October 7

October 7

Hi Everyone, 

This week was a really interesting one.  We did not do any normal missionary work.  All we did was help people out in the community.  It was cool but we had a lot of good stuff planned and a lot of people to visit but that will have to wait.  It was very interesting trying to get adjusted to not doing missionary work.  I feel like I am doing something wrong because we didn't have a lesson all week.  But President Hamblin came and talked to us about how we are still doing the Lord's work by helping out the community.  IDK I just wanna keep teaching people.  






 

My district and I walked around neighborhoods and asked people if they needed help.   It was great to see the connection people had with us.  They were so grateful.  Normally they are not as happy to see us.  It has been cool getting to meet people that would generally be more closed off if we were in a normal context.













 

This Saturday we picked up logs and cleaned up trees for 9 hours straight.  It was brutal and I woke up this morning with poison ivy all up my arm and even a little bit on my face.   I am fine but it is annoying.  




This week we will still be mostly helping people with their yards.  But we should be able to sneak some lessons.  We worked all day Saturday and Sunday so we didn't get to see any of General Conference.  BUT  I am hyped about the Summit NJ temple.  I didn't think we would ever get a temple.  I thought it was a joke when people told me at first.  I'm excited. 

 

Love, Elder Gurney

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