Hello gloriously awesome family!!
This week has been so awesome! The Easter bunny hit us hard core. Don't worry I'll take more pictures. ;)
The
beginning of the week was funny because after our meal appointment they
took us to our next appointment without our asking. We planned to bike
out there. It was about three miles from home. Our appointment canceled
so we walked home. But it was good because we were able to talk with a
few people.
We had interviews this week. They were in our apartments. They
inspected them. A few days prior we were talking with our Elder's quorum
president and The high priest group leader about the interview. They
had a lamp from "a Christmas story" I think, and they tried to convince
us to put it in our apartments and see what president and sister Collins
would say. We didn't do it and interviews went great.
We taught Emily this last week. We had given her the things that
she needs to do in order to be baptized. When we came over she had the
chairs all set up, her books ready, and her check list of things to do
all ready and filled out, as well as a written report of what she
learned as she read. She was super diligent and did everything asked of
her. She has a strong desire to be baptized and when she prays she
prays. We are working out a day for her to be baptized. It will either
be the end of April or the beginning of May. When we meet Wednesday we
will finalize a date. We are super excited for her.
We helped Bro Tom clear some trees out of his garden and then we
took on the task of cutting down part of a tree. It had vines running
all through the branches so we had to go through and cut most of them
before we cut off this huge limb. The base of this fine was two inches
in diameter. With the vines cut, we sawed through the limb. It fell but
the little twisty vines running the through the upper most branches held
so we had to carefully put weight on it and snap them lose. Once it was
on the ground we quickly cut up the branch and had it all cleaned up.
It was a lot of fun. Plus the lesson we had a previous day was really
good. One of the home teachers and one of the visiting teachers came
with us and the bore sweet testimony which touched his heart. It was
really good.
Easter was really awesome. We had dinner with the Andersons. They
fed us well. They had an Easter egg hunt. When he announced it he said
"we have an egg hunt for Ethen, Jenny, and the Elders." It was fun
looking for eggs. I felt like a little kid again, or still. ;) We had a
great Easter. We were also able to watch the video the church has made
for Easter which is on Mormon.org/Easter. It goes briefly through the
life of the savior, it is really good. It was cool too, because I was
reading in the new testament and I read the account in Matthew on the
part where he is crucified then rises three days later as the
Resurrected Christ.
Thank you for your love and support. May the Spirit be with you!
Elder Durrant
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