Hey Everyone-
I can’t believe another week has flown by; time is starting to go by way too fast! We had a pretty great week and I’ll try to update you on what I did, hopefully I can remember everything. Well as you know on Tuesday I was able to go to the Temple, which was amazing! That night we had a lesson with Katie, we have finished teaching her all the lessons so we will have to prayerfully come up with things to teach her next!
On Wednesday we attended one of the District Meetings which went pretty well. I always have a hard time evaluating how the missionaries teach and what they can improve upon (we are asked to write three things down and explain it to them). I could easily point out hundreds of things they did great and what I loved about their teaching, but its finding the things they could improve on that is hard for me. I know that I am there to help them be better teachers.
This is when I have to depend on the Lord to help me with it! We did a lot of tracting the rest of the day.
Thursday, we started off doing service for the Food Bank in Issaquah; I loved it. They let us take anything we wanted and I found a huge bag of goldfish crackers. (I enjoyed that treat) Then we ran to another District Meeting! It went better than the one the previous day and I was able to give constructive feedback on how they did. We didn’t have much time for a break because the meeting went longer than planned. That night we had another lesson with Katie; we had a movie night at the church and watched the movie, The Testaments. I could tell she enjoyed it but when I asked her what she thought about the film, she commented on how poor the special effects were! Haha true, but we were hoping for a better answer!
I got sick on Friday with something. That’s when it’s a blessing to be able to call Sister Moffat, and she told me what I have and how to get over it!
I hate taking a sick day since the work doesn’t go forward but my companion insisted that it’s better to take one day off then get worse and miss a whole week, I agreed! Saturday was also very busy! We attended a Baptism with President Moffat. After that we met a woman named Jane, she had just gotten back from Utah and requested a DVD. I believe she might be Golden. She told us she has read half of the Book of Mormon and believes Christ came to this Continent! But she doesn’t see why she needs to attend our church! Since we know how to explain that question to her we set up a time next week to talk with her about it! I am very excited for it! Later on that night we had another lesson with Katie at the Avery’s home (they are amazing). We taught her Repentance since she asked to know more about it! The lesson went very well and at the end of it Katie gave us a bag of about 50 cookies she had made and also a Mexican Lasagna! We have the best investigator in the world! By the way she quit
2 of her jobs so she can keep Sunday a day of rest!
Sunday was the longest day but I loved going to church! Especially this Sunday with it being Fathers day. My thoughts turned to you Dad and how much you have blessed my life and have been an amazing example to me! I sent you a letter so you should be receiving it today. It was a beautiful day with nothing but blue skies!!
Today is also a gorgeous day! I am going to be playing Racquetball with Bro Avery, and just enjoying the day! I hope to have time to write letters since I am desperately behind, which I don’t like to be! But I want everyone to know how true this work is! I love being a witness of Christ and seeing the Lords
hand in His work. I am learning and growing each day! I love you all so much!
I miss you as well but I love this work!
Elder Russell
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