FAMILY!!
Hey everybody!! Everything here is going great!! My new companion is awesome and we get along very well!! He is a great missionary for only being out 6 months. I have learned so much from him already.
So on to my week...it was probably the best all around week that I have had since I have been in Montrose, so I'm excited about that.
Monday-We went to Scranton and I picked up Elder Scott.
Tue- We went and saw the Oliver family and had the best lesson that we have had with them so far. Chris is the investigator and is learning alot. Then we went and worked in Milford for the rest of the day. We did lots of tracting, and then had dinner at the Goffs. We had corned beef and cabbage for St. Patty's day, and it was pretty good.
Wed-We had district meeting in Susquehanna. Then we stayed there for the day and went to Sister Millers house and helped rip down a bunch of wall in this house that they are remodeling. Then for the rest of the night Elder Mills and I tracted and saw one of their members.
Thur-We did service in the morning. After lunch we went down to Springville and tracted for the whole afternoon and part of the evening- but no luck. Then that night we went and saw the Matthews and had a lesson with them and that was it.
Fri-We went and saw Bro. Briggs and his son Jaydon and had a lesson with him about the Book of Mormon and that went well. Then we did some tracting in Choconut which was pretty productive and we talked to alot of people. We went to the Detricks house for dinner, and after dinner we had a pretty good lesson with the Jordans.
Sat-Did lots of tracting, and we saw lots of success. We found two new investigators, one named Mrs. Barber, and the othe one is Christine, and she lives with Irish and Sarah. We have started teaching her now too, and what's good is that they all came to church which is even better.
Sun-Church was really good!! Elder Scott and I both gave talks, and we talked for a long time. After dinner we had a really good lesson with Sister Veley and her big boxer named Cooper. Then we tracted for a little bit, and the first door we knocked on we found an investigator named Adam and he is really cool. Then to finish off the night we went and had a lesson with Bro. Pratt
Know that I'm continuing to work hard and that we have excellent things going on up here in Montrose!! Well, until we talk again, deuces!!!!
Love
Elder Black
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
email 3/16/09
Family!
Hey everybody!! Right now I am in Scranton, Elder Argyle got transferred. I am waiting here for my new companion Elder Scott. It was cool, I got to go to the mall today for the first time and look at stuff. I bought a pair of sunglasses, I needed something new so I bought them. on to my week....
Monday-just hung around like we usually do on pdays...then we tracted the rest of the day.
Tue-went and did service at the Montonyas and threw a bunch of scrap metal and stuff into a huge dumpster. Then we went and moved a piano from the Jandas house to the Zenefskis house. That night we went and taught Donna about baptism and the 10 commandments, and it went really well!!
Wed-we had district meeting in the morning. After that Elder and Sister Baughman took us to Original Italian Pizza which was super good. After that the Susquehanna Elders blitzed our area with us, so I went tracting with Elder Mills for a while and that was fun. Elder Alley and I stayed in Montrose and we went to the Coxs for dinner and then went on exchange with Brother Cox. We went and saw our investigator John E. and taught him about the gospel of Jesus Christ, and it was the best lesson that we have had with him yet. So that's very exciting. At the end of the lesson he was asking us when he is gonna get baptized!!! so that's exciting.
Thur- Elder Alley and I did lots of service again. Then that night we went and exchanged back with the other Elders and saw a member of the Susquehanna branch named Brother Lewis who is super cool.
Fri-We went out to Choconut and saw the Briggs family and had a lesson with them. Then we went and saw Courtney and the Bryant family. Then that night we went and saw the Montonyas and had dinner with them and that went well for sure.
Sat-We did lots of tracting and walking. That night we went and saw the Matthews family and had a good lesson with them. Then we were driving back to Montrose and we saw something bolt across the road in front of the car ahead of us, and then something else ran before it too. But the car hit it and it flew into the ditch and we found out it was a deer, and it was kinda just spinning around and started running toward our truck, and I had to slam on the brakes and it was crazy!! But don't worry, I didn't kill Bambi like they did in Tommy Boy!
Sun-Church went well. We went to the Briggs again and Bro. Briggs cooked us chicken speedie again which was super good. Then immediately we went to the Liggetts and had dinner with them so Elder Argyle could say goodbye. Needless to say we ate alot yesterday.
So that was my week. Know that all is well here and that I'm working hard. Transfer 7 is hopefully going to bring lots of luck to Montrose!! So keep praying for us!!
