Hello
all, I hope all is well back home. This area is an interesting one.. . It cracks me up hahaha I'm getting the full taste
of West Virginia... I have no idea what my accent will sound like after I get
out of here!! Hahaha
Well we finally got our Samsung phones. We woke up Thursday
morning and drive to Winchester and had to be there by 7:30 to set up our
phones. We walk in to the church and there my phone is... Just sitting right
there on the table with my name on it!! Haha not gonna lie.. it's kind of weird
having a phone back in my hands like this again. It's been 7 months since I
have held a phone like this!! Haha anyways the meeting was about 8 hours and it
was all about online proselyting and finding people to teach on Facebook. It's
was quite the meeting!! Elder Bednar was the guy who has been instructing
missionaries across the United States on how to use these tools righteously. He
said that these tools can be used for almost everything we do in missionary
work. He also said that the general authorities wanted to get smart phones in
the missionaries hands for another reason.. He said that if we can get the
missionaries to learn how to use these phones righteously and to use them for
good then we will immunize a generation from pornography. One of their main
goals is to make it so the missionaries learn how to use these phones
effectively so that when they return home they won't have to worry about pornography.
I just thought that was pretty cool.
So with the Facebook thingy.. so I cannot only see what you
guys tag me in, what you share with me, what you message me and all of that
stuff. But I can also answer your messages and comments on Mondays! So I can
communicate with anyone on Mondays!! But I can see everything throughout the
week!
This past week has been super crazy and busy. This new app
the church has made for planning is keeping us running everywhere. We are busy
from Sun up to Sun down. Which is how I like it! We are allowed to look at our
Facebook's at lunch and dinner if we choose! So I have already stalked all of
your Facebook's;) haha
My companion said that you can send packages right to our
trailer and it will come to our P.O box. The post office is right next to our
trailer so I will be able to get it. And it will be safe to send it here.
Everyone in our trailer park knows us. We have taught some of them. They refer
to us as the "church people" haha. And all the little kids love us!
They are always out on the dirt road playing!! Haha when the tree fell on our
trailer.. We get back and all we see is a huge group of people standing around
our trailer just saying that a tree fell on the "church peoples"
trailer... Haha it was funny. People have knocked on our trailer door asking
for money too.. Haha little do they know missionaries are just about as poor as
they are! Haha we just look rich but it's an act. Lol
Not a ton of success this week. A lot of doors slammed in
our faces. But we are praying and looking for another investigator to teach. We
have been doing A lot of LA work as well here. Not A lot of success in that
aspect either. We haven't been able to get them to church.. It's a desire thing
here. They don't have the desire to come. But it will get better!! This branch
will be a ward when Elder brown and I are done with it!! ;) it's not
pride... It's just confidence. Confidence is key ;)
Well thanks for the emails!! Thanks for all you do!! It is much
appreciated!! I love and miss you all. I pray for you daily! Keep being awesome!
Love ya!!
Love,
Elder Welling!!
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