Well, it's been 15 months. 5/8ths of the way through! Next month it will be 2/3rds of the way through! Time is going by way too fast. I'm not liking it, because over the past 6 months (which seemed like 6 weeks) I've really grown a love for this work. I've got to get going if I'm going to use what time I have left effectively.
Anyways, the new area is fun, other than the entire town smells like cow dung. But you get used to it. haha. My companion, is an interesting one. He's one of those "too smart for his own good" Elders. I like him, but often times when he speaks, especially to investigators, I have to re-explain what he just said. He has a very large vocabulary. But it's fun to make him mad, becuase I'll use my lack of understanding to confound him in his large vocabulary and make him mad. It's pretty entertaining.
We've had a crazy week this past week. One of our investigators who was going to be baptized on the 25th passed away unexpectedly. Her husband (who also had a date) is going through a really hard time. The funeral was on Friday, and it was one of the weirdest funerals I've ever been to. You could definately tell who were members and who were not. Anyways, the husband still wants to be baptized, which is really cool. He is looking forward to doing the temple work for his wife and being sealed to her. It was really cool to see his resolve.
Also, I found out that one of the families in my area was taught by Jeff Poole's brother!! We were over at their house when they asked where I was from. When I said West Valley City they asked if I knew the Pooles! I told them I pretty much was a Poole after all the time I spent over at their house! It was really neat to find a connection to home.
We got a message from a mission president the other day. He told us to block off our schedule for the entire morning and afternoon tomorrow. We're having some sort of mission wide meeting, but no one knows what is going on. So obviously, there's a lot of speculation. Some say that they're going to split the mission. Others say that President is going to throw a Valentines Day party. I think that an apostle is going to make a surprise visit. I don't know, but I'll let you know what it's about.
Anyways, I love all you guys so much!!
Elder Denison
