Hello glorious family!
This has been a crazy busy week. It has cooled off a lot.
I went to a leadership meeting on Tuesday and among learning much
about how to minister the gospel, President Collins taught us about
math. More specifically about trigonometry. He was teaching us a
principle and he was proving his point by teaching us about math. The
Gospel is like math. The basics are the arithmetic + - x etc.
Complicated math is just a combination of the basics. With Trigonometry
you are just trying to figure out a triangle. So not only did he teach
us a lot about the gospel, but he taught us a lot about how to do well
with math. I thought it funny, because he had asked who liked and
disliked math. His response to those who disliked it was "That's because
you don't understand." It was a good meeting. The following day in
district meeting I basically just replayed, through proxy, what
President Collins taught us. It went well.
We had interviews on Thursday. They went well. Sister Collins
taught us about eating healthy. She told us to eat more fiber. She asked
us, we were in a group, who knew what fiber is. She explained to us
what it is and what happens if you don't eat enough fiber. She told us a
story of a missionary who was in pain for three days because of it.
It's a good thing I eat oatmeal...occasionally. ;)
I went on exchanges to Plainfield with Elder Hoffmann. We had a
great exchange. When I got back there was a massive, heavy box waiting
for me. I opened it up to behold the wondrous treasures inside. I beheld
delicious looking pears, pear jelly, and energizing "Eternal Gatorade."
I also beheld some hot looking peppers, which I am a little afraid to
partake of, for fear of severe burning of my sensitive tongue. Many
other things I had seen which cannot be written at this time.
The story about the "flippen car," I thought was funny that you
sent that to me. Greencastle is in my district and the day that that
happened those Elders texted me and said they had been the cause of a
car wreck. My first thought was "oh no! My Elders are dead!" But I
called them and they recounted the story. They were laughing the whole
time. It has been the center of a lot of conversations. I will have to
show those Elders the paper you sent me.
James and Julie came to church and they brought their two daughters
Jasalyn and Lilly. They love church. They are becoming ever more
excited to be baptized next month. We are very excited for them. They
are seeing the blessings of the Gospel in their lives and they are
feeling the Spirit.
May the Spirit be with you!
Elder Durrant
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