3 June 2013

its been a couple weeks since I've had a chance to send y'all an email.  im sure lots has happened since my last email, but im not sure what those things would be. all the days tend to run together and I don't remember whats happened when. so if I tell you something ive already told you, sorry. haha

we have a car now! for the last week and a half or so. red corolla. air conditioner works well. life is good. especially good because its officially hot out. our car said it was 108 yesterday on our way home from church.

both David and Vivian, and Richmond and Tomeko have bounced and we don't know where they went. none of them will answer their phones. that can be kind of frustrating.

but awe met a great family last week! the mom is from Kenya and she has a 21 year old daughter, a 17 year old son, and a 5 year old daughter. they are all super excited about the gospel and have been to church 2 weeks in a row now. they are awesome! we are hoping and praying that they stay long enough that we can help them get baptized and established in the church. we've had bad luck with that recently (keeping people HERE)

we're all getting together to play soccer this afternoon, on an artificial turf field. no clouds today. there's a high of 101. hopefully no one dies.

I tried playing a cello not too long ago. it was BAD! my fingers and arms didn't remember what they were supposed to do. luckily, I did still remember how to read the music, so maybe i'll be able to figure it out again someday. but that's why you should PRACTICE your talents! otherwise they'll disappear.

good luck to everyone who is still in school this week. congratulations to everyone who has completed another year. have a fun summer! I will :)

remember, God is Good,
-elder donovan

20 May 2013

transfers are today. but nothing is changing for elder till and I. we both get to stay in the 7th ward and we are still riding our bikes.  (they promised me again that a car is coming to us in the near future, we'll see)  there have only been a few days over 100 degrees so we've been okay so far.

the sisters and Spanish missionaries in the district are being transferred, but I know everyone coming in and it should be a fun district. I don't think we'll have any problems.

we went to the mission office earlier in the week and when I got there, the older sister missionary, who is secretary in the office, started talking to me about going home! haha, she leaves the end of june and might be more excited about college football games than I am. she was telling me all about when tickets go on sale, and where the student section is going to be. it was pretty funny.

we spent a lot of time this past week working with Richmond and Tomeko. they came to church last week and then again yesterday. they have a baby on the way and seem really interested in righting the course of their lives. unfortunately they are fairly transient, and so we aren't sure how long they will be around. we tried to give them as much information as we could while we had them.

remember, "today is the day which the Lord has made... rejoice and be glad in it!"
-psalms 118:24

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!!!!!!!!

-elder donovan