Last Week in Framingham

Brother Rodgers

District P-Day

District P-Day

Framingham Church

Floyde Family & Jewel the Dog

Paganella's

Sister Rodgers

Sister Buchman

Tacos from Taqueria

Goodbye Elder Kilpack

My Apartment in Framingham

My Apartment

Sister Flynn

Kyle who we were teaching

District P-Day Party

My Apartment

District P-Day Party

District P-Day Party

Sister Buchman

Week 45 Tuesday Aug 27th 2019
   
Monday, ahh today was our District P-day! We decided to start up around 12 noon time. We met at our apt complex because we have a tennis court, basketball court, a soccer field, and a volley ball pit. When the Sisters got there, we still needed to go get the meat for lunch, along with picking up a couple supplies from the Waterfalls. The first thing we did when we got back was, have a small water balloon fight. After the water balloons we played some volleyball for a while, and it was pretty fun even though we didn't start off that good. Shortly after we were all pretty hungry so we decided to make lunch out by the grills. It took a little time for the food to get cooked so while we waited we shared stores about our experiences on the mission, along with painting rocks. At the same time we all had some time to call home and talk to our families. It started to rain a little bit so we about called it a day until we decided to play a mix of volleyball and tennis "Tenniball". After a few games of Tenniball we went to Dairy Queen for ice cream. We had to leave to get to dinner with the Waltches. While there they had a friend over, so we were able to share a short message with him, it was pretty awesome!
     Tuesday we woke up and left pretty early for a move up in Revere. We were opening up an apartment so we met the Rasmussen’s at the storage unit to load up the trailer. After it was loaded we were on our way! We hit some traffic but we got there earlier than expected so we went out to breakfast at Taco Bell then met the other missionaries at the apt to bring everything up.  There were 8 of us, so it went pretty quick, a lot faster than expected! While there we also got some supplies for the English/Haitian-Creole Elders. We made our way back and dropped off the trailer at the Weston Chapel. We went to visit the office missionaries to drop off a few receipts. We were able to talk with Elder Wilde to see when a good time was to come work on the trailer brakes, we decided to do it tomorrow morning! We then came home and picked up a couple boxes/packages to send home. While at the post office my card got declined so I needed to send it home another day.  After all that, we went home for some studies. We got pretty hungry later on and we decided to go try a Mexican place downtown.  We ate at "Taquira Mexico" and honestly it was the best Mexican food I’ve had here in New England! I ordered some tacos and oh my goodness they were good! After dinner we did some stop byes in an area close by, then came home for the night.
     Wednesday morning we met up with Elder Wilde to work on the brakes for the trailer.  We ended up jacking one side off and checked out the wheel. It seemed to be working so we took it apart to look at the brake pad. It looked pretty beat up, turns out the three other brakes have been cut! The one tire has been doing all the work. After we found out the problem Elder Wilde said he would look/ call around to see how to get them fixed. After that, we made our way to the post office to send my package home, luckily it went through this time! We then went out to lunch at Chickfila. We came right before lunch time so we waited a couple extra minutes to get our food. We ended up getting free hash browns because they had extra left over from breakfast. We then came home did studies along with weekly planning to save miles. After all that, it was time for dinner and we then went back to the Mexican place with the Buchmans. They had their less active son join us again and it was pretty fun to talk with him. After dinner we had a lesson at the library with Sister Flynn, and the Buchmans helped us out. After our lesson we did a couple stop byes on the way home and met with a couple in our apt complex.
     Today was a pretty long day, we first woke up and had to go to the storage unit to pick up some PVC (displays)
We brought it all the way down to New Haven, we dropped it off at the Yale Institute. On the way there, we stopped in Groton to have lunch with a couple missionaries we knew, then we made our journey to Yale. When we got there we had a member and a couple missionaries there to help us out. It took a few trips to get everything up stairs and in the room they wanted it. We also set up one of them to show them how to do it. After that, we made our long trip home, and yes it was in traffic. We did get back to Framingham at 6, and we had a smaller dinner with Francis, and shared a message with him. To end the night we drove to the Chapel to have a lesson with Kyle again! It was good to catch up and see how we can continue to help him in his conversion.
     Friday, first thing, we got ready for District Council and then we made our journey to the Franklin Chapel. This was the final District Council of the transfer and the Foxboro Sister’s were in charge of the lesson. We talked about developing Christ Like Attributes, and had a pretty fun role play to go along with it. Elder Kilpack and I went out to a Chinese place with the Franklin Sisters, and I didn’t like it too much. I ordered chow main noodles and I got like a soupy thing with onions, I wasn’t to happy, but luckily I had rice with it. On the way home we stopped by the dry cleaners to pick up my second suit  After all that, we came home to change and we had a small move, we took four bed frames to the Lawrence Elders and we also picked up a bunk bed and a mattress. After we dropped it off at the storage unit we met Sister Wilde because she picked up my package from the Mission Office. It was my Birthday Package and it was full of party supplies and delicious snacks. On the way home we stopped by Charline but she wasn’t home. We then came home for the night.
     Saturday We actually had a pretty fun activity with the ward. We went on a hike at Callahan State Park. We walked pretty fast and past alot of the members to see them all. At a pond in the middle of it, we stopped and waited for alot of the other members to catch up. While there I held a hurt butterfly and I put it on a tree so it would t get stepped on. Near the end of the hike, Andie came over! Unfortunately it was after it all but it was still good to see her. After the hike we went over to the Rogers for lunch and for a party they were hosting. It was for all of the foreign exchange students in the area, along with the host families. While there we were able to talk to a few of them, and also play some yard games with the kids. We had a pretty good time. We came back later on in the day for dinner and a lesson with the Rogers.
     Sunday morning we were expecting to get transfer texts but what we got was, we will get them tomorrow morning, stuff still wasn’t finished up. I said some goodbyes because I knew I was leaving.  One of the talks in Sacrament went really well, it was about acting on the desire to help others. As we help others we are being Christ like and showing love for others. We ended up helping out in Deacons Quorum because one of the teachers was out of town. One of the Deacons was in charge, and he talked about preparing now to be a good husband/father. He ended a little early so we gave a short message on Priesthood. After Church we had Ward Coordination meeting with Brother Mason, to let him know about the week to come. After that we had a short lesson with Sister Flyyn to help her prepare for a talk she was asked to give in Sacrament Meeting. After Church we came home for studies and we also moved some stuff around to start to get ready for a 4 Elder apartment. We didn’t do to much, we then had dinner with the Roger's and we had home made burgers and they were sooo good! After dinner we had a short lesson with them then went home for the night. It was a pretty busy week but we had a lot of fun!

                   1 Nephi 11:17

     "17 And I said unto him: I know that he loveth his children; nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things"

     As I read this it really made me ponder for myself. I know I do not know everything there is to know about the church and Christ’s Gospel. I do know that God loves each and everyone of us. He has made a plan that we can all return to live with him again. If that isn’t pure love and I don't know what is. As I am a missionary, I do my best to help others learn more about what I believe but the best thing I can do is simply Love them. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen