My Old Kentucky Home

  Wow. First of all! Happy Mother's Day! So grateful for my Mom, and for all the other mothers of the world. It was a good day yesterday to get to call my Mom and as some say, "chop it up." Other than yesterday, this week was a bit of a grinder again, but that's ok. We had my last Zone Conference on Wednesday which was really wholesome and caused a lot of reflection for me. We trained and talked a lot about Chapter 8 of Preach My Gospel. I was also able to bear my departing testimony which was such a surreal experience. I bore testimony of how Jesus Christ has sustained me over the last 2 years, through the highs and lows. Of how the Book of Mormon and the words of living prophets are the key to spiritual survival. I was the only one in the group going home, so it was kind of weird to be the only one there, but it was a good time.  The rest of the week has been a LOT of finding, and it's been a little tough, but we've been making the most of it. We've foun...

Wow. What a week! Low-key don't even know where to start. This was a vibe of a week. In all honesty, this week was a bit of a find grind. But that's aight. We were able to talk about family history with a friend yesterday, and we're excited to teach him again tomorrow. We're really hoping that he will progress as it's been a struggle to find here the last little bit.  In terms of wild things, this week involved an exchange in Salem Indiana, a member meal that involved a guy incessantly wanting to know our bucket list for life while flexing his on us, the 150th Kentucky Derby, and member meal involving a dressed up Jockey. SALEM: Interesting and fun exchange. We got to teach a few people which was fun, and we also did some facebook work at the town square, which was pretty cool. I got to be with Elder Adams again, which was super fun. BUCKET LIST: The members in Salem that fed us had some non-member family staying with them for Derby weekend. It was always on their b...

Interesting Week. On Tuesday, I had my final regular scheduled interview with President McGinn. So that was kind of surreal. We talked about the final weeks of my mission and how I can carry that into the rest of my life. Being a missionary never stops. Some might even say #NewAlbanyNevaStops. Wednesday we had MLC which was definitely one of the more interesting ones I've attended. We had a great discussion about the blessings of attending Sacrament meeting on the morning. The entire afternoon was a discussion on how we're going to start keeping each other accountable for key indicators for conversion. Particularly monthly baptism goals. So it'll be interesting.  So in other news, the Bike Elders' apartment had a pipe collapse under their floor so they've been living with us since Wednesday. Their maintenance people have been quite the situation as they've dug an absolute trench all throughout their apartment. The quad life has been interesting. Thankfully we ha...

What a Week! We're ending with a bang over here in the KLM, that's for sure! This past week was pretty fun. We did a lot of hard work out in the heat, but it was worth it as we found a lot of cool new potentials. It's been reminding me of my Winchester and Shelbyville days with the sunny heat we've been getting. It seriously has been gorgeous weather. We found a lot of cool new people this week, and we're excited to meet again with them this coming week. We went on exchanges with the Bike Elders this week. I stayed here in New Albany with my son(!) Elder Lichlyter which was a super fun reunion exchange. It was kind of crazy since we've hardly served around each other since our time in Corbin, and it was so good to be together again. We started our exchange by selling my bike to some guy named Ethan in a Bass Pro Shops parking lot. So that was a vibe. The only problem is that he paid in cash and the nearest Bank of America ATM is in Lexington. So rip. But it'...

Y'all. Last P-day is up there as one of my favorites from the mission. It was so heat. The Total Eclipse was last Monday, and so we had District P-day around it. We all went to Wal-Mart together and got a bunch of food to grill out with, and then went back and grilled up some burgers, hot dogs, and pineapple and had a grand old time. After the food, we headed over to the walking bridge that spans the Ohio River from Louisville over to Indiana, and we watched the eclipse as a district. We were at about 99.5% totality, so we were just outside of totality, but it got pretty dark and the lights on the bridges turned on, which was super cool. It was honestly such a vibe, and I loved it so much. I kind of want to be back in Louisville on that bridge 21 years from now when the next big total eclipse happens. It would kind of be fun to reminisce lol. But other than that, it was another week of missionary work. But not just any week. My 100th week! Holy Cow, that's ludicrous to think ab...