Hey mom,

I'm so happy it's not! it gets up to 90-95 just about every day now! I love it! It hasn't been too humid either so it's good. I'm glad to hear that you got to go down to spencers wedding. Is he going to U of I? or where? I'm probably an hour or two away from the Indiana border. Maybe he can make a road trip and come take us out to lunch or something because we get fed almost every night ;P
I'm glad Jerry and Blaine Like me haha, That will give Ammon an even better repore.


As far as my week went it was pretty good. We are doing a lot of less-active and part-member family work here. We don't have as many investigators as we would have guessed two weeks ago but that's okay. we stay busy and have plenty of opportunities to find. The end of the week was a bit of an adventure though. I found out this morning that I'm going to be in a triple-up.

We went to go do service for this older family and so we were mowing their lawn and I did the back. Their front yard is a short steep hill and so it looks like it would be difficult to mow, but do-able. Elder Haines had the mower for ten seconds or so and started to go down the hill. Before I get there, Let me describe the mower; It was probably the first gas one after the original push mower, so it was one level, you couldn't adjust it. The safety lever didn't work, the blade was dull, and the connection to the body wasn't as good as it should be. Now, as he started to go down he slipped and fell on his butt and pushed the handle up in the air and elevated the back of the blade, as he did his right foot went under and got wacked several times. Luckily, He took a former companions basketball sheos to use instead of his running shoes, so he was wearing leather shoes instead of a mesh fabric. Due to that and a very dull blade he still has his toe, unfortunately, he broke his second joint in his big toe. At first, I just thought he fell weird and jammed his foot or something, it looked funny, so of course I laughed. But now, I kind of feel back because now he has to get surgery and be on crutches for the rest of his mission. Depending on the recovery rate and his mobility will determine if he can finish up the next 7 weeks or have to go home a transfer early for recover. I think he will be able to stay for the rest of his time here. we were able to give him a blessing the night it happened and we plan on giving him one the day of his surgery. As we gave the blessing we felt good, at least I did so I'm pretty confident it will work out.

Because of this though, I get to be in a triple-up for atleast a week, maybe the rest of the transfer. the reason why it's not something I'm happy about is because it's going to be a missionary who has destroyed trust in the missionaries serving in his previous wards. He is super lazy and a bit dis-obedient, but he has been in a triple up with the zone leaders in another zone for this whole transfer, and some previous occasions. It's a bit weird, he has been out as long as I have and he hasn't really had an area of his own and has just been a tag along place holder for his entire mission. He has only had one companion for maybe two transfers. pretty sad. The only reason he is coming here is so when Elder Haines has to lay down with his foot elevated (just about the Entire week) I can still go out and work. So, He is pretty much just someone for me to be with so I'm not alone when I work and Elder Haines can have his recovery time. Maybe it's a bit prideful for me to be saying this. but truth be known. all the Missionaries who know him will agree with me.
I figure this is an answer to some prayers that I have been offering. I have been asking that I may be able to have more love and charity. So, I get to have a lot of opportunities to serve Elder Haines and gain some patience and love for a missionary that is blah... but I need to get over it or it will be a long week or two. I doubt he will be with us that long though. probably not for longer than this. His area is currently closed so I'm sure he will go back to that with the new transfer. But, it has been good for me though because He can't get around that much because we all know how toe injury's are and he has to use crutches so I am very lucky to have this unfortunate time to learn some Christlike attributes. We will see what we can muster up to do this week. I'm going to ask the Dr. performing surgery if I can help. He is a member of the ward here so I will see. If I can, I will learn if I can be a doc. haha

Love ya!
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Elder Michael Stone.