This week was really great! I have had some really good studies in the morning and I've started a study journal so that I can stay more focused and remember the things that I learn. Last week I studied Kolob and the Pre-existence and that was mind blowing. Haha. I understand a lot more about it now, but sadly I still don't know the coordinates to Kolob-haha. I can probably get some pictures of me on my bike (I have been asking for a picture of him on his bike), but no longer the car because as of Wednesday, we got put on full bike, and the sisters get full car. So no more car for us! I have an odometer on my bike that I got when I first got out here and I have biked almost 800 miles since coming here. That's pretty crazy! We also had dinner with Katie Dalling (Mr. Tolman's daughter) and her family with a nonmemeber friend and it went well. We just did a little family home evening lesson and we had crab for dinner. It tastes a lot like fish. But, that was my first time ever eating it and it was good. We also painted a thankful tree there and took it home. She gave us leaves to write things that we are thankful for and put them on the tree everyday of the month. Last Saturday, we also went to an outdoor food market to see if we could find some people to teach. We met a few people, but they were not interested. There were a lot of weird things that people were trying to sell and a lot of it had to do with making you look younger, since Naples consists of super old people. Traffic has gotten really scary here since none of them know how to drive and it's the season of the snowbirds and they are all migrating down here! We have already had a few close calls with getting hit, but we are being careful. At the market, there was a lady giving free massages, and I was going to get one, but I didn't because I wasn't sure if we were allowed to or not, but I'm guessing not. I don't think that I have ever gotten a massage, and maybe that is good. That way, I won't know how good it feels and I won't ever really feel like I need one. After the market, when we were at an intersection, some guy rolled down his window and asked if we teach about the "Book of Moroni". I said, "Do you mean the Book of Mormon?" He said, "Yes! Come meet me at Bermuda Isles in building 7 tomorrow..." then he drove off since the light was green. So, hopefully, we can find him sometime. We have gone by the building at random times, but we haven't seen him. He didn't give us a name or apartment number.
Over the past weeks, I have been thinking a little bit about careers and how a lot of the members in our ward are going to the anesthesia program through BYUI and said that it only takes a total of 5 years if you take the fast track to get your Master's. It sounds really interesting and it is really good pay to start with. So, that is a possibility of a career that I have been considering. Maybe that is one reason why I was sent to this are-haha. (Bill recently wrote the boys about an experience of giving a lady a blessing in our ward and the miracle her saw from it) I have had the opportunity to be a part in many blessings and be the mouthpiece for some as well. I still get really nervous, but it goes away when I start the blessing. One cool experience that I had two weeks ago was that we got to do "The Saviors Peace and Blessing" in one of the member's home. It is a prayer that we leave by the authority of the priesthood with the family and we include anything they want us to in the prayer. The father was looking for work, and we included that in the blessing. I offered it and next week at church, the dad came up to us and told us that he got 3 job offers that week. It was really cool to hear that. The priesthood power is miraculous!
One evening, I found out that we have a deep fryer, and I decided to deep fry everything that we had. We deep fried some pineapple, an oreo, some carrots, a pice of bread, a chocolate chip cookie, some cauliflower, a mento, Cheez-its, and some peanut butter. Most of it was pretty good, but some of it was nasty! We are going to get some Twinkies today and do those because I've had that before and it's really good!
That was the excitement for the week.
Love,
Elder A. Whaley
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| Haha-I think this is for Elderly people, not missionary Elders! |
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| Austin's deep fryer experiment! |
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