Bike Week - 16 April 2021

Sam did not have a vehicle for the weekend and coming week so it was Bike Week! He had to fix an old bike that was left behind by another missionary since he did not purchase a bike when he went out on his mission. When originally called to Jamaica, he was told that he was on a walking mission, no bike, no vehicle. North Carolina has been very different.

The next Monday for P-Day, Sam wrote this:

"It was especially interesting when halfway through our day my comps bike broke on Saturday. We were biking to our different appointments and as we were pulling up to one, his right pedal fell off. The threading where the pedal attaches is stripped so we couldn't put it back in. We were a 30 minute bike ride away from home and still had 2 more appointments that morning. We ended up walking to the next appointment and canceled the last one. It was a fun little twist of events. Being on bikes honestly makes me feel like and actual missionary. It just feels different when you ride a bike with a white shirt and a tie."

BBQ Competiton - 10 April 2021

There was a BBQ competition near where Sam lives. Several other Elders and Sam decided to attend to see if they could interact, meet and talk to people. They had a blast, met lots of great people and had some pretty amazing food including frog legs for the first time.

Weekly Email - 29 March 2021

Hey Everyone, how's it going?

This weeks been pretty fun. On Tuesday we had a meeting about how we use Facebook better. It's been interesting becasue they have been making a lot of changes. They are still working on merging the Facebook pages so we really dont know what's happening. 

 

Wednesday we just worked on talking to people. We had a awesome member dinner. Thursday morning we went and did service at a horse rescue one of our new members volunteers at. It was really fun, we helped brush the horses, cleaned up and even helped fix an electric fence. On Friday we worked on a Facebook video we are making. We are asking some kids questions about Jesus. On Saturday we went in to a trio. Another missionary in our zone moved so we got his companion. We played ultimate Frisbee with some members and non members and that was super fun. On Sunday we went to both sacrament meetings and did some more recording for our video. We had a Bible study that night and that was fun. 

I had a great week and am having fun. I hope y'all are doing good. Next week is transfers and I'll try to email when I figure out what's happening.

 

Love you all, Elder West.

Horse Rescue Service Project - 25 March 2021

This is a horse rescue one of our new members volunteers at. They really wanted us to come with them so we spent the morning helping out by cleaning up and fixing some things over there.

 

Weekly Email - 22 March 2021

 Hey everyone! 

 This week was ok. It was a little slow but that happens sometime. On Tuesday I had a interview with our mission president and that was cool. He still hasn't heard anything about Jamaica so I still don't know when I'll be heading back. We have been doing a lot of contacting people to see if they are interested in learning. We haven't really gotten anything back from people but we are going to keep trying. We have been meeting and teaching with someone so that has been really fun. We talked about the Book of Mormon with Him and he liked it. We gave him one and he started reading. We are planning on going over again this week to talk with him more. 

We are switching things up with our Facebook page and we are starting to do Facebook groups. Ours is called Finding Christ around Fayetteville if any of you want to join.  I've been having fun and working hard. 

 

I also just wanted to include my testimony of the scriptures. I know that they have been given to us from prophets of God. I know that as we read them, we can know what God really wants for us. 

Thank you and I hope you have a great week!

 

Elder West

Weekly Email - 15 March 2021

Hey everyone! 

Sorry I missed last week. We went into the army base and did one of their obstacle courses. It was super fun, then we went and looked at a bunch of the old tanks and planes they had. After that we played sand volley ball and I was able to spike on a couple people. It was awesome! 

Not too much has happened these last 2 weeks. We have been reaching our to as many people we can. We have been making stuff for our Facebook page and that's been fun. We have gotten to get out and do service so that's been amazing because it's been getting warm here.we had a zone conference this week where we get together with all the missionaries around us and we learn and talk with our mission President. It was really fun and I took a lot of notes. 

 

We've been visiting people and just trying our best to stay active. With Facebook and texting people our biggest finding techniques right now, we don't even always leave the house everyday. 

I'm having fun and working hard. I love you all and hope you have a great week. I'll try to write next Monday and hopefully I have a super exciting week! 

 

Elder West

Zone Conference - 11 March 2021

 Thursday was spent with Fayetteville and Fayetteville West zones in the North Carolina Raleigh Mission.