Love
Elder Black
Hey everybody!! Right now I am in Scranton, Elder Argyle got transferred. I am waiting here for my new companion Elder Scott. It was cool, I got to go to the mall today for the first time and look at stuff. I bought a pair of sunglasses, I needed something new so I bought them. on to my week....
Monday-just hung around like we usually do on pdays...then we tracted the rest of the day.
Tue-went and did service at the Montonyas and threw a bunch of scrap metal and stuff into a huge dumpster. Then we went and moved a piano from the Jandas house to the Zenefskis house. That night we went and taught Donna about baptism and the 10 commandments, and it went really well!!
Wed-we had district meeting in the morning. After that Elder and Sister Baughman took us to Original Italian Pizza which was super good. After that the Susquehanna Elders blitzed our area with us, so I went tracting with Elder Mills for a while and that was fun. Elder Alley and I stayed in Montrose and we went to the Coxs for dinner and then went on exchange with Brother Cox. We went and saw our investigator John E. and taught him about the gospel of Jesus Christ, and it was the best lesson that we have had with him yet. So that's very exciting. At the end of the lesson he was asking us when he is gonna get baptized!!! so that's exciting.
Thur- Elder Alley and I did lots of service again. Then that night we went and exchanged back with the other Elders and saw a member of the Susquehanna branch named Brother Lewis who is super cool.
Fri-We went out to Choconut and saw the Briggs family and had a lesson with them. Then we went and saw Courtney and the Bryant family. Then that night we went and saw the Montonyas and had dinner with them and that went well for sure.
Sat-We did lots of tracting and walking. That night we went and saw the Matthews family and had a good lesson with them. Then we were driving back to Montrose and we saw something bolt across the road in front of the car ahead of us, and then something else ran before it too. But the car hit it and it flew into the ditch and we found out it was a deer, and it was kinda just spinning around and started running toward our truck, and I had to slam on the brakes and it was crazy!! But don't worry, I didn't kill Bambi like they did in Tommy Boy!
Sun-Church went well. We went to the Briggs again and Bro. Briggs cooked us chicken speedie again which was super good. Then immediately we went to the Liggetts and had dinner with them so Elder Argyle could say goodbye. Needless to say we ate alot yesterday.
So that was my week. Know that all is well here and that I'm working hard. Transfer 7 is hopefully going to bring lots of luck to Montrose!! So keep praying for us!!
Love
Elder Black
letter 3/9/09
Whats up family!!
Things up in Montrose are going well. It's crazy that it's already the last week of this transfer, and then its on to transfer 7. Holy Cow! After the next one, I'll only have 10 transfers left.
So Dad, when you were on your mission, did it ever get to the point that you got so comfortable that you just felt like you would be a missionary forever and never go home? That's what it feels like to me.
Well, I love you guys and will check ya on the flip side!
Love
Elder Black
Things up in Montrose are going well. It's crazy that it's already the last week of this transfer, and then its on to transfer 7. Holy Cow! After the next one, I'll only have 10 transfers left.
So Dad, when you were on your mission, did it ever get to the point that you got so comfortable that you just felt like you would be a missionary forever and never go home? That's what it feels like to me.
Well, I love you guys and will check ya on the flip side!
Love
Elder Black
Thursday, March 12, 2009
3/9/09- email
FAMILY!!FAMILY!!FAMILY!!!
Hey everyone!! Hows everything going in AZ and abroad? Everything is going well for me for sure. We had the best week since I have been up here!! So we are stoked about that. We hope to finish off this last week of the transfer strong before transfers come and most likely break us up.
Mon-just p-day we didn't do anything fun cuz we are in Montrose haha and they don't even hae places to go shopping for ties or anything. Then we had dinner at the Zenefskis and they fed us Chicken Speedies too! They were good! Then we went home and tracted for the evening, and it was FREEZING!!
Tue- we had district meeting in the morning and it was in Susquehanna for the first time which was cool. It is a cool little town. After district meeting I stayed and went on exchange with Elder Mills, and he is a great guy. He was in the National Guard and was about to go to Iraq and then got permission to come on a mission. He used to jump out of planes and helicopters. Crazy guy.
Wed- Tracted in the morning and then drove to Hallstead to exchange back, and we got to eat at this good pizza place called Tedeschi's. I think one of the trademarks of every town in this mission is that it has a good pizza place.
