Pittsburgh Mission Memoirs

Uhh. so I totally forgot to write anything for the blog. I have no idea why. It just totally slipped my mind. So... I guess... nothing this week. I feel really bad. I've been dipping around while my companion took forever on his emails, and completely spaced the blog. I don't know what's up with that. I'm tired, I guess. Anyway, this week has been a good one, we've been safe and healthy,...

Elder Colvin and I were driving down the street, rushing to the church for our appointment with Dan. And we were late. So, with a keen eye on the speedometer to make sure I wasn't speeding (too much), and an even keener eye on the twisty road ahead, we chatted about our plans for our lesson. "Why don't we show him a talk from General Conference, and chat about the importance of Prophets?" "Yeah,...

Man, we've had a crazy time trying to keep up with Jon. He had his incredible change of heart last week, and then promptly went and got himself a job. It's a good thing, but it does make it difficult to get a hold of him when he is never at home and always has his phone off. After we missed an appointment with him, we decided we would stop by his work. We get to his work, a fast-food...

This has been a good week. It's been a challenging week. It has been a week of much laughter; it has been a week of many tears. As usual, and above all, it has been a week of miracles. I'll pause here for a moment to just make a note - transfers are tomorrow. Yes, once again, that great transfer machine has hustled and bustled the whole week through, making missionaries nervous...