Hi everyone, did you miss me? No? That's too bad because I'm back! For those of you who dont know, I got reassigned to serve in the Washington, Seattle Mission. I'm serving in the Benton Hill Ward in Renton and my companion is Elder Stradling, who was also in the Thailand Bangkok Mission! So that's cool stuff for sure.
WORK! WORK!
Washington State is still under some pretty heavy lockdown. It's illegal now to go to a public place without a mask, to give you a bit of an idea. So missionary work is pretty limited. We've been able to get out to serve some members in the ward, who are all the nicest and coolest people ever. They're all so great. I've gotten to do a lot of different jobs like weeding, mowing, flooring, digging, window washing, concrete moving just to name a few haha. It's been a ton of fun. I just hope the rain stays away so we can keep going outside.
The members feed us really well over here, so how are we keeping ourselves from getting fat? Good question, we would love to hear some suggestions if you have any. We've been able to get out to go on some quick runs (Elder Stradling prefers short fast paced runs to longer more relaxed ones haha) and even play spike ball and frisbee. But I'm still probably gonna be fat once its all said and done haha.
SOME REALLY COOL THINGS ARE HAPPENING
So we've met some really cool members and been able to help a lot of them out. Like weeding a family's whole yard, or helping someone make a barn in their backyard into a legitimate house, but on Saturday, someone we hadn't met told us we need to call him. So we did and it turns out he has a friend who told him that he wants to join our church. So he brought his friend, Ramone, to our Drive-Thru prayers and we got to meet him and hear his story. Hes had a lot of tough experiences but recently hes seen how crazy the world is and he realized that when he dies, he doesnt want to be without God. He is so cool, you guys. So we gave him a Book of Mormon and explained it to him. He already had some super cool insight about ancient American history and stories about a figure really similar to Jesus Christ. And hes really excited to start reading. I cant wait to see where it takes him.
OCEAN'S ๑๑
Elder Stradling and I have been put in charge of finding all of the Thai people in the mission that we possibly can, and we found the motherlode. There's a Thai Hope Christian Church in Seattle, and were working on getting to meet them. We watched a service they had over zoom yesterday, and were very excited to try to infiltrate and convert these people haha. More to come.
LAST THINGS LAST
- its quarantine still so not a whole lot is going on, but were trying.
- had some great burgers on the 4th with a member family. We got to talk about Southeast Asia, fireworks, Indonesian hymns, and, of course, America.
- I won a round of hearts, you guys. Bless up.
- we had a zoom call with some members and the phone died right in the middle of a spiritual and personal story. Oops.
- I need a new facemask. Badly.
- hey you! Yes, you! I love you. You're great. Have a good one.
เอ็ลเดอร์ คนธรรมดา (Ordinary Elder)
Elder Barrett
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