August 22, 2011-Email & Pics

How are you guys doing this week? I'm doing great, its been a stressful and rewarding week. I was sick on tuesday from something i worked as much as i could but someone gave us something that made me sick. The only bad thing about being down here, is that everybody gives you deep fried stuff and its so greasy that my body cannot handle it. Thats happened twice this last week. Wednesday we tried a bunch of people for really no real reason none of them were home and we drove about 50 miles. Thursday we were up in Paul's Valley for exchanges. It was really hard, one of the elders up there is really hard to get along with he gets mad if your not following the rules exactly and then he thinks that hes above that and can do whatever he wants. So the other missionary is having problems with that and hating life and wanting this transfer to get over with. So i was up there to try and solve the problem and try and get more motivation going on and a desire to go out tracting. Haha i tried but didn't have much success. So that was an interesting 2 days. Then friday was an interesting district meeting. We talked about the importance of it and i got a little upset because no one even tries or anything so i got a little mad that they would prepare just the morning of the trainings they are suppose to have ready and amazing. So hopefully this next week will be a better one and they will put a little more effort into it. Its really upseting when you put alot of work into the meeting and then nobody pays attention or wants to be there besides to talk. Oh well i only have a few more weeks of doing this and then i don't have to worry about it again. We got back down here in ardmore late friday. Saturday was full of trying to get things ready for the baptisms on sunday. Then we went to go and try to find less actives to see if they would be interested in having hometeachers come by and none of them wanted it most of them slammed the door in our face when they realized were we were from. Sunday was a scramble i thought. Church went good and we got ropped into teaching the older youth class last second so i had to teach it. I'm pretty sure thats the hardest class to teach. Then after church we had to scramble to find baptism suites for all 3 of them. Then we finally found some and they overfilled the font so it was up on the carpet which was just funny. We had the first baptismal service which went good for the younger 2 kids. I baptized one of them and confirmed one of them. Then about half hour after that we had the other service for the other investigator getting baptized. That went good, i had to give the baptism talk in that one. I thought it went good and the rest went smoothly. The good thing is that they are over and i don't have to worry about it anymore. After that i came home and changed out of longsleeves and out of my suit and had to go for a 20 mile drive to dinner. Were we had some interesting stuff. Lasagna with goat meat, goat cheese, and to wash it down with goat milk. It was a really strange tasting lasagna. I really didn't like it or the taste of the goat meat and cheese. Well thats about it for this week. All the fun and crazy stuff that's happened. Its still over 100. More close to 110 then 100. Its been over 50+ days of this and i'm getting pretty tired of it. Even in the early morning its hot. We get out at 10 and its already 97. and its still 100 when we go in. I'll trade you guys for the weather right now straight across. Well Thats about it. I'll talk to you guys more next week. I like my room from what i see. I really don't care too much as long as theres not holes in the wall or it smells like smoke i'll be happy. Heres the pictures also of the baptisms The one of us and the two kids is Me, Terry, Zec, Elder Ferguson. I baptized and confirmed Zec. He's 17 can you believe that he looks like hes 12. The other one is Me, Tina, Bro. Matz ("adopted" Dad), Elder Ferguson. And the last one is from last transfer. It's Elder Dewitt, Me, Elder Naisbitt, Elder Chronister... Thought you would like that one haha that was when we went bowling down in downtown okc. Well I'll send more next week! Talk to you guys next week!
Love ya,
Elder Downs