed sacrament meeting. The baptism was beautiful. There were other miracles as well. :) Aurora's two brothers want to be baptized in the next 2 weeks. I won't be there obviously. :( Brother R and I had a good talk. I love that man.
In our area, no one seems to want to progress. We meet with John tonight and we'll read with him. He's way scared to give anything up. Adam and Kelly haven't answered a call or text :( Mary Lou either. DANG!!! I guess we really counted our chickens before they hatched there, I need to remember to stop doing that. No I'm just joking we still have hope for them and we know the gospel is still what they need so you never know what could happen down the road.
Elder Nielson and I are the same exact person. We are both yellows if you've read "the color code". Both extroverted and talkitive and unfocused when we get together. The problem is that we like each other too much. Haha it is so hard to do any planning. We get it done but holy cow man Weekly planning is like pulling teeth. FOR 6 HOURS.
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