Austin's Missionary Journal

 Hey everyone! Let me tell you how my week went: Monday: Everything fell through for our plans this P-Day, so we basically dinked around town, played some card games, just fooling around until we needed to get back to work. Unfortunately, there seemed to be no one else to have FHE with, so we were kind  of  left to go walking about town  in  the dark... with no one around. It was pretty uneventful. Tuesday: The weather was phenomenal. Completely sunny, very warm, perfect conditions to go street contacting. So, we did that until we ran to our next appointment, doing service for an older woman named Maves. She had us clean out her oven and her moldy fridge, and put up a new shower curtain. She was very grateful for that. And then we ate dinner, went knocking 5-7's, then ran to Addiction Recovery Program at the church. I love those meetings, because they're very enjoyable. The 12-step program is a great spiritual resource and I learn a lot  from  it about...

Disney World looks awesome!!! I know I've been there before, but that was a super long time ago. But I do vaguely remember the jumping water fountains. That was fun. I'm glad you all had a great trip! Nice Halloween costumes, by the way. Oh yeah, and that package you sent to me? It has arrived safely...  in  Tacoma. I guess you sent it to the mission office's address, so I'm guessing that means I sent you my current location mailing address a tad bit late. Oops. But no need to worry. I should get it the next time the ZL's drop by Tacoma, which may be  in  a week or two... there isn't anything perishable  in  that package, is there? I hope not! This week was pretty good: Monday: After emailing, we ran to the Chism's and played some Dungeons & Dragons! I made a character for myself! I'm a sorcerer, and I have a pet weasel  in  the game. It was great, I almost died... multiple times. I had tons  of  fun, and we played it with Bro. Chism...

  Hey family!!!!!!!! Ugh! So much rain! It just never stopped this whole week! The weather was basically the talk  of  the town the whole week. During P-Day, we had people preparing for some "Huge storm this weekend, and it's gonna be bad!" So, we were a bit on edge for the weather that was apparently coming... which it did, but it definitely wasn't as bad as everyone made it out to be. Monday: P-Day! Nothing out  of  the ordinary, though what we had planned to do that afternoon, play some games with a member family, the Chisms, had to be cancelled because Bro. Chism was sick. But we've rescheduled to play with them today after we get done emailing. That evening, we went to the Gerou's for FHE, and they had this super old FHE video  from  the church for the VCR. I've definitely never seen it before, but it was entertaining and spiritually uplifting. One  of  my favorite things  from  it was a little animation explaining the creation...

  Hey Family! So yeah, I hit my year mark this week! Whooot! Mom and Dad want to send me something, so I'll be looking for when it arrives! Everything at home seems like fun, especially Aggie! She's adorable when she's shaved like that. ... Well, I suppose everything except for a hurricane by Kelsey and Zac. I'm glad it wasn't too bad, but I can say this week I feel for them. The weather here has just been insane this past week, raining almost non-stop with high winds! My companion, Elder MacQueen, even said, "If I wasn't  from  Louisiana and knew what a hurricane is actually like, I'd think this was one!" Two words: Absolutely drenched! I didn't get pictures  of  any  of  the three nights we came back to the apartment completely soaked, but let's just say there was not a single article  of  clothing I was wearing that did not get wet. It felt like we stepped off  of  a marathon  of  Splash Mountain  in  Disneyla...

Alright, Mom, I'll try to do the chronological formatting on my emails a bit more often... never said I'd do it every time though. Just sayin'. Hey everybody! I'm still alive! I'm emailing way later  in  the day than usual because this morning we went on an adventure through the woods! ​For Zone Activity this P-Day, we woke up early-Early this morning, to go on a 4-mile hike (Though I'm dead certain it was longer than that!), up  in  Olympic National Park. It was very difficult, because we literally hiked to the top  of  the mountain! ​I'll put a few links to a couple  of  videos I shot at the very top... The problem with this weather though is the fact that once you're that high, all you see is just fog. We didn't get to see a very good view, but we did get a bit  of  an odd experience  in  that fog-ridden environment. Oh... and that also reminds me. Up at the top  of  the mountain, apparently we got cell phone servi...