Go Tigers!!
Alrighty, everything is going pretty good, with the one exception of the weather, which has been getting a little cooler lately. A lot of leaves from the trees are falling and the color of the trees are all changing…I think the good autumn weather has passed on and we are entering into the cold part. I remember my first winter here in NC…it was nasty cold sometimes. The weather pattern is weird…when it’s hot, it’s really hot and then the next day it’s freezing cold. For that reason, my body has a hard time ajusting and sometimes I get colds here. For example, I was reading in my journal this morning, the entry from one year ago…and I was writing about how sick I was. Last year, I got a very nasty cold, which lasted for 2 weeks and a cough that lasted for more. Luckily, I haven’t been struck with something like that this time around, but I have had a few ’bouts with sickness lately. For example…on Saturday, I went running outside in the morning at 6:30. It was a little chilly, so I put on a sweater. Well, it warmed up pretty fast during the day, and that extreme of temperature was hard on my body and I ended up getting a little sick over the weekend. But the work goes on, and we ended up having some really good lessons. I am feeling a lot better today, and hopefully I have better luck with all of this sickness that is going around here.
We had an amazing 4 investigators at church and a total of 48 people were in sacrament meeting!! I believe that is a high for me, (discounting ward conference, when all of the leaders of the stake were present), it was a very good showup. Included in those investigators were Julio (part-member, really hasn’t been progressing), Berto (him and his wife have yet to get baptized, or he would already be a member), Guadalupe (aunt of Michel, only member of the family not-baptized) and also a former investigator, Sergio, who I hadn’t seen for a long time, decided to show up. It was kind of a hectic Sunday…which is good, because the Sunday’s that aren’t hectic means that noone came to church. We have quite a few people we are working with, as I mentioned in my last letter, with the majority of them being families. Rafael Ortiz and his wife didn’t make it to church this last week, but we had a great lesson with them this Saturday. We taught them most of the 2nd and it seems like they really liked it, but the only obstacle that we just found out is that they are not married…ahh!! Last night, we also had a good lesson with Sumara and Genova. They are a family from Honduras that we contacted on the street a few weeks ago. We just taught them the Restaration with a member, Bro. Garcia, who also is from Honduras. Well, he called them and invited them to dinner at their house and we went also. Now, that is what I call a member who know’s how to friendship!! It was good, they already have a good friendship with members from the church.
Well, I hope I didn’t bore any of you with all of my missionary talk. But things are going alright here in Wilson, although it can be very repetative at times. But, I should only have 4 weeks left, and I’m sure they will go by superfast, because this week, we have ZDM/interviews with President Wallis, week after is the temple trip in Apex (yeah, I get to go back to my old stomping grounds!!), the week after that is Zone Conference in Kinston, and the week after that Spanish Missionary Council in Raleigh (yeah, I get to go back!) and after that is..BOOM…transfer weekend. It should be a fun roller coaster ride with everything that is going on, also with our investigators and the holiday season coming up…and the cold.
Wow, I recieved a package from the family this last week and it was very exciting. Although, chocolate has now become my enemy, not my friend, I enjoy it every now and then. The other food will come in handy probably, and the jerky was the best part (I love jerkey, but it is so expensive!!). Speaking of that, I have really learned how to shop, something I never really knew before. At the beginning of my mission, it was kind of hard, cause I had no idea what I needed. I used to buy lots of junkfood and spent around 20-25 dollars a week. Now, I can buy everything I need, healthy food, for around 5-10 dollars. It really has made a difference in the way I eat now and trying to stay away from fast food.
Well, I hope this letter was good, although I might have dragged on about some times…oh well. I hope everyone has a good week…and…..GOO TIGRES!!!
Con Amor,
Elder Hardy