Note: We were in Rexburg this weekend and when we e-mailed Grant not only did Evan & I write, but at the bottom, Phil, Corinne & Grant Collins (Grant's cousin) each added a note to Grant--thus the title of this week's post.
Oi!
What a good week/alrighty week. First off the alright part. Paloma,
the girl with who we have been working, didn't get baptized this week, and it
seems like now that she is fleeing from us, so that's not super fun. I've been
trying to think where did we go wrong and what we could have done better. But
now, it's a little too late. But with the good part, me and my companion did a
really good weekly planning. This next week we are trying to focus more on doing
family home evening with members and their friends, visting families with
non-members in the family and woking with the older recent converts here.
Originally we were basically just doing contacts because that worked so well in
my old area , but you have to adapt to the area and also work is very difficult
without the help of members haha. So this week that comes we really will be
working with that and I'm hoping to have 1-2 baptisms this next week (we had 2
people at church, but one is an eternal, but the other is really excited about
the church :)) and 7 people at church!!! And now we just got to find those
people!!!
Hey dad! Request!!! Can I get my line of authority? I was
talking with a elder last night and we talked about that I realized I don't know
mine. I would really love it. I'm pretty sure it's just dad to dad to dad. Hey
speaking of! I was looking into a book about church history and I saw something
interesting... first off: we are related to Marriner Wood Merrill right? Did you
know there is a Joseph F. Merrill (his son) who was also an aposlte? That's cool
hahah. But I think he's kind of related to us. Because Marriner had like 8 wives
and he's from a different wife. hahah way cool :P but if i'm right this is what
I got: Marriner Wood Merrill.... Charles Edward Merrill.... Laville Hendricks
Merrill.... Then there's no record but it should be Owen S. Merrill.... Evan
Merrill.... Me!!! Is it right? I don't know. But yay! Also, i was talking about
all the people in my family their history and all that and I was realizing
something, some of my aunts and uncles I don't know a whole lot about. First off
I would love like a pedigree chart of them and their kids. that'd be sweet
:)
Hey! you guys didn't answer some of the questions I had :P haha. So
easter was awesome! we went to a member's house to celebrate easter... the
birthday of their son... and mine :] they sung para bens and happy birthday to
me and ate cake and I got a HUGE chocolate egg that I´m SO excited to eat today!
yes!! With other goodies inside. Anyways it was sweet! I also got homemade
cookies from another member and another egg haha. I'm spolied :] yes! And if
the package is the mission home, I will get it tomorrow! okay? sweet!
:)
Corinne's all grown up now and graduated? Well, finally! haha i'm
kidding :) congratz! Jonathan is going now? yay! what's louie's address? It was
really good to hear from everyone and good to hear that there are some people
that think of me from time to time hahah. :P But hey so the subject of this
email...
April 21, Jeffery R. Holland is coming to our mission! This is
the second time he came to this mission when my president was president! And
this will be my third apostle I will meet! wow I just dropped my jaw when I saw
that. But there is a slight chance that not the entire mission will meet him,
but I doubt it haha. But I'm so very excited and so VERY lucky to have this
happen and very ready to learn :) but I got to go! Got lots to do today! tonight
I'll learn if i was transfered or not!
com amor,
élder Grant Shaw
Merrill!
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