Thur- We did service in the morning which went well at the historical society. But this was the day that both Elder Argyle and I had a bit of a sick bug, he has been sick all week. We went to dinner at the Buffington's house. After dinner we went on exchange and found some really good potential investigators for sure!!
Fri-We had weekly planning in the morning...then we did lots of walking and tracting. Then we had a lesson with the Jordans and that was our day.
Sat-We did lots of walking again, and it was 65 degrees! I had a short sleeve shirt on and I was still sweaty- I guess my body has some adjusting to do with the weather. Then we went and saw the Babcocks who called us and told us they wanna meet with us. (Elder Argyle found them a while ago and they told them they would call us if they wanted to talk). So we went and talked to them and they read alot of the Book of Mormon which is super cool. We are excited to go back and talk to them and teach them more. Then that night we saw Irish and had a good lesson with him! He also had a lady over there that he wanted us to teach. Kinda crazy that a nonmember gives us more referrals than our members do. She was a cool lady so I hope we can teach her more.
Sun-A great day!!! Donna C. came to church and loved it. She is getting baptized on March 28th. I taught Gospel Principles class and it went well. After church we went on exchanges and saw a bunch of people. We are really trying to work with our members to get them more involved.
I'm super happy cuz daylight savings started again so now it doesn't get dark till like 8 which is amazing.
Sweet is the work!!! And great is the glory!!
Love
Elder Black
Hey everyone!! Hows everything going in AZ and abroad? Everything is going well for me for sure. We had the best week since I have been up here!! So we are stoked about that. We hope to finish off this last week of the transfer strong before transfers come and most likely break us up.
Mon-just p-day we didn't do anything fun cuz we are in Montrose haha and they don't even hae places to go shopping for ties or anything. Then we had dinner at the Zenefskis and they fed us Chicken Speedies too! They were good! Then we went home and tracted for the evening, and it was FREEZING!!
Tue- we had district meeting in the morning and it was in Susquehanna for the first time which was cool. It is a cool little town. After district meeting I stayed and went on exchange with Elder Mills, and he is a great guy. He was in the National Guard and was about to go to Iraq and then got permission to come on a mission. He used to jump out of planes and helicopters. Crazy guy.
Wed- Tracted in the morning and then drove to Hallstead to exchange back, and we got to eat at this good pizza place called Tedeschi's. I think one of the trademarks of every town in this mission is that it has a good pizza place.
Thur- We did service in the morning which went well at the historical society. But this was the day that both Elder Argyle and I had a bit of a sick bug, he has been sick all week. We went to dinner at the Buffington's house. After dinner we went on exchange and found some really good potential investigators for sure!!
Fri-We had weekly planning in the morning...then we did lots of walking and tracting. Then we had a lesson with the Jordans and that was our day.
Sat-We did lots of walking again, and it was 65 degrees! I had a short sleeve shirt on and I was still sweaty- I guess my body has some adjusting to do with the weather. Then we went and saw the Babcocks who called us and told us they wanna meet with us. (Elder Argyle found them a while ago and they told them they would call us if they wanted to talk). So we went and talked to them and they read alot of the Book of Mormon which is super cool. We are excited to go back and talk to them and teach them more. Then that night we saw Irish and had a good lesson with him! He also had a lady over there that he wanted us to teach. Kinda crazy that a nonmember gives us more referrals than our members do. She was a cool lady so I hope we can teach her more.
Sun-A great day!!! Donna C. came to church and loved it. She is getting baptized on March 28th. I taught Gospel Principles class and it went well. After church we went on exchanges and saw a bunch of people. We are really trying to work with our members to get them more involved.
I'm super happy cuz daylight savings started again so now it doesn't get dark till like 8 which is amazing.
Sweet is the work!!! And great is the glory!!
Love
Elder Black
Friday, March 6, 2009
3/2/09 email
FAMILY!!!
Hey everybody!!
Our investigators are doing well. We are working hard up here and we are seeing success which I am very pleased with!! This area is one of the toughest... the town is so small that everyone knows who we are. So just have to find those who are prepared by the Lord for us at this time. So that requires hard work and talking with everyone!! Talking with everyone is hard sometimes cuz most of the time it is just such an awkward situation. But once you force yourself to do it it ends up being fun.
