Something New (6/12/2019)

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Alright, I don't want to spend too much time cuz we have a lot going on. And I have to pack.

Because I'm getting transferred to Warren! It's way up north. Further north and a lot further east than Ashland was. My new companion will be Elder Davis. I don't really know him but I'm excited to see something new.

Some bullet points about this past week from my notes:

• We're teaching Bill Cosby's cousin (yes, the man claims that Bill Cosby is his cousin! Too bad I won't be able to teach him anymore!)

• The Nepali kids who actually called the number we left them (we went to knock on a door with some Nepali stuff on it. Dead giveaway for a Nepali household. We were thinking we could get a referral for the Nepali elders. No one was home. Just then, three Nepali kids ages 6-12 showed up from a nearby apartment and said "Hey, we wanna go to church!" We were like..."Yeah! Awesome!" We gave them the Nepali pamphlet I carry around that has the Nepali Elders' number on it and they said they would call him. They claimed that their parents were on board with the idea of going to church but we weren't entirely sure. Coolest thing is...THEY ACTUALLY DID CALL! And they actually did come to church!! It was really awesome. They were really fun kids. They said my Nepali isn't very good.

• How negativity becomes a form of pride; yield to the enticings of the Holy Spirit; God is always right, you are not (I was gonna write more about this but I don't really have time so suffice to say that I've realized more than before that since God says to be positive and God knows everything, be positive. If you don't you're essentially telling God you know better than He does...)

• I wrote a song for the new hymnbook: please turn off your devices - it's making us all irate - no one wants to hear those beeps - tell your kids Minecraft can wait! (I bet it will make the cut, don't you?)

That's pretty much it.

Wait no, we also had a baptism. So yeah, Clara (the 9-year-old whose Mom came back to church after many decades) got baptized! We didn't get a picture with her but the member who baptized her (he's not her dad) got one so here you go. Elder Whitcomb got to do her confirmation on Sunday, which was very very special. It was a good experience for the family. We're going to swing by them tonight and deliver some mediocre cookies I baked. Don't tell them!

Love,
Elder Gallagher

PICS:
The baptism, and pictures from the Franklin Avenue Community Garden that we've been volunteering with in Columbus. We did a lot of work on it over the past few months!
 


 
 
 

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