Letter 1/27/12

Jan 17
Well family I might be turning over a new leaf.  I need to write y'all more so I'm going to write daily so it's more descriptive and maybe a little bit longer.  Well we had a great day today.  We started off with the car today which is nice because we have not had the car for a week.  We went over to Jim's Cancer Fund of America to do some service.  After that we had Jeff cancel on us then Angela so it was starting off not so great.  Well after that we went over to this girls house named Bethany.  We knocked into her while tracting.  When we were tracting we had another new missionary with  us and it was his door.  Well when she opened the door I felt like I knew her so I took over that door.  She told us to come back anytime.  So when we went back she was not there so her husband invited us in.  I also felt like I knew him from somewhere so we had some small talk and he reminds me of some friends back at home.  His name is Casey he is going to vet school and they bought a house in Tennessee to go to school.  They both are normal clean people who have great standards for not having too much gospel standards in their lives.  They are both young maybe 24's and have one little girl that is maybe 1 or so and Bethany has another one on the way.  This family are dry Mormons that just need the gospel.  I  really have a strong feeling about this family.
Jan18
Well today we had a pretty filled in day.  We started off by going over to Jeff Inchen's to reset a date with him.  He wants to be ready by February 9th.  I don't know.  He always has excuses that he can't quit.  He says he needs to wean off of them.  After Jeff's I called Keith to see if we could come over.  His wife was sleeping because she just had her back worked on.  He wants us to go over and give her a blessing when she gets up in a couple of days.  He said if the blessing works he said we have a convert on our hands.  Then later that night we had an appointment with Jeff Gann.  He has changed so much since when I first met him.  His whole attitude is a lot better.  He is an alcoholic but these last 2 days he has not drank.  He is a good guy.
Jan 19
Well today was a slow but good day.  We had our District meeting which turned out really well.  After that we went to Oasis with the Nicho family (Brenan lives in their basement apartment).  They invited us because the night before I put up their hanging cable thing.  They don't know too much about construction so I screwed 3 post into their 2X4 and it turned out really well and looks great.  They were so excited that is why they wanted to take us out.  Every time we go out sister Nicho likes to talk about business.  She was giving us some pointers for after our missions.  She buys houses and property then rents them out.  She encouraged us to do the same.  She said there is a skill to it but she will teach us.  Everything she said sounded like it would work.  They have 86 homes that they rent out.  She said you need to have goals clear out in the future and close too.  She is a smart lady.  Their family is awesome.  Well the rest of our day we had some appointments with our investigators.  Angela was our first one.  She was really sick so we just talked to Butch her boyfriend.  After that we went to Gloria's and she looked a whole lot better.  We have been trying to get her to church for a long time now.  We went back to the basics of religion and talked about faith.  Then we turned to Alma 32 and how it explains faith as a seed.  We asked her to plant her seed this week by praying, going to church and reading.  She said she would.  When we taught this lesson the spirit had such a strong presence it turned out great. 
Jan 20
Well our day was not to bad.  We had a couple of appointments and we went out tracting.  Tracting was not very good.  We went out for 1 1/2 hours and no one wanted to listen to us.  My companion Elder Harwood wants to get better at doors so I was quiet and let him talk at every door.  He still gets a little nervous so we're trying to get it out of him.  After that we went over to Ronnie's house and talked to him.  He is our old investigator who is addicted to pills.  He has went 2 weeks without anything so he is doing great.  He goes to rehab on Monday.  Later that night we went to Jeff Gann's house.  He is a changed man.  He is now 3 day's without a drink.  He loves Joseph Smith.  I wanted so bad to commit him but he is on parole so we will have to wait a couple of years.  I'm planning on committing his wife tomorrow.  So we we'll see where she is at.