Happy Labor Day! I hope your labors go well!
Every Monday is Labor Day for missionaries! We call it
Preparation Day or P-DAY! and it is our mandated day off (really about 8 hours
off) We go back to work after 6pm.
This past week saw the weed population in various locations
get decimated, at least for a little while. Elder Hatefi and I helped out a guy
with some beastly weeds growing in his pasture. We didn't get it all done, but
he let us know that we were more than welcome to come back and do it again.
Looks like we'll be going back! That same day, we joined a group of
missionaries helping another guy weed and clean up his house in preparation for
moving and selling it. It's a little known fact that missionaries can increase
your property value. We were pretty tired after these two projects, but it felt
good to help other people out, even if it was just pulling weeds.
Later that evening a guy we visited told us the most
horrific spider story I've ever heard. I also noticed above his head a web with
a rather large spider resting on it. Once the wind picked up and his door
slammed shut, the spider disappeared. With a yelp, I jumped off his front step,
stopping to quickly apologize for my eccentric behavior and explaining that I
had thought the spider had fallen on me and that I hated spiders. Everyone
commenced to guffaw.
The daughter of the Bishop of the ward I'm serving in just
returned from her mission to Madrid, Spain. She spoke in sacrament meeting and
had to stop a few times and think about what the translation of the word she
wanted to use in English, since she got used to speaking Spanish for a year and
a half. The words she did share reminded me of why I'm out here in Idaho
serving a mission and I was filled with a greater desire to serve and love the
people out here. I am very grateful to be serving God here.
I hope you each have a great week!
Love,
Elder Adamek
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