Here is a summary of my week! Hope you enjoy and have a good week! Keep doin work and spreading the good news of the gospel!!
Monday...we just had a usual p-day. We tried to play basketball, but couldn't because there was some sort of testing at the church all day. But that night we went and saw 2 investigators..one of them is named William M. and he is a really smart guy that knows alot about the gospel!! The bad thing is he doesn't believe that he has to go to church so thats the barrier that we have to get around and show him from the bible that it teaches that we should assemble together to worship. The other guys named John E. and he is really interested in Joseph Smith so we talked to him alot about that.
Tue- we had district meeting...the zone leaders came so I got to see Elder Russell which was fun!! We learned alot from District meeting and I'm so excited for this transfer. We could be seeing some good things happening in Montrose soon!!!
Wed-We street contacted in the morning and we found a family- the Birchards. They have 3 kids.
Thur- We did service for a little bit at the historical society. Then we went and taught the Birchards again and taught them the whole restoration lesson!! That afternoon it was so windy and freezing and there was like hail snow stuff that hurt when it hit you cuz the wind was blowing so hard. We tracted in it a little bit. Then we went to the Gregory's house and had a lesson with Chris again which was fun. That night we went with Brother Parker(who lives above us) and saw Irish and Sarah again and taught them about temples.
Friday-we had weekly planning in the morning, then we went out to Choconut and worked out there and did some tracting in the boonies. It was sooooo cool cuz there are soooo many stars. I have never seen so many stars in my life.
sat- probably the longest day of my mission so far haha. nothing went right. We tracted and no one was home. But sunday was a new day!
Sunday- we had church and it went really well. Then we went and tracted in the afternoon and saw Irish and Sarah again. Sunday night we went and spent the night at the Susquehanna Elders apartment which was fun.
Monday- We tried to go bowling but it was closed. So we went to the arcade and played pool!! We did a best of 7 series and Elder Argyle and I scratched on the 8 ball in the 7th game and lost the series. So we had to buy the other Elders pizza. Last night I went with Elder Alley (they came to montrose cuz they had to borrow our truck and go down to Harrisburg today, their truck is in the shop) so I went with him and did some tracting and went and saw John E. again..but he wasn't feeling good and pretty much just told us his problems. So not too fun.
Much love
Elder Black
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
02/16/2009 email
Hey everybody!! Hows it going? My week went really well. It actually warmed up too...it got up to 60 degrees on wednesday. It was amazing!!!
Right now we are in Windsor, NY at Elder and Sister Baughmans house and we are hanging out with the Susquehanna Elders and we are going to go bowling hopefully. I don't have too much time today..we will be able to go to the library tomorrow to email more.
The highlight of our week was wednesday, we walked around Montrose and street contacted in the morning and we were able to contact 15 people!! Which is alot for Montrose in the winter. We contacted a family named Birchards and I talked to the mom and she said we could talk to them and she gathered her kids around and we talked to her about the restoration and stuff...and then she told us we could come back the next day. So we did and taught them the full first lesson and we were able to set them with a baptismal date of march 28. We spent all day saturday trying to get them a ride to church and then we finally did at 8:30 saturday night and I called Christina and she said they already made plans cuz we didn't call them in time. It was a learning experience for me and we will definelty find them a ride earlier in the week.
We have been tracting alot in the country at night and it's so amazing!!! There are so many stars and its soooo cool!!
Know that all is well up here and that I'm working hard!!
Love
Elder Black
Right now we are in Windsor, NY at Elder and Sister Baughmans house and we are hanging out with the Susquehanna Elders and we are going to go bowling hopefully. I don't have too much time today..we will be able to go to the library tomorrow to email more.
