1/17/17

This week has been pretty different. We had a zone training on tuesday so that was a hoot. But Elder Stafford and I got the call that he would in fact be going home-the next day. So we packed and visited some people. Wednesday we walked outside our apartment and while loading up the car with his bag I noticed all the contrails and said the classic joke of, "Elder how far away is that plane??" "TWO HOURS!"

So Stafford got dropped off and I got a new companion named Elder Parkinson (yes like the disease). We get along just fine so no worries about my sanity. While in Columbia Maryland, we went to the mission office for President Christiansen's birthday/ a senior couples going away party. So that was interesting. got a free meal and I saw a friend or two.

This week we had the car so we tried a lot of different places to see if we could set up a hot chocolate stand. Turns out the location we have to begin with is a miracle because no one is down to let us give out hot chocolate. So iIve pretty much given up on trying to find a new spot. So we'll see how much longer I'll be trying to give out free drinks to the folks of the upper middle class.

We were able to visit my friend Kelbert and invite him to church. Sadly he works every week. We also delivered a meal to the Blanchards who are a family who are interested with joining but are plagued with medical problems. We stopped by Min who was busy but told us she wasn't trying to avoid us. And we visited a guy named Robert with a member. He's a really nice guy, a really active Catholic. But we had a nice "interfaith hoe-down."

Oh and on Saturday we went to a Indian Pow Wow at the Catholic high school so that was pretty cool.

We tried this week, and what more could I have done? I don't really know. I'm almost to the point that I'd consider tracting just so I could feel like I'm doing my job right. I'm not sure why I've been in this area for 3.5 months and have worked my tush off but nothing has happened. But I'll just keep trying.

Elder Simmons