November 16, 2010

Good Tuesday Everyone! Life is really great here in Issaquah! The first week was really hard adjusting to mission life and for being away from the family!  But everything is great now! The Issaquah area used to be a really tough area but we are out tracting and working really hard and things are looking great! 


So this week we got bikes because it much faster to tract this mountainy area!  On Wednesday we did 154th Street.....it's one mile long and gains 1000 feet in altitude! It was a great work out, I loved it but I don't get why people bike Big and Little Cottonwood canyons....doesn't make sense to me!  


Heavenly Father is guiding us to where we need to be!  We had an amazing experience on Friday!  So we went out to go tracting on Tiger Mountain Road but my companion wanted to go back down a road where he thought he may have lost his name tag!  So we went walking and couldn't find it but we saw a guy working on his truck so we went and said hi!  We had an awesome conversation!  His name is Gerald!  We talked to him for awhile, he told us he wasn't interested but we just talked for awhile about life and he was just hilarious!  We became best friends pretty quickly!  We both love cars and he is just too funny!  So at the end of the conversation we asked if we could came back and share a message. He said you know what, why not, so we set up an appointment for the next day!  So on Saturday morning we headed over to teach Gerald and his wife Lucy about the restoration. They were both very receptive!  They said they would read the Book of Mormon and we invited them to church and they said they would love to!  After, Gerald and I were talking and he said that the missionaries have come a million times but that day he really felt he should listen. They came to church on Sunday!  They are both in their fifties i would guess and Gerald drives horses around the country, so we can't teach them for another week but they seemed to love church so it will be exciting to see what happens! 


The ward here is amazing! Everyone treats us so well!  They were so excited to have investigators at church on Sunday because they haven't had new investigators in years.  I really am going to miss this ward. They all know how to cook and I love that!  The best door response this week was: " No wonder the dogs are barking! YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE, GET!"  I about died - never laughed so hard!  

The beauty of Issaquah!

I love you all!  Thanks for all of the birthday wishes!  It will be a great Birthday on Thursday! God be with you. Take time this week to realize how the gospel in your life has made you happy. The mission has made me really appreciate how much I truly love the Church!