Now I'll get to my week which was a good one
Mon- We hung around for p-day and when saw a couple investigators, but didn't have very good lessons with them.
tue- we had Zone Conference in Scranton! That was fun to be able to go down there into the city again. Conference was super good, probably one of the best ones I have had so far!! It was good to see Pres and Sister Pugh back again cuz they were in Utah where he had surgery. I learned alot and have been trying my best to apply everything and is all paying off greatly for sure. After conference we stayed in Scranton and went on exchange with the Zone leaders.
wed-Elder Sorensen and I did more tracting and talked to alot of people. When we were driving back to Montrose we got lost in Scranton for about an hour, but we found our way home. Brother Bell picked us up and we had dinner at his house with his family. They are all super smart. After dinner we had a family home evening with them and taught Allison cuz she is getting ready to be baptized.
thur- We did service in the morning and did lots of tracting until dinner. Then we went to the Wilcox's for dinner, and then Bro Wilcox went with us to see the Jordan family.
fri- we had weekly planning in the morning then we tracted and taught 2 lessons and found one new investigator named Teresa. We taught her and will see where that goes. That night we saw Donna Cornell and taught her about the law of chastity and reset her baptismal date of March 28, and she is excited. Then we went to the Briggs house and he cooked us some steak and egg noodles with gravy and it was good. They are a cool young family that wants to start coming back to church so that they can get sealed in the temple.
sat-lots of street contacting and tracting
sun- Church!! the Briggs family came!!! Which we were stoked about! and it went really well. After church we went and did some country tracting and had some muddy dogs jump on me, which I wasn't happy about. Then Bro. Briggs fed us again which was cool. He fed us what is called "Chicken Speedy" which is marinated chicken with the "speedy sauce" what they only make here, and you put it on a hoagie roll. They were super good.
So that was our week- it was a good one for sure!!
I love you all and I pray for you!! Sweet is the work and great is the glory!!
Love
Elder kyle black
Hey everybody!!
Our investigators are doing well. We are working hard up here and we are seeing success which I am very pleased with!! This area is one of the toughest... the town is so small that everyone knows who we are. So just have to find those who are prepared by the Lord for us at this time. So that requires hard work and talking with everyone!! Talking with everyone is hard sometimes cuz most of the time it is just such an awkward situation. But once you force yourself to do it it ends up being fun.
Now I'll get to my week which was a good one
Mon- We hung around for p-day and when saw a couple investigators, but didn't have very good lessons with them.
tue- we had Zone Conference in Scranton! That was fun to be able to go down there into the city again. Conference was super good, probably one of the best ones I have had so far!! It was good to see Pres and Sister Pugh back again cuz they were in Utah where he had surgery. I learned alot and have been trying my best to apply everything and is all paying off greatly for sure. After conference we stayed in Scranton and went on exchange with the Zone leaders.
wed-Elder Sorensen and I did more tracting and talked to alot of people. When we were driving back to Montrose we got lost in Scranton for about an hour, but we found our way home. Brother Bell picked us up and we had dinner at his house with his family. They are all super smart. After dinner we had a family home evening with them and taught Allison cuz she is getting ready to be baptized.
thur- We did service in the morning and did lots of tracting until dinner. Then we went to the Wilcox's for dinner, and then Bro Wilcox went with us to see the Jordan family.
fri- we had weekly planning in the morning then we tracted and taught 2 lessons and found one new investigator named Teresa. We taught her and will see where that goes. That night we saw Donna Cornell and taught her about the law of chastity and reset her baptismal date of March 28, and she is excited. Then we went to the Briggs house and he cooked us some steak and egg noodles with gravy and it was good. They are a cool young family that wants to start coming back to church so that they can get sealed in the temple.
sat-lots of street contacting and tracting
sun- Church!! the Briggs family came!!! Which we were stoked about! and it went really well. After church we went and did some country tracting and had some muddy dogs jump on me, which I wasn't happy about. Then Bro. Briggs fed us again which was cool. He fed us what is called "Chicken Speedy" which is marinated chicken with the "speedy sauce" what they only make here, and you put it on a hoagie roll. They were super good.
So that was our week- it was a good one for sure!!
I love you all and I pray for you!! Sweet is the work and great is the glory!!
Love
Elder kyle black
2/23/09 email
Family!!
This is what happened this week!!
Monday- we went to Susquehanna and had p-day over there and then we drove back and worked here for the night with Elder Alley and Elder Mills.
