April 2nd Email

April 2, 2012

Hey, everybody!

I've really enjoyed this hour of which I can converse with home and friends.  My mailbox is hungry, and I would like small updates maybe on some of my friends' dealings, too, if that's okay.

Well, this week was interesting.  Most of it was spent providing service to an investigator hauling wood and chopping it (with a chainsaw!!! -- I'm being careful, don't worry.  I've been in scouts long enough to understand that safety is key. . .  :P).

General Conference was amazing!!!  I'm excited to see what it's like again and read it.  We have powerful people in amongst the Brethren, and I'm glad that we are able to hear them.  The MoTab did an excellent job, particularly with "Come Thou Fount".  Wish I could experience that in person!  But there was a slight bummer. . .  We didn't really get to see the Priesthood session.  Our ward decided to wait until 7:30 (8:30 pm for you. . .) to watch it, because they were banking on the tape-delay version, rather than piping it straight there.  We had pie and ice cream beforehand, and we all filed into the chapel to watch it.  But they didn't make a tape, so we were going to try and watch it from off of the internet.  The connection was REALLY bad, so we only saw maybe ten minutes into Elder Bednar's talk, and then we abandoned it because of the many challenges to make it even that far. . .  So the bishop sent everybody home for the night, and we missionaries weren't able to see it. . .  However, the bishop was willing to have us come over some day next week to watch it at their home, due to the limited computer use restrictions.

But from what I could tell, Priesthood session was amazing.  And no temples were announced!  What's up with that?