7GUYS!! I went to the Hilcomurah pagaent today to help take down!! I took pics and will send them haha it was soooo cool!! And in the directors office are pics of the most epic scenes which I didn't take pics of sadly but still soooo cool!!!!!! And it was raining all day today and still is so that's why I'm so stinking drenched!!
But anyways!!!
MONDAY: We went and played Frisbee again hahahaha and probably will again today if we have time hash and then met Barbara, Dennis and Dave! Super nice friendly people who we talked with for awhile!! :) and then just had a member lesson haha!! Mondays are pretty slow!!
TUESDAY: We took down at Saints place and man I love it there!! Me and Elder Thornton did our mile run around the block and man it's so humid here so it sucks haha but super fun! And then we were out tracking and I see these 2 guys in scout uniforms and I'm like "oh I got this!!" and I totally screwed up Hha the first thing I said was, "hey guys how's it going? I like the shirts, you know scouts is ending this December right??" and my comp. is like Hha no just with out church and the guys are looking at me like I'm some kinda weird guy dressed up all nice hahah it was pretty embarrassing hahah but great day :)
WEDNESDAY: We had a lesson with George who is a new friend and he's doing great!! We taught him the plan of salvation and he loved it and said to us, "ya I was baptized... But, they did it the wrong way" I'm like HEY MY MAN!!!! THAT'S WHAT'S UP!! hahaha and then had a lesson with the Dak family and read 2 Nephi 31 with them to help clarify up what they were reading and they are so funny haha I love how mu h they love the scriptures!!! And then later we were tracking up a driveway to this house and the guy comes out and he's like "he just letting you know, I'm not interested but I have a question, WHY ARE YOU GUYS HERE?!?!" he basically said that we should be going to more lower class areas where they need it and didn't really understand that we have a area and are called here but it's all good!!! 😊
THURSDAY: we did exchanges and I went down to Hornell!!" THE COUNTRY!!" And we met 5 new ppp so awesome!! Hor ell is a gold mine!! And there is a company called "Alstom" and they are building America's next generation train for "Amtrack" and we were wondering why there were so many foreign ppl we met that were only going to be there for 10-12 months but we figured it out haha they got like all the superminds on trains from ppl from all different countries and brought them together to build mega train haha at least that's what we think because "Alstom" is like the top dog headquarters for train building I heard!! And then we went down to Stoney Brook Park and oh my word it's so beautiful, I'd send pictures but the elder who has the photos hasn't sent them over yet, so let's hope he does soon hahaha so there is a huge park and in the park are some cool trails that lead to a waterfall and some rapids, and on the super mellow parts where the water is basically still, they turned it into a pool and then there is a wall that you can swim up too that has an opening and you AR elite rally at the top of the falls and can look over!! It's so stinking cool!! And we had a lesson with Ronny and his wife and 3 kids, this is BY GAR THE FUNNEST LESSON AND PROBABLY FUNNEST AND FUNNIEST LESSON/EXPERIENCE EVER ON MY MISSION!!!!! his whole family is so much fun!! We were just cracking jokes the whole time and having pizza and gatorade and then everyone left so we were the only one left at the park so we hiked to the waterfall and taught them a lesson at the base of it!! It was so peaceful and sooo cool!! And for those who know me super well!! That lesson with everything in it, is like literally my dream come true!!
FRIDAY: We had a huge FaceTime meeting with all the district leaders!! It was so long hah cuz my comp is a district leader, so I just sat around and did nothing hahah and then came back and did weekly planning and met a fun lady who said "NO, NO, no, the book of Mormon isn't the Bible, the Bible is the Bible and it's all ya need, I'M ALL SET" I just kinda laughed haha it was pretty funny!! And then we were tracking and a car pulled ip behind us and was like "HEY ELDERS COME HERE!!" I'm like shoot they got us haha but it was 2 returned missionaries and they offered us a ride to wherever whenever so super nice guys!
SATURDAY: I think this day was by far the hottest day of the entire year!! It was sooo humid and the wind was literally so hot, (whenever you open the oven door and you feel that blast of heat, that's what the wind felt like all day!!!) oh my word it was sooo hot but the Lord blessed us because we got offered water like 10 times haha it's because I put on my puppy dog eyes!! But we then had a lesson with George again and he was curious about the 3 kingdoms of glory and with Noah's ark but we got it all figured out!! Now that I'm paying more in depth to my scripture reading, I can answer questions that ppl have that I never were thought possible for me until I got alot older hahah and then we did some tracking and Elder Thornton is like "I don't know about you elder Mehr but I have to use the bathroom sooo bad!!!" so we didn't want to waste miles and we hate doing it but we went to a members house and he thought we showed up to share a message, which we did (The Plan of Salvation) but we joked about it with him saying, ya we had to go to the batbro and you were the closest we had haha he just started laughing so it was a great time!!!!
SUNDAY: We had church and it was still super packed with pagaent and quite a bit of ppl from AZ! Sadly they rushed out the door right after so I couldn't talk to them, but Elder Lawton who was in my district my 1st transfer finished his mission and I saw him in church just randomly appear like the last 10 min (he's visiting everyone) and I just flipped!! It was awesome to see him again!! And then we met a new friend "Damon" man is he stinking good at making chicken, it smelt sooo good!!! And then literally tracked all day!! And at 8:45pm we knocked on our last door of the night and met a couple, Paul and Debbie, and they were so funny!!! Espically Paul haha because he has my dad's humor which is super funny!! 😂 And Debbie said that she has been to put church for a couple of years back in twin fall, Idaho and I'm like, hey no way, my brother served there!! And they were just so full of energy for an older couple haha they were awesome and then Debbie is like, "I went to Israel in May and I did the Follow in Jesus's steps" its a 2 week trip she said, and you get to visit the cross on calvary and the garden of Gethsemane and the mount of olives and other cool places, I SO WANT TO GO THERE!!! and then as we were leaving they said, "you guys want some food" so they gave us a HUGE, FAT, ENORMOUS COOKIE!!!! it was a great time!!!
And that's all Elder Mehr has got for you this week, stay tuned in for next week to watch for the big question?!?! Where will Elder Mehr get transfered too??? He can go from Buffalo-Albany. Plz email/Text your answers too
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Love you all!!!~Elder Mehr