The highlight of our week was wednesday, we walked around Montrose and street contacted in the morning and we were able to contact 15 people!! Which is alot for Montrose in the winter. We contacted a family named Birchards and I talked to the mom and she said we could talk to them and she gathered her kids around and we talked to her about the restoration and stuff...and then she told us we could come back the next day. So we did and taught them the full first lesson and we were able to set them with a baptismal date of march 28. We spent all day saturday trying to get them a ride to church and then we finally did at 8:30 saturday night and I called Christina and she said they already made plans cuz we didn't call them in time. It was a learning experience for me and we will definelty find them a ride earlier in the week.
We have been tracting alot in the country at night and it's so amazing!!! There are so many stars and its soooo cool!!
Know that all is well up here and that I'm working hard!!
Love
Elder Black
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
02/09/2009- email
Hey Everybody!! Things up in Montrose are going great! It's close to Susquehanna and the Restoration site. While I was driving up there I got lost and ended up in New York-ooops! Things are going great up here. It's actually not too cold up here, it's in the mid 30s and all the snow is melding away. I'm having so much fun. It's so rural and there are deer everywhere and we see them on the road sometimes. The other night we were driving and I saw a white tail deer in the middle of the road so I hit the brakes and the deer started running off the road- it was cool. The other night we were tracting in the woods and we heard wolves howling!! It's soo cool up here I like it so much. Elder Argyle and I get along great!! We have a lot in common and just have fun with each other.
I'll give you some highlights of our week up here in Montrose (which is the home of Chris Snee of the NY Giants by the way).
We taught this lady named Donna on tuesday and we set her with a baptismal date of March 14 which she will hopefully be able to keep. We just have to get her to come to church, which is tough around here because of the weather. The Susquehanna district is really cool. Elder Alley is our District leader and Elder Mills is his companion. Then Elder and Sister Baughman and they are awesome!! Then Elder Argyle and I. So it's a good little district and I love it up here!!!
We had district meeting on wednesday, then after that we were going to tract, and I was pulling into the snow to park, and didn't realize that I was pulling into a ditch and got the truck stuck (yes we drive a truck up here which I love) so we tried getting it out but couldn't do it. Then like an hour and a half later this lady came and pulled us out with her tractor haha, it was funny. That was discouraging but it happens.
Thursday was the best day here so far...we did service in the morning and we go to the historical society library. We just sort a bunch of really old family relics which was cool. Then we tracted and found a new investigator named Linda and she was really interested in the Book of Mormon. Then we went to the Gregory's house and their son Chris is getting ready to be baptized because he just turned 8, it's fun to teach him but a challenge because he doesn't sit still. Their daughter Jontue calls me richy boy cuz of my watch that I have from Walmart that I wear proselyting. That is a cool family!!
Then we saw some investigators named Irish and Sarah. They want to get baptized, and will as soon as they are married. We taught them thursday and sunday.
Friday was interesting...we got in 4 doors to teach lessons, but all those lessons were pretty much just practice cuz no one was interested they were just being nice. I was pleased that they at least let us in though!!!
Church was really good and I really like this branch!! It is a bigger branch than in Philipsburg, and there are lots of good little families here!! I just felt so welcome and like I belonged which I was excited about. After church we went on exchange with Brother Burt and tried stopping by some people, but no one was home, so he took us back to his house for dinner with his family which was good.
On Saturday night we met the Montonyas and they are a cool family!!! They have a son named Melvin, he is 17 and a mix between Eddy and Devo so he is super cool.
So that was my week!! It was fun!! I'm excited and grateful to be here in Montrose doing the Lords work!! Love you all!! Have a great week!!! Sweet is the Work!!
One love,
Elder Kyle Black
I'll give you some highlights of our week up here in Montrose (which is the home of Chris Snee of the NY Giants by the way).
We taught this lady named Donna on tuesday and we set her with a baptismal date of March 14 which she will hopefully be able to keep. We just have to get her to come to church, which is tough around here because of the weather. The Susquehanna district is really cool. Elder Alley is our District leader and Elder Mills is his companion. Then Elder and Sister Baughman and they are awesome!! Then Elder Argyle and I. So it's a good little district and I love it up here!!!
