Dear Family,
This week has gone by really fast. It is kinda funny how much faster the weeks with the car go. It is a lot easier to do the things we need to when we have the car. We were able to go around our area and get in contact with many of the less actives in the area, we are writing down all we can learn about them. Whether they don't come because they work on Sunday, they don't believe anymore, or other things going on in their life. We will then give this information to the bishop which will help him in knowing how he can help them.
We are still trying to find new investigators but aren't having a lot of success. We are meeting with Marvella tomorrow. She attended church again this week and really seems to enjoy it. She stayed for all three hours again. We have set a baptismal date for the 22nd of this month which is the last Saturday of the transfer. This will be my companions last Saturday out in the field so i hope it doesn't fall through. Our area is kinda set up funny. We have are in the middle of it all, but it is like 7-10 miles north is a main population of our area, and 7-10 miles south is the rest of the small cities that we cover. So we saved up our miles this past week and were able to go down into the smaller cities such as Scranton, Carbondale, and Burlingame. It felt like i was going through Walsburg. Just lots of little humble houses, and fields that people could farm on. The best was that we passed the Scranton cemetery and there was a sign under it that said "no horses allowed." This made us laugh, and i thought "only in Kansas." One of the things i do really love out here is the sunrise and sunset. I have gotten so used to watching the sun peak over the mountains (which is amazing), but there is something cool about watching it drop on the flat land. The colors that come because of it i feel are more vibrant. I really enjoy while we are out just watching the sunset, and seeing all the purple, and pink that appear in the clouds, and then how the opposite side of the sky turns a dark blue, and purple.
We are still trying to find new investigators but aren't having a lot of success. We are meeting with Marvella tomorrow. She attended church again this week and really seems to enjoy it. She stayed for all three hours again. We have set a baptismal date for the 22nd of this month which is the last Saturday of the transfer. This will be my companions last Saturday out in the field so i hope it doesn't fall through. Our area is kinda set up funny. We have are in the middle of it all, but it is like 7-10 miles north is a main population of our area, and 7-10 miles south is the rest of the small cities that we cover. So we saved up our miles this past week and were able to go down into the smaller cities such as Scranton, Carbondale, and Burlingame. It felt like i was going through Walsburg. Just lots of little humble houses, and fields that people could farm on. The best was that we passed the Scranton cemetery and there was a sign under it that said "no horses allowed." This made us laugh, and i thought "only in Kansas." One of the things i do really love out here is the sunrise and sunset. I have gotten so used to watching the sun peak over the mountains (which is amazing), but there is something cool about watching it drop on the flat land. The colors that come because of it i feel are more vibrant. I really enjoy while we are out just watching the sunset, and seeing all the purple, and pink that appear in the clouds, and then how the opposite side of the sky turns a dark blue, and purple.
The work is moving forward here, it may be slow, but it is moving. We work and pray for success. Something that i have come to find out here is that even if i go the whole day and no one wants to talk to me... it isn't a failure of a day. I have strengthend my testimony. I have deepened my conversion in trying to align my will with the Lord's. I am becoming who the Lord wants me to be. It is amazing how the time flies out here. Again the days feel like weeks, but the weeks like days. It scares me sometimes thinking I've already been out for a month. I have always thought "two years is a long time for me to do what the lord wants" but now I've learned "start now because it is going to be over before you know it, i have to work as hard as i can now!" I love you all! Good luck with work and school. Keep pressing forward!
Love, Elder Daniel Shurtz
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