Shoutout bev runs - Jack's email from Alaska

 Whats up everyone this was the first week of the transfer which went pretty well. My companion apparently went to the same high school as me but i honestly hadn't met him until the mission if im being honest. Hes got a LOT of energy so it will be interesting to see how this transfer goes fosho. This week was pretty chill though we found a couple more people to teach which was cool. Not a lot of our lessons went through though. 

Highlights: 

-tracted out a complex and got into a bash with this guy but he didnt understand the points I was getting at so (still won that thing) 

-our friend nick came to church and brought his roommate

- idk sum else was probably good in the week idk 

Lows:

- last wednesday for transfer pday everyone flights got delayed and cancelled so we was running back and forth to the airport to pick everyone up which was buns 

- said bye to elder horne which was sad 

- lost my ability to talk to people this week as well 

Anyways pretty chill week, send me an email if ur bored I'll respond today fosho. 

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Mosiah 25:23-24

23 And now there were seven churches in the land of Zarahemla. And it came to pass that whosoever were desirous to take upon them the name of Christ, or of God, they did join the churches of God;

24 And they were called the people of God. And the Lord did pour out his Spirit upon them, and they were blessed, and prospered in the land.

Shoutouts: 

Raising canes 

Circle k bev runs 

Snyders pretzels 

Diet coke 

The Canyons and Purple Sage

 Had a Stay Cation for golf this weekend.  Played at The Canyons.  It is at Park West and never heard of it before.  Sandra loves it so we played.  Loaded up the clubs.  

It is kindof a wierd place to find.  We ended up at a hotel, then we had to drag our clubs through the lobby with all our junk.  In the elevator, to the course.  THEN once we hauled our clubs, we took a cart down to the course. We had to Valet the car

there is all our HUD on the stairs of the hotel.  So very weird. 

These are the only pictures I took.

Had dinner at Red Rock.  It was ok, but those are my golfing friends 

It was a great course.  We got the local, Veteran, and Senior citizen rate.  One of our friends is a veteran, and so the entire group got the rate!  I can't wait to go back. 

Then the next day, we played at Purple Sage in Evanston, WY.  This is about an hour from my house.  I liked that course too.  I think better than the Canyons.  I am not that good, so this one was much better.

the sky was beautiful

Great day of Golf with my besties.

Piper Kennedy Update - Two weeks old

                                         Happy Birthday to Piper!  Two weeks old Today.  

                     She is back up to birth weight Plus 3 ounces.  Way to go.

Reading at an early age!

LOOK Piper doesn't have her CPap on!  It is fun to see her cute little face.

She is SOOOOO Loved. Can't wait to take her in a stroller and go to Maverick and to the park and to Target to get some clothes and a treat!  :)  And watersliding 

I got her these books to read to her. They were my favorite when my kids were little.  They are so cute.

Sun Hills and Greek Festival

 Weekend started off Playing some Golf at Sun Hills.  Andrew decided to come with us, because we needed another person and he could play with his favorites Ted, and Eric.  He also got to play with Carey. Who is good too.  

That's Eric in the yellow shirt.  He walks ALL the time.  He is cool like that.

While there, I saw this sing.  Thought Michelle and I should do this.  We didn't of course.

Then when i got home, Lynne asked me to go to the Greek Festival.  Sure.  I'm in.

I got a Gyro.  It was ok.  I got salad dressing instead of Cucumber sauce so that made a difference.  I didn't want the meat balls or the Stew.  Lynne got the Lamb and I knew I didn't want that. 

Then we watched the entertainment.  The Tent was absolutely HUGE that they rented. The Greek Dancers are very intersting.  They stand in a line and and move around.  Some of them aren't really that great.  I could probably be a dancer.  It was super fun though to go and eat the food and watch the enterainment.  And fun to go with my BFF Lynne.  It was also some great people watching.  

Then on Sunday, my friend Kim (who works for the Greek Church in the office) asked Sandra and me if we could volunteer to help in the food line.  They were short handed.  Sure we can.  I got a sub for church and we were there. 

We got a free T shirt to wear and got to park in the parking lot.  We got to walk behind the scenes to get to our area. That part was very interesting too.  

I served up the grape leaves things called Dolmodes, baked chicken, and Calamari.  

Here's our ticket for a free meal that we didn't get.  

We also took a tour of the Church and had a Choir demonstration that was very beautiful.  

It is so interesting to see how other church's do things.  The Greeks are just as dedicated to their faith as we are to ours.  

Transfers - Jack's email from Alaska

What up everybody! This was the last week of the transfer which was such a blessed week. We was like on exchanges a ton and it was my comps last week in the mission so that was sad. Said bye to him yesterday and that was a hard goodbye fs im gonna miss that dude. A lil rundown of the week mainly was my comp is like my best friend and he was a little trunky to say the least. We tried every effort to be diligent tho even if he didnt want to go tracting or any finding which makes sense sometimes. But it was a good week overall. Definitely feeling a lot better mentally compared to last weeks email fosho.

Spiritual thought: 

2 Timothy 1:8-9

 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

Anyways send me an email or sum. 

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Jack's Comp he is going to miss who goes home this week.

This must be the meal they went out for to celebrate the comp going home.  Jack needed some money for the dinner...:)

Abi the Aligator

Grandpa Lewis wrote each granchild a book about them on their fifth Birthday.  Abi was Abi the Aligator.  They were hand written and in sheet protectors .  There was NO tech involved.  They were so cute.  Abi had me take some pics of her book.  Here they are.

And the last page was always this one

30 degrees in September -Jack's email from Alaska

What is going on everyone!! This week was a chill week for the most part. We had a lot of lessons so work wise it was a very good week. However this was probably one of the harder weeks mentally. I felt myself losing sight of things and just beating myself up for sure. Anyways tho back to the important matters. My companion goes home next week which is sad to hear. My companion rn is probably one of my best friends I've had in awhile and I am so sad to see him leaving. We had a couple good lessons this week though so let's get into the week. 

We had our first lesson with our friend kenny, we started just teaching the restoration to him and then right as I got into the book of mormon I felt a prompting to just talk about baptism. I talked about covenants and the holy ghost with him. He then emphasized its what he wants at this time. We put him on date in the first lesson!! It was so crazy, but yeah. 

Highlights: 

- hecka lessons this week

- had a buss member meal at the branch presidents house 

- 4 new people found 

- My studies this week 

Low lights: 

-my mindset 

- people coming to church 

- winter 

Anyways that was cool. 

Spiritual thought: 

Mosiah 4:6 

I say unto you, if ye have come to a knowledge of the goodness of God, and his matchless power, and his wisdom, and his patience, and his long-suffering towards the children of men; and also, the atonement which has been prepared from the foundation of the world, that thereby salvation might come to him that should put his trust in the Lord, and should be diligent in keeping his commandments, and continue in the faith even unto the end of his life, I mean the life of the mortal body—

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