We had district meeting on wednesday, then after that we were going to tract, and I was pulling into the snow to park, and didn't realize that I was pulling into a ditch and got the truck stuck (yes we drive a truck up here which I love) so we tried getting it out but couldn't do it. Then like an hour and a half later this lady came and pulled us out with her tractor haha, it was funny. That was discouraging but it happens.
Thursday was the best day here so far...we did service in the morning and we go to the historical society library. We just sort a bunch of really old family relics which was cool. Then we tracted and found a new investigator named Linda and she was really interested in the Book of Mormon. Then we went to the Gregory's house and their son Chris is getting ready to be baptized because he just turned 8, it's fun to teach him but a challenge because he doesn't sit still. Their daughter Jontue calls me richy boy cuz of my watch that I have from Walmart that I wear proselyting. That is a cool family!!
Then we saw some investigators named Irish and Sarah. They want to get baptized, and will as soon as they are married. We taught them thursday and sunday.
Friday was interesting...we got in 4 doors to teach lessons, but all those lessons were pretty much just practice cuz no one was interested they were just being nice. I was pleased that they at least let us in though!!!
Church was really good and I really like this branch!! It is a bigger branch than in Philipsburg, and there are lots of good little families here!! I just felt so welcome and like I belonged which I was excited about. After church we went on exchange with Brother Burt and tried stopping by some people, but no one was home, so he took us back to his house for dinner with his family which was good.
On Saturday night we met the Montonyas and they are a cool family!!! They have a son named Melvin, he is 17 and a mix between Eddy and Devo so he is super cool.
So that was my week!! It was fun!! I'm excited and grateful to be here in Montrose doing the Lords work!! Love you all!! Have a great week!!! Sweet is the Work!!
One love,
Elder Kyle Black
Saturday, February 7, 2009
2/2/09 Letter
Hey Family!! I'm doing well. I am actually driving up to Scranton right now cuz I have been transferred to Montrose, which is by the New York border, and it is in the Scranton stake. Elder Russell (his first companion) is my Zone Leader, so I am super excited about that. Montrose is super cold. So I am going from a cold area to an even colder area haha. I'm excited to be up by Scranton.
Everything is going well and I'm still working hard and staying warm and healthy. I can't believe that I am coming up on 8 months out, it's so crazy that I am in my third area and my 6th companion, so it's been really fun.
I'm bummed the Cardinals lost last night, cuz I heard they were close. I got to see the whole first quarter at the Allens, so that was pretty cool.
I love you guys and I'll let you know more about Montrose next week.
Everything is going well and I'm still working hard and staying warm and healthy. I can't believe that I am coming up on 8 months out, it's so crazy that I am in my third area and my 6th companion, so it's been really fun.
I'm bummed the Cardinals lost last night, cuz I heard they were close. I got to see the whole first quarter at the Allens, so that was pretty cool.
I love you guys and I'll let you know more about Montrose next week.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
02/02/09- email
Family
Hey everyone! So I'm sorry to hear that the Cards lost... it was a bummer to hear about that. But, I don't have too much time cuz I got transferred...I'm going to Montrose which is up by New York. It's the boonies again, but I guess that's where I'm needed so that's where I'll go. My new companion's name is Elder Argyle and he is a cool guy I already know him so it should be lots of fun. I am senior companion again- I'm super excited about it and I'll have to write more next week. I 've got to go- I'm in Scranton right now and I still have to drive to Montrose. I love you and I will talk to you later!!
Love
ELDER BLACK
Hey everyone! So I'm sorry to hear that the Cards lost... it was a bummer to hear about that. But, I don't have too much time cuz I got transferred...I'm going to Montrose which is up by New York. It's the boonies again, but I guess that's where I'm needed so that's where I'll go. My new companion's name is Elder Argyle and he is a cool guy I already know him so it should be lots of fun. I am senior companion again- I'm super excited about it and I'll have to write more next week. I 've got to go- I'm in Scranton right now and I still have to drive to Montrose. I love you and I will talk to you later!!
Love
ELDER BLACK
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