Hello Family & Friends,
We had a very good week. Tuesday (I believe) we reconnected with one of our recently baptized friends and began teaching his family. All of his kids (especially Elanie) had a large interest in baptism after seeing how their father had changed. We began teaching them and have a return this week. They are very bright kids and already know most of the Gospel, we just need to brush up a few subjects. We had high hopes for sacrament meeting, estimating roughly 6 friends to come, but we had 2 of our favorites attended. MaryEllen and Debra had another spiritual experience this week, and really enjoyed Sunday school. Debra told me that she doesn't like crying, so she has mixed feelings about it! All in all, we had a fantastic week, and quite the calf workout as we walked around. For some reason we only were in neighborhoods with hills, how strange...
This Sunday was the first Super Bowl I have missed in a long time (sorry dad). However, having a new perspective on this remarkable event made me come to the conclusion... I do not like the super bowl as a missionary. No one would talk to us, Members included. Everyone had "family events" or "too many people over". Of course this was to be expected, so Elder Lewis and I decided to Seek with Faith for a while. We soon found that that would be ineffective also. We would hear distant screams, as well as "Booo". The worst part is, I missed all the commercials. We did have a wonderful dinner with our Ward mission leader though. In his words, "It would be better for you guys to be here in my house, than not talking to anyone out there".
To explain what it felt like, I will turn your minds to the 5th movie in the Harry Potter series. As Harry starts his own "Defense against the dark arts" class, he needs a place to do it. As he comes to find a nifty room perfectly made for his class, he walks around as the class is in session. That scene is approximately how I felt. It was truly, "Brilliant".
I came to the unfortunate news that someone really wanted my family letters more than me, but thank you to everyone who sent me mail! I am sure someone else is also grateful for your heartfelt notes. Maybe they needed it more? Oh well, life goes on!
No one can steal my emails!!
-Elder Vance