Thomas "the monsoon" Monson

April 2, 2012

Oh man. What a week. I'm pretty low on time too.

I think a highlight first of all was seeing Jennie and Morgan outside of my apartment. That was crazy, ha it didn't really register in my brain so I think I might have seemed a little dazed. It was short but definitely a highlight of my mission. If Jennie or Morgan are reading this, thanks a lot for the fragel and for the surprise. It was great to see you guys.

Another highlight, our investigator Kristena was baptized on Saturday. I don't have my camera with me. But it was a fantastic baptism. Kristena is a really amazing individual. She's 15. A few months back her parents passed away in a car accident, and she started living with her cousin and cousin's husband who are a part member family. And there are a lot of less-active and non-member family members in this family who are really being blessed by her decision to be baptized. At the baptism there was a ton of the family members, and the spirit was felt really strong. we talked to a couple of people who felt the spirit and said they want to start working towards their own baptisms now. just an awesome family, it's really special to be able to be a part of the experience of seeing the Lord pour down blessings upon these people.

another highlight, remember the new ford fusion we picked up last week? we were in a lesson and watched through the living room window as a car backed into it a few days ago. it was a pretty hard back. we heard it from inside and there's a pretty big dent in our shiny new car. since we saw it all happen we ran out the door but the person drove away. dumb dumb dumb. the cops came out, but we didn't have the plate info to give him.

today for preparation day our zone went to U of M for a tour of the Big House. It's the football stadium. gigantic. it was really neat. we got to check out some of the box seats, the locker room, got to hang out on the field for a little bit. i had a 100 yard dash with a few other missionaries from end zone to end zone, i didn't win though. awesome experience though. and then afterwards we and the other companionship in the ward met up with an awesome member family at the church to play some basketball, frisbee, dodgeball and some other games for a few hours. it's been a really fun preparation day. scrambling to finish up at the library right now though before 6:00.

there were some other highlights. but i'm out of time. but i've gotta mention conference. man oh man. how great it is. seriously, there isn't anything like it. hopefully everybody got some good things out of it specifically from them, if not go back and check out another talk or two.

well i'm out of time. love you guys. thanks for everything. have a great week.

elder lamb