Austin's Missionary Journal

Hey, Family! Ah, man!!! The new house is almost finished?! That's crazy! I can't wait to see what it looks like when it's all done and moved  in . I'll need pictures! Lots  of  pictures!!!... or I could just wait until Mother's Day when I call home to see the place. Either way, I hope everything goes smoothly during the closing and move- in ! This week has just been horrible when it comes to seeing our investigators. We weren't able to meet with any  of  our investigators, save for some short contacts and phone calls with them. Probably the most stressful night this week was Thursday night, when  all   of  our appointments fell through and we were left trying to figure out what else to do. Those kind  of  nights are pretty rough. But thankfully for the month  of  March, the Brownsville Ward is shooting to have every family have the missionaries over to work out their individual mission plans and goals. Each family will sign up ...

Hey Family and Friends! This week has been exhausting!!! I'm am literally aching, and I really haven't done anything too strenuous or physically demanding at all this week... well, besides missionary work. But that still wouldn't make any sense because I don't think I'm working any harder than I did last transfer. This past week I've been super tired, esspecially while working. I have been going to be earlier a few times this week, which seems to help a little bit, but it immediately gets just as bad later on... Maybe I just need to get to bed at 9:30 every night. We'll see if that helps. Anyways, besides it being tiring, this week went fairly well. Unfortunately, Harrison still doesn't want to commit to being baptized. We met with him on Friday night and reviewed the Restoration  of  the Gospel with him again, this time having him explain it to us. I think it really helped because during the lesson he had a vague idea  of  what it all was and meant, but...

Hey Everybody! Man, it was cold this week! But through the struggles the weather presented, I learned something: Snow is fun; rain, I can deal with; but rain when there's snow already on the ground, complete and utter misery. Never before have I gotten my shoes completely soaked through and have my toes become numb like I've been walking through the snow  in  bare feet. Yeah, this week was pretty hard. It snowed until Tuesday afternoon, and then after that it continued to rain. But even then the snow stuck around until about Friday, which was surprising considering how much it rained. During this whole week, it's been nothing but dark and cold, and it seemed like everyone we talked to felt that; There was hardly anyone who even wanted to carry a conversation on the doorstep. But finally Sunday came, and how glorious it was: ​It was so bright and sunny, I could barely see because my eyes were so used to the gray, cloudy days. It felt so nice to work out  in . Made me excit...

I looked out the window, and what did I see? ​Snow! Snow Everywhere!! It started last night, raining while we were out working, but the rain gradually became snow as it fell. It had been snowing for a couple  of  hours when we turned  in  for the night, and it kept coming throughout the night. And it is still snowing as I write this now. This morning we couldn't actually get out  of  the driveway because a tree had fallen over  in  the night, blocking the driveway right before it reaches the road. However, our landlady had a chainsaw, which she allowed us to use, and we got it all chopped up and moved  in  a few minutes. My week went pretty well: Monday: Usual P-Day, hung out at the church, played some games. We played Dodgeball and I still can't throw a ball very well. But everytime I tried, I just laughed it off and kept going. It was fun. Tuesday: It was a good day  of  work. The Silverdale 2nd elders came over for exchanges...