WEEK 38 - HAPPY JEDI DAY!!

Not so long ago in a state not very far away, turmoil has engulfed the Colorado Fort Collins Mission. The proper distribution of investigators to the missionaries is in dispute. Hoping to resolve the matter with a blockade caused by Seattle-like rainstorms, the greedy forces of the Adversary has stopped all missionary work in the small area of Coal Creek. While the Colorado Fort Collins Mission Leaders endlessly debate this alarming chain of events, the Mission President has secretly dispatched two Missionary Elders, the representatives of the Lord Jesus Christ to settle the conflict...

 

Hey everyone! Happy Jedi Day! "May the fourth be with you" all on this awesome and exciting day! As I said in the introduction above, this week has been very interesting, as far as weather has been involved. Rain, snow, sleet, hail--we've had it all, and very little rain. Buckets by buckets have poured down on our heads for the past three days, and there just doesn't seem to be any end to this storm. Even today, though it hasn't seriously rained yet, dark clouds and cold-biting winds loom over the valleys and foothills, betraying the stormy weather that is soon to come. And even before this stormy weather, Elder Buchanan and I were unfortunate enough to find ourselves slightly under the weather as well. Oh, we're find now, don't worry. But--now this is the strange part--the very day after we came back from the temple, both Elder Buchanan and I woke up with mild headaches and back-flipping stomach aches, both of which increased in severity as the day continued. Once the rains came, though, we were feeling fine once more...and had to suffer through the pouring rain and crackling thunder...sigh...

 

Well, on with the week!

 

Though the storms have bit down on us for much of this week, I and Elder Buchanan were able to get a decent amount of work accomplished this week. The family that we live with, the Dimigs, needed a few extra hands to help with the yard work they still had to do. This yard work included digging out an enormous lilac bush that was starting to die, planting three new fruit trees at the edge of their yard, and tearing down their gardens so they could put in a larger patio. Surprisingly enough, even with Elder Buchanan and me lending a hand or two to the work, we weren't able to take care of even just the lilac bush in one day. So, with the Lafayette Elders by our side, we worked hard and managed to pull the lilac bush out after four long hours of hard work...in the rain and hail. By the time we were done, all four of us were drenched head to foot, and the hole that the lilac bush had been pulled free from was filled with rainwater and mud. Exhausted, we decided to take advice from the beginning of Genesis, and put off the rest of our work for the next day.

 

Sadly, besides the yard work, there isn't much else that I can report on. Elder Buchanan and I tried hard to find people this week, but with the rain, the hail, and the pure exhaustion from everything we'd had to do this week, we just weren't very successful. So, I guess for now...this is all I have to say. Some days are harder than others. Some are filled with innumerable blessings, and others will find you crawling on your hands and knees, just trying to make it through. In spite of it all, it's important to recognize that regardless of our situations in life, God continues to love us. And though His presence might not be as noticeable some days as opposed to others, He is always there, lending us an unseen hand that honestly might just be the only thing keeping us from falling down and quitting. God exists. He loves all of us. I bear solemn testimony of this in the name of His son, the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

 

--Elder Z.S.Weber