Hey Everyone!
This week was probably one of the weirdest weeks so far for the work, but General Conference was so good! I hope you all watched it and found something to take into each of your lives!
We started the week off with some good old Mika service. It seems to have become a weekly tradition where President Mika calls and asks if we're planning on coming out there to help with something. It's usually just been cutting up and stacking wood boards. Nothing to bad, but this week we ended up doing it in a little snowstorm. It wasn't snowing before we got there, but as soon as we got to work, it started and didn't show any sign of stopping. But it ended with some of Sister Mika's delicious cooking. Always worth the work.
Wednesday we decided to head to a part of the area Elder Parkin and I never got the chance to hit. We headed to Mellen, which is about 20 miles south of Ashland. It was a pretty good idea, since there was some stopbys and knocking that hadn't been done in forever. But the snowstorm from Tuesday was still hanging around down there. But we had already used the miles to get there, so kinda tracting through a little blizzard. Then we ended up with dinner with Sister Schave, so it was pretty good.
Thursday we headed out to Ironwood for the day. We had a couple lessons and stopped by a bunch of people. We had a lesson with John in which we helped him set up the beginning of his family tree. He said he's gonna work with his sister and get really into it. We also helped him get the names of his parents and grandparents to take to the temple for baptisms. It's gonna be a fun trip and I'm so glad we get to go with the branch! Then we met up for a lesson with someone we've known about for a little bit, but she's been hard to get a hold of. We ended up having the lesson in a laundromat, and when we gave her the Book of Mormon at the end she was so excited! Hopefully she reads it and feels the power that comes from it.
Friday we had a lesson with Charmaine. But we decided to go out there an hour before and tract a little bit around the rez. We found this dude named William and he seemed pretty interested. He said he had seen missionaries hanging out in the coffee house, so I guess it must've been enough to take a little interest in what we got to say, so pray for him to keep that interest.
Now the big thing! General Conference was sooooo good! My personal favorite talk was Elder Dushku's. His whole thing about looking for and catching the rays of enlightenment was such an amazing idea! Also, the fact that not everyone should be looking for a pillar of light, but those little rays can be put together to make our pillar of light. Also, Elder Renlund's talk about just keep paddling and trying was such a testament to how we must keep nourishing our spiritual side and our testimony. But I hope I wasn't the only one who felt the whole overarcing message of the power of the temple! That is one of the things I most miss being out here. You know as soon as I get home I'm going at least once a week. So go to the temple for me!
Ok, everyone! Have an amazing week! Love y'all!
Sincerely,
Elder Buchanan
P.S. I've also dived back into writing songs a bit. Imma attach one to this. Give me your feedback!
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