Bentonville, Round 4

This week was marginally stinky. The weather was pretty awful, which meant we were on foot, which meant it takes 3 times as long to get anywhere, which meant a lot more walking than teaching, which meant lameness. It's supposed to be warming up this week though, which is much very exciting. 

Oh yeah, I'm staying in Bentonville! Also I'm the new District Leader, woo! I get to be in charge of meetings and going on exchanges with missionaries now, which is pretty cool. 

Elder Hansen is doing really well. I'm very glad I got a companion who wants to work hard, and gets frustrated when there's not much to do. Despite the week being freezing and slow, we ahd some cool experiences. One night we were out with our Elders Quorum President, Brother Smith. We stopped by a New Investigator we needed to follow up on. She was not interested, but very nice. That was a bummer. After that, we stopped by the Weldons, that less-active family that always has something crazy going on. There was a guy there that I'd seen before, he's an ex-boyfriend of the mom, and while we taught, we said that he had been having a hard time lately, and had been praying for help and say our visit as an answer to his prayers. Sometimes it's hard to gauge the sincerity and intent of people that are a little rough around the edges, but we always have hope for someone that will listen and give it a shot. That's all we ask, and all the Lord asks, really. 

I love you guys a bunch. I miss you guys a ton. Remember to keep the Savior at the forefront of all those Christmas thoughts. 

One of the cool things about Christ, is no matter how miserable your life seems, if your focusing on the savior and on other people, you're happy no matter what. Selfish = miserable. Selfless = happy. Simple as that. I think that's one of the reasons Christmas is such a happy, feel-good time, is because it's easy to think about other people. 

Elder Christopher Drake