P-Day 60

Hi Mom! 

Hahaha... You're soooooo funny*. What a busy week! There was a lot of stuff packed into a short of amount of time. We have Mission Leadership Council again, so we will be flying into Anchorage tomorrow. We hope we have a good training planned. We also have transfer calls and interviews with the Mission President this weekend. So by next email I can let you know if I stay in Juneau or leave! #PrayForHmong

We were supposed to have a baptism but we pushed off the Tyskas. Andy Ramirez is going to get baptized this Saturday! He's super excited. We finished up the lessons yesterday and have the interview tomorrow. His mom took notes on everything and Andy studies off of it so he will be fine. He's the best! 

Then we have the Tyska girls getting baptized in 2 weeks or so. They are the most energetic little girls ever. They are excited as well and doing well.  

So we went fishing with the APs last week. And..... We caught nothing again. I need to stick to bass instead of salmon I guess! We went out and found a salmon that got stuck on the bank when the tide was going out. Since it was still fresh, Elder Bird wanted to take it. So we filleted it for him. 

Elder Wilson and Elder Keys ended up teaching someone while we were fishing. So me and Elder Bird came over and started talking too. He was bashing but we unveiled the scriptures.... So he became interested and we taught the restoration. Hopefully a new potential! 

So all of the summer YSA workers that are going to BYU left. So the YSA branch was tiny and is only going to get smaller. Then Vili Tuopou, one of the YSA members got married on Saturday in Portland. So every Polynesian that was somewhat related to him left. That means every Tongan in Juneau was gone for the week. Our Mt. Juneau Ward attendance went from 180ish to about 50. And the YSA branch went from 60 to 15 because of the Tongans and BYU students. Haha good thing they will be back this week, Juneau doesn't run without Tongans!

Elder Keys and I had to give talks in the YSA branch this week. I talked about Renlands recent talk and the statement: "The greater the distance between the giver and the receiver, the more the receiver develops a sense of entitlement." But I changed it to The greater the distance between us, and God, the ultimate giver, the more we develop a sense of entitlement. Elder Keys talked about always remembering the savior. Our talks went very well together. It was amazing to see revelation play out throughout the week while we prepared. 

We picked up several new potential investigators this week, so we are hoping they are receptive. It will be cool to see how they develop during the week. 

I think that's all for the week. I don't know what we are doing today... We may just try and go fishing again. I am determined to catch a salmon in Alaska! Haha no pictures again... Sorry!! Nothing interesting to take pictures of. 

I love you! Hehe 

*I told him that I was forgetting what he looked like because it had been so long since I had gotten any pictures.