Family and friends,
There's a little bit to catch up on!
These months are going by too fast. We think we got rid of all the rodents in the house. The other week we eliminated two mice and we've seen no evidence of any more. So we think we might be past that but you can't ever be too sure.
We put a baptism date with someone we recently found and I hope it holds. It's supposed to be for the 2nd of April (just before general conference by the way. It came up so fast!) and she doesn't answer her phone very often. But tells us how much she loves the lessons and how much she believes everything. She even came by the mission offices to get a copy of the Book of Mormon from us. I certainly have faith but I just hope the date holds. We'll see what happens!
I got to do a baptism last week for a family in our ward with a primary aged son. He was so brave! The water was cold since the boiler wasn't working but he was still able to go through with it.
We didn't find anyone new to teach this last week. But some experiences are more humbling than anything. I look forward to seeing what happens this upcoming week! Last Tuesday President Parry called me into his office and told me about some situations going on with areas. Missionaries are arriving at odd times and it didn't help when I had arrived. Originally the companion I'm with now was going to train but the new missionary didn't arrive due to visa problems so I was put with the missionary who was supposed to train instead. Just last week that new missionary finally arrived and we've now all been in a trio for the last week. So that's been fun! The new missionary is Elder Linton. He is fresh on the mission from Rexburg, Idaho! He is hilarious. So I may or may not stay in this area the rest of the transfer. We'll see what happens!
The last week was also pretty packed with some days going to get immigration stuff done. The first day we were up at 3:45 to get in line early enough to set an appointment. That's all we did when we were there. But the whole process from going there and back was several hours so I wasn't able to get an email out. Then we went back later in the week to actually get everything done. But it's all good now. Our house is where all the missionaries in the mission stay that need to get that all done. So there have been some pretty early mornings and fun nights with all of them there! We have several bunk beds and the most Elders we had staying in our house were eight. But it's fun to have visitors!
I don't know when I can get pictures out. Hopefully soon haha! Take care!
- Elder Markham
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