Hey, everyone!
It's great to hear from you, too!
About the camera cards, I have not. But I did find out that the camera I lost at the MTC is on its way here. They found it (I don't know where) and asked if I was willing to get it. I accepted, as some pictures on there (like with my MTC district) couldn't be recovered otherwise. That means I have three cards coming! I'm still very sorry that I lost the other two, though. . .
Today, I'll be receiving an accompaniment part for a medley of two hymns to be played this Wednesday. I'm not sure if I'll be able to do it, but there is a great deal prayer and effort can do. So I'm going to be practicing as hard as I can (while not cutting into proselyting time) to be able to make it by Wednesday.
This is the first occasion where an investigator I've been teaching has canceled our appointments. He was kind in saying it, but he just maintained that he couldn't improve at all, being too cemented in his ways to be able to change for the better. That's not true, but I believe that if I had said exactly that, that he wouldn't take it well (he's kinda a rough type. . .). So I had to just leave it at that.
Sister Norman sings opera. Yesterday, Easter Sunday, she sang "The Lord's Prayer" (the same tune as the one Voice Male sings in one of their "Hims" albums) for sacrament meeting. It was awesome!
I've been feeling better acquainted with missionary work, and I am feeling much more comfortable in doing this work than I have for a while. One transfer in, and I'm already liking it! I am still with Elder Ottley, since the training lasts two transfers (12 weeks).
I've been decorative! I just decorated a box for my bible! I'm going to decorate the case for my triple combination, but I would like to get gold-ish paper or the like. I'll show you pictures next time.
When you leave the MTC and you are at the airport, you are supposed to pay for your luggage, which means $60 cash out of your own pocket. When you get to the field, they are supposed to refund it for you. When I got here, and just five weeks into the field, I realized that I didn't get $60 back in my mission account. I asked Sister Bodmer (who is in charge of missionary finances) about it, and she found out that it didn't ever get put in. Neither had that money been put in for the missionaries that came with me to the field. So I was able to help them get refunded, and that makes me happy.
I will get to Alma 34 soon. I've been reading 14 pages a day since last Tuesday, I believe. There was a challenge to read 7 pages a day and to look for how there were mighty changes of heart manifested in the scriptures, and it was issued by my mission president. So I'm doing that, and I'll be getting to it soon.
The tea bag trick works! I've been using it to teach people! I like it!
I'll print out some pictures and send it to you, with some letters, too. I'm just running out of time, so I wasn't able to. See you next week!
Elder Sam Skeen
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