July 11, 2011

Hey everyone!

 

Holy cow. This week went by so stinkin' fast. I blinked and 7 days flew by.

 

Not a whole lot happened. 4th of July, but you already know about that....  Yeah. All we did this week was good ol' missionary work.

Taught a few lessons here and there, met some new people. No injuries. The companionship is a lot better. So yeah. Pretty easy week.

 

I guess the only new thing that happened was we had companionship exchanges and i got to go to West Chester, PA. A pretty cool college town full of people my age. It would be a pretty cool place to live... except for, the morals are pretty low there.

 

I had the oppurtunity to hang out with Elder Laker. A new missionary from southern California. He's a pretty cool guy. Loves video games. He's a huge world of warcraft fan. I didn't bother asking him more about it because yeah... i could care less. (sorry dad.) But we had a good time. Met some awesome people, taught some awesome lessons. I had a lot of fun that day.

 

Elder C and I are getting along great! I finally deflated my head a little bit and focussed on humility. A little bit of that goes a long way. But, everytime we have a companionship inventory, it leads to "you have a lot to work on and i don't" speech given by Elder C. So i just have to keep on working with humility and patience. I've had a greater appreciation for the scripture: "Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye." Luke 6:42  Yes, I have a lot to work on, but I feel like i don't need to be told that every 5 minutes. Oh well.

 

So Transfers are this next week. I find out either friday or saturday if I'm getting transfered to another area. I hope not. I love the ward out here. I love our investigators. I even love coatesville. I'd really hate to leave it. But, I know i'll go where the Lord wants me to go, and I'll be happy to do it.

 

I'm glad that you had fun at Girls camp. And good thing you didn't die. The ward out here had girls camp was 2 weeks ago. It was really cool to hear from a few young women in the ward talk about how much girls camp affected their life for the better. It's gotta be Scout camp on steroids. I'm pretty jealous.

 

Speaking of Jealous.... The Elders quorem and the Priest quorem are going paintballing next weekend. Unfortuneately, missionaries can't go because of the rule book... The priests were so disappiontend. They wanted to take a shot at us. I would have loved it.

 

Anyways, back to the topic at hand...... How are the Bell's doing. I got a e-mail from Aunt Lisa a few weeks ago and she was saying how proud she was for my decision and had a fews words of encouragement that really helped. I'm pretty sure i emailed them back.....

 

How 'bout the hugelys?  Maddie said that they were sick =(.

 

It sounds like you all had an awesome week!

 

That would be pretty cool dad. But I'd only like to do it for one season.. maybe. I'll have to think about more... when i have time to think. That's cool that you found Sam McGee's Cabin. I tried reciting that poem the other day, but failed. It's been forever since i've heard it.

 

Well, Time flies and i've gotta run. Enjoy the pictures.. Hopefully they load.

 

Love you all!

 

Elder McBride.

July 05, 2011

Hey McBrides!

 

Happy Independence day!  It was insane out here. Fireworks all night (probably heard a few gunshots mixed in with them...), Barbeque's everywhere, flags galore. It was awesome!  I was kinda bummed though, because we're not allowed to launch any fireworks. But we did see a whole lot.  The people in Coatesville go crazy.

 

Anyway.. So this last week was pretty good. We saw a lot of people, taught a few lessons, and got some awesome pictures. I keep forgetting my camera cord so i can send you some pictures. Sorry, but I'll get them to you soon.

 

Thanks mom for sending those letters, they really helped. I should be picking up the package on thursday, can't wait to see what's inside.

 

So a little update. Elder Conradt and I have been able to set aside our differences and are now working really well with one another. Sure there are still times where we tend to bash heads, but it never escalates into anything serious. We're able to stop arguing, sit down and talk it out. In the end, we're cool with each other.

 

Not a whole has happened since the last time i wrote.

 

Bill's baptism date was moved to August 14 and I'm super excited about that. I now have peace of mind. I was worried he wasn't going to be able to make his date.

 

Mike is on track with his date for July 24 and he's pumped and excited about that.

 

We've gotten in contact with Dawn and her kids and they're doing really good. She's happy even though she found out she has cancer in both her kidneys. Her spirits are high and she can't wait until church next sunday.

 

but yeah, besides that, nothing new to report.

 

I do have a few questions though...

 

Dad, How's alaska treating you? have you seen many grizzlies? J'Nell was telling me that you invited her to drive buses with you when she turns 21, is driving something you'd like to continue to do?

 

Mom, How's Utah treating you? How are maddie and conner liking summer? Is J'Nell having "boy problems," cause if she is... Well, lets just say those boys better sleep with one eye open when i get back. =)

 

Oh, one more thing. I found out that the Ground breaking for the Philadelphia temple is mid september. and the Missionaries might be able to be apart of it.

 

Well, hope everything is going good. Thank you for your prayers, i definitely need them. And my prayers are with you.

 

Love you all

 

Elder McBride.