Hello everybody!
Title is a tribute to the John Denver song of course...
"Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River"This week was pretty good, we were actually able to teach a couple of lessons. We have been calling through our area book, and we found a woman named Corry who had spoken with missionaries before. She was very excited that we called her, so we set up an appointment to teach right away. We were able to teach her twice this week, once over the phone, and once through a zoom call. During the zoom call, our internet kept going down, but luckily we had an awesome member who kept the lesson going. The lesson ended up going super well, and Corry said she wants to go to church next week!
Other than Corry, we haven't had much of an opportunity to teach people. What usually happens is we set up an appointment, and then they never answer. It's much easier for people to blow us off over the phone haha. But, another place we have had a little success is facebook messenger. We message tons of people. Only a few respond, and we have only had a full conversation with one person. We have been able to befriend a guy named Jack. He used to live here, but now he lives in Texas. We haven't talked much about the Gospel with him yet, but he likes messaging with us, so we are going to try and set something up this week. The work is slow in quarantine, but it still moves forward!
Spiritual Thought: Mosiah 24:15 "And now it came to pass that the burdens which were laid upon Alma and his brethren were made light; yea, the Lord did strengthen them that they could bear up their burdens with ease, and they did submit cheerfully and with patience to all the will of the Lord."
I've probably shared this one before, but it's one of my favorites. I like the part that says "submit cheerfully and with patience". Life isn't easy, but as we submit to Gods will and have patience, we will be blessed.
Things that I like: We like to go ride our bikes to get some outside time during the day, and we found an awesome ride. There's a National Historic Park nearby that is completely closed. Normally, you can't ride bikes down the main road there, but since there is no cars, the Ranger said it was ok! It is so fun and really pretty!
Things that I hate: apparently we live outside of the T-mobile range, so we don't actually have unlimited roaming data. As soon as that runs out, we only get 2g speeds. Makes things pretty difficult. Luckily, we should be getting an at&t sim card here real soon.
--Elder Olson
Photos!
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| Bike ride to the river |
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Another ride to the river |
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| Foggy river |
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| Riding our bikes in the morning in the fog |
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