July 16, 2012
Erik Preaching in Hell, Michigan.
So last Wednesday I spent a day with another missionary in Chelsea. When we met the next day to switch back to our normal companions, we met in Hell! Yup, Hell Michigan. I’ll attach the pictures.
Saturday went really well with the baptism and everything. We had a lot of non-members show up as well because there was a Child of Record baptism that day as well which was cool. I felt kind of like we were stealing an easy baptism because the girl we baptized was only 9, but the spirit at the service was awesome. There is a spirit at convert baptisms that just isn’t at Child of Record ones. After the confirmation on Sunday, there was just a different attitude all around in the ward. Everyone just seemed really happy and we had 3 members give us new referrals right after sacrament meeting. It was really cool. Hopefully this baptism will help spark the ward and lead them to even greater missionary work.
There’s a Bigfoot loose in Hell…Michigan!
Other than that things have been pretty much same old same old. Michigan is in a REALLY BAD drought this year. It looks like Nevada out here just with more humidity. Our emergency preparedness guy in the ward told us that all of the farming is really bad. The farmers are already calling the corn and apple crop a complete failure this year. The only thing doing ok are blueberries. But Michigan is a HUGE corn supplier for the nation and the corn sucks this year. It grew way to fast and had to little of water. I’ve seen some of the corn they are already harvesting and it is really small. Only about half as big as it was last year. It’s pretty crazy.
Last night we got invited by a member to go to the beach of a local lake. We couldn’t swim or go on the boat or anything but we had some awesome food. They cooked these BBQ ribs that were amazing! The Howell ward has some pretty awesome cooks in it and they feed the missionaries pretty dang well. Another member is having their mom come up from Mexico and stay with them for a little while and they told us she’s an amazing mexican cook so we’re definitely going over there for a dinner.
Well, I hope you’re all doing well and enjoying summer. I can’t believe I’ve been out a year and I can’t believe I’ve already been in Howell for almost 5 months. It’s crazy!