It's a Boy!

7/31/17 Email:

Ok so last week I forgot to tell you that this it was going to be transfers this weekend.  So yeah, Saturday afternoon I got a call from President Adams and he asked me to be a trainer.  This is going to be a crazy transfer, cuz everyone is training in our zone.   Some cool facts other than that about this transfer, my MTC companion, Elder McFarland is going to be my district leader! I love that man!  And there is another elder who will be in our zone, Elder Hardman, who played baseball for American Fork, so I am excited to get to know him as well.  So those are just some interesting facts about this new transfer.I am staying here in Thoreau, by the way.

SO some exciting events that happened this week...

Monday after playing basketball in Gallup, which by the way is probably more of a workout than the rest of the week combined, we got back to our trailer and like 15 minutes later a huge storm came in... Here are some pics that I got.

 

So yeah, the rain was ridiculous, but I loved it, not to mention the thunder and lightning.  But we had to go over to Crownpoint for some baptism interviews, and when we went out to the truck, which was like 30 minutes after we got back, it was still pouring, and because our trailer is at the lowest spot on the church property there was like a lake around us.  We were pretty much on a trailerboat.  But anyway so there was a decent amount of standing water around us and we had to walk through it to get to our truck.  Well when we got back we found that our roof had a leak, so our ceiling was collapsing...

Anyway after that nothing too crazy happened. Elder Henderson got his departing interview, and we have done a lot of walking, and have gotten soaked a fair number of times from the rain.

But yesterday was an adventure...  So it started off good, went to church did that whole thing, then we went with Elder and Sister Stubbs for lunch, then our second counselor Brother Lawrence took us out again.  Well we stopped by his place to load a few things up and that's when another storm hit.  Well he had a trailer on his van, and we were trying to go visit some people up these pretty nasty dirt roads. Well with the trailer and all he couldn't make it up the hills.  So we had to take it off in the middle of a storm on a muddy hill.  We put it back on the first time, and we almost rammed it into the back of his van cuz it was hard to control on a muddy hill, but we managed it the first time with no damage.  the second time, he thought he could  take it off by himself, and told us to stay in the car.  Well long story short, he lost control and it pinned him down.  Luckily he didn't get hurt, but we ran out and helped  him, and then we all put it back on.  So that was the excitement for this week.  

Spiritual message comes from Alma 5:14 when Alme the Younger asks "Have ye received his image in your countenances?"  I really like this because it gets us to really ponder our lives and to ask ourselves, "When others look at me, do they see Jesus Christ?  Do they see someone who radiates the Light of Christ? Do they see someone who is really trying to follow the Savior?"  SO I would just encourage you all to think about that and then to make a commitment to do what is needed so that they can see that.

Love you all, and hope y'all have a great week!

Elder Takis