Pay-Day Letter from Elder Dawes 9.2.14

We had such a good day yesterday. It was amazing!!! We are in a pretty rich area so the people are not ever outside and are not open to religion or changing there. So Elder Rook and I decided that we would talk to everyone we see. (On a lucky day we will see like 5 people outside). That is including the people that are just getting out of their cars and/or in their garages. But me and Elder Rook prayed that we could find an investigator. Man, The Lord provided! We found a lady named Caroline that we are now teaching. Ha! She has been Methodist her whole life. And we have been able to teach her very well. I think we are able to each teach like half of the lessons.

The people here are soo nice! The ward here is soo amazing! They are lining up for the dinner schedule. We literally have dinners every night! And they have actually been super good!

On a side note, man, I wish that there was such thing as cold here. Ha! I looked at the temperature in Castle Dale one day and it was 75! Ha!  People don't go swimming here if it is 80 because it is too cold.

I have not got the mail yet from Tempe. I did get the letter from Meg though. Ha! I will be writing back. Silly silly... Ha!

You went and hiked Goblin Valley and Little Wild Horse. That would be fun! And I bet it was like 80 (a.k.a sweater weather). Man, yeah, if you don't have water here you will be a raisin in 5 minutes. Ha! This is a little gross, but when I drip sweat onto the sidewalk… it evaporates in, no joke, 4 seconds. My blood is probably thinner than laxative water. And when I walk outside, and it is only 101, I feel like I am in heaven.

Anyway, I love it out here. I love to be able to rekindle a little that has been put out over time when they hear the gospel. We just go out everyday trying to just invite others to come unto Christ. That is our whole purpose as a missionary.

     

And to Dad, yes, I bet that camping with a lot of girls would be

very different than scouts! Ha! And yeah, going without water was silly.

Haha! That would be bad! But that is sweet that you are getting out and

doing a lot of stuff.

I don't really have anything to complain about. I have not felt homesick or anything like that. I feel The Lord has really blessed me, and how he is helping me be focused on the work.

PREACH MY GOSPEL…Ha! That is like the greatest thing ever! It is so helpful for everything you do. It is amazing. The Lord is blessing me with courage and stuff like that. We went to church and the Bishop came up and asked if I could talk after the sacrament... Ha! So I did, and all I did was go through the first lesson. God is our loving Heavenly Father, the gospel blesses family,..etc. And then I just bore my testimony and experiences on each one.

I am so grateful that you raised me the way you did. I have learned how to listen and to talk to people! I have learned that some thing's are going to be hard, but with The Lord, I can get through them. Some advise you gave me before I left was that I should only take things one day at a time... That helped me for the first few days, then time bolted, and I am a month out. The MTC is a blur to me now! And I am half way with this transfer. It is crazy. But I love it. I bike everywhere I go, and I sweat even more. But the work is good. You raised me so well.

 

We were able to be in a home where a less-active prayed aloud for the first time in years. The Spirit was incredible. I could feel the blood pumping in my heart. The Spirit was so amazing in the lesson. I love it.

Next week we are going to have P-day on Wednesday. Our zone is going to the temple so you won't be getting a letter till then. In the meantime, I would love to get hand-written letters. (You could have already sent them… it takes a while for the zone leaders to go to Tempe and pick them up.) I will be writing Meg back today. Ha! Thanks.