Tue- they took our truck to Harrisburg, so we were on foot all day which was good exercise!! So we did some tracting in the morning and the early afternoon. Then we saw some of the Birchard family and we mainly taught Ty and taught him the Restoration and he loved it!! He was soaking it all in!! Then Bro. Janda came and picked us up and we had dinner with him and his wife. They have a map of all the places they have traveled and it was so cool!! they have been all over the world even Antarctica!! Then after dinner we got to do a little star gazing with Bro. Janda cuz he is really into that and he showed us some constellations and stuff so that was cool.
Wed- we saw the Oliver family, they are a part member family, and Chris is investigating and we had a really good lesson and he wants to get baptized. We saw the Gregory family that night and taught Chris one last time before his baptism and had a good lesson. Then we had dinner with the family and Sister Gregory cooked tacos!! It snowed a few inches today.
Thur- We drove down to Springville and did some tracting in the afternoon. We went to the Harringtons and we were supposed to have dinner with them and the Matthews, but the Matthews furnace caught on fire so they had to take care of that. So we had dinner with the Harringtons, he is our Branch President and is a nice guy! Then we went and saw the Matthews and saw how they were doing. Their house was all black from soot cuz they tried to vacuum it up but there was no filter in the vacuum so it went all over. Their white dog is now black!! It was really funny- but then we had a great lesson with them.
Friday- we had our district meeting, and Elder Alley put me in charge of this meeting!! So I thought I did really well and it was good practice. Then I went on exchange with Elder Alley in Susquehanna and we had a lot of fun.
Sat- The Susquehanna Elders go to the guym and work out with this investigator every saturday morning!! So I got to go to the gym and work out for an hour!! Then we drove to Montrose for Chris Gregory's baptism which was really good. An Elder named Elder Peck who served here a few years ago came back and baptized him. We played basketball with him this morning and he is cooking us mexican food tonight at the Gregory's. After the baptism the Gregorys invited us over for pizza and then we had a lesson with Irish.
Sun- Irish came to church!!! One of the primary teachers named Sister Rucker brought me this robe to church and asked me to be King Benjamin and teach her primary class about him cuz they were learning about Prophets, so I got to dress up and it was fun.
I hope you all have a great week and stay safe!!
Love
Elder Black
This is what happened this week!!
Monday- we went to Susquehanna and had p-day over there and then we drove back and worked here for the night with Elder Alley and Elder Mills.
Tue- they took our truck to Harrisburg, so we were on foot all day which was good exercise!! So we did some tracting in the morning and the early afternoon. Then we saw some of the Birchard family and we mainly taught Ty and taught him the Restoration and he loved it!! He was soaking it all in!! Then Bro. Janda came and picked us up and we had dinner with him and his wife. They have a map of all the places they have traveled and it was so cool!! they have been all over the world even Antarctica!! Then after dinner we got to do a little star gazing with Bro. Janda cuz he is really into that and he showed us some constellations and stuff so that was cool.
Wed- we saw the Oliver family, they are a part member family, and Chris is investigating and we had a really good lesson and he wants to get baptized. We saw the Gregory family that night and taught Chris one last time before his baptism and had a good lesson. Then we had dinner with the family and Sister Gregory cooked tacos!! It snowed a few inches today.
Thur- We drove down to Springville and did some tracting in the afternoon. We went to the Harringtons and we were supposed to have dinner with them and the Matthews, but the Matthews furnace caught on fire so they had to take care of that. So we had dinner with the Harringtons, he is our Branch President and is a nice guy! Then we went and saw the Matthews and saw how they were doing. Their house was all black from soot cuz they tried to vacuum it up but there was no filter in the vacuum so it went all over. Their white dog is now black!! It was really funny- but then we had a great lesson with them.
Friday- we had our district meeting, and Elder Alley put me in charge of this meeting!! So I thought I did really well and it was good practice. Then I went on exchange with Elder Alley in Susquehanna and we had a lot of fun.
Sat- The Susquehanna Elders go to the guym and work out with this investigator every saturday morning!! So I got to go to the gym and work out for an hour!! Then we drove to Montrose for Chris Gregory's baptism which was really good. An Elder named Elder Peck who served here a few years ago came back and baptized him. We played basketball with him this morning and he is cooking us mexican food tonight at the Gregory's. After the baptism the Gregorys invited us over for pizza and then we had a lesson with Irish.
Sun- Irish came to church!!! One of the primary teachers named Sister Rucker brought me this robe to church and asked me to be King Benjamin and teach her primary class about him cuz they were learning about Prophets, so I got to dress up and it was fun.
I hope you all have a great week and stay safe!!
Love
Elder Black
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