July 8, 2013
This is sort of an inside
joke with my little brother Braden. So.... yeah. Any questions,
concerns? Well... just ask Braden! He'll probably tell ya :)
So, this week has been crazy! And I've got some... news... at the end. So stay tuned!
On Tuesday,
we didn't have ANY set appointments, so we decided that it would be
best to get out and see the Less Active members of our Branch, as well
as the Active members. Hopefully we could get some referrals out of it,
and get some New Investigators! So, we drove ALL over the place, our
area covers around 2600 square miles or so, so we had a lot of ground to
cover. We were able to talk to a bunch of our Less Active Members and
had a great time with them! It was a good day.
Wednesday...
On to
Thursday! :)
On
the 4th of July, which also happened to be my older brothers birthday,
Don. Shoutout to my bro! Happy Birthday, hope it was a good one! Can't
believe everyone did ALL those fireworks JUST for your birthday! :)
Anyways, our 4th was pretty good, we were invited over to the
Harris' for a BBQ and to watch their fireworks! It was really great,
they had ribs, burgers, dogs, brats, potato salad, all the good stuff!
Then we had the fireworks show, and they have some COOL stuff out here! A
lot of things in the air, and stuff that explodes! Michael made a bomb
out of sparklers, you can probably look it up online. I got a video of
it. It was sick! Oh... should I have mentioned that? Don't care, it was
awesome :) What's the 4th without a little bit of explosives?
On Friday
we had our District Meeting and then we went on exchanges! I stayed
here in Concordia with Elder Holt, one of our Zone Leaders, while Elder
Kempter went with Elder Moyle to Manhattan. It was great! Our
appointments for
Friday afternoon all fell through, so that was a bit of a bummer. But it's OK!
Then
on Saturday
we had a huge service project out in Mankato, with a non member named
Mark. He just bought a huge house that needs a lot of work done, and so
we got there and got to cutting down a bunch of trees that had grown
around his cast iron fence. It was hard work, but it was real fun, I
enjoyed it. Elder Holt is a farm boy from Idaho, so he enjoyed it as
well. After that we got back, showered, changed, and headed back to
Salina so we could exchange back! Headed home, and went right to an
appointment with a new investigator, David. It was great, he met Brother
and Sister Gile, and now he's got a solid fellowship in the church! Sad
story is, David is in a retirement home. He's 48, and he's paralyzed
from the waist down. He was an EMT, riding to the hospital in an
ambulance, when a speeding car (who was being chased by the police) ran
into the back of the ambulance where David was. Killing 3 and leaving
David in his condition. He's a really great guy though, and he likes
having us over!
On Sunday,
we were able to get David a ride to church as well, so that was
awesome! He really enjoyed it, and he's anxious to see us again. We'll
be seeing him tonight.
So.
Here's the news.
I'm being transferred out of Concordia,
to Garden City. That's a new area that we have picked up because of the
mission split. The Kansas Wichita Mission has part of the Colorado
Springs mission, and the Missouri Independence Mission. So... I'm going
to an area that I would have never been able to go, barring this mission
split. So I'm excited! But at the same time I'm really sad. I've grown
to love the crap out of the members here and I wish I could stay just a
little longer. But I know that the Lord is sending me there for a
reason, and It's my job to find out why. Wish me luck!
I love you all, and I hope to hear from you soon!
Elder DeFreese
P.S. remember the mission office address? It's 7011 E 13th st. North
Wichita, Kansas
67206
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