June 6, 2009

Today we went on exchanges and I am with Elder Burroughs from Hawaii. He’s so lucky, but he doesn’t even surf! (That is a sin.) We were asked to help a family move, but we got lost! Our Portland area is so confusing! The maps don’t label every road and most of the streets don’t connect. A lot of intersections have anywhere from two to four other streets intersecting in the same place.

When we finally arrived, they were already done moving! But Brother Butler was there and he needed help moving also. When we were about finished, Sister Butler said the grill was dirty so let’s just leave it here. We spoke up and said we will take it! They agreed, and now we have a great propane grill on the patio of our apartment!

Since we were going on a blitz of our area with the zone leaders, I got to go with Elder Wood from North Phoenix! He loves cars and racing too! We tracted into the home of an old guy that was so happy we came over to visit him! It was his 95th birthday! Afterwards, we went home and did our studies. We counted three new investigators today! Great!

Tomorrow is fast Sunday. I love hearing and testifying about the gospel. Especially how it brings such joy and comfort to the lives of those that are having struggles.
Love you, Elder Mathieu