Hey family!
This past week was pretty nice! We had some cooler weather roll in, which
was really nice! We had some really good visits with new investigators as well
as less active members of the church and things have been progressing pretty
well. The humid heat rolls in occasionally and can be really difficult to
handle, but it normally only lasts until a super weird storm comes out of
nowhere and clears it out. The other day, it was a beautiful sunny day, then it
got super humid.. Then in about an hour, a big nasty storm blew in and just
unloaded on Massena! Super heavy rain and crazy wind were tearing everything up!
There were a lot of trees down and anything people had out in their yards was
missing once it was done! Luckily, we had an appointment we had just barely
gotten to when the storm hit! We were all watching it out of the window, then we
read a chapter of the Book of Mormon, then the storm let off and we made it home
for the night. Right as we started planning, the rain started up again! Glad it
worked out like it did!
So things are changing quite a bit in the mission field.. We haven't really
had anything change quite yet, but I can see a lot of changes in the near
future. They want us to move away from tracting a lot, which I can understand. A
lot of people seem scared of us. When you have people cross the street so they
don't have to talk to you, you know something is wrong. A lot of people just
don't understand our purpose as missionaries, which is a shame. But as of now,
we do still knock doors occasionally. I don't think they'll ever factor that out
completely, because there are plenty of good people found that way, but they're
emphasizing finding in other ways more. We can now do 4 hours of scheduled
service a week, which is a little higher than it's been. I think we're going to
be doing a lot more with family history as well, which could open up a few
opportunities. And we desperately need the members to help us find people to
teach. It's SO nice when someone we're teaching has a member friend to support
them and help us in the teaching. They would love it if we never did have to
knock doors, but with as many hours as there are in the day it'll take some time
to work towards that. Missionary work probably sounds a lot different from when
you were out, huh?
This past week was pretty good. We had about 10 lessons and several other
good encounters with less actives that will hopefully lead to them coming back
soon.
They have changed up a little bit with how we're supposed to dress.. Not
entirely sure what all is changing, but I guess we'll see! That'll be
interesting to see what all President Wirthiln approves of. We did get the word
that backpacks are out.. Kinda a pain, but what can you do, huh? Elder Bybee has
a really nice shoulder bag that is waterproof and has some good pockets and
straps for when we bike. He told me that you can order them on timbuk2.com
He got one that was the small size and it's worked great for him. The best
thing is that it's waterproof, because a normal shoulder bag I could find out
here would probably get soaked through with some of the storms we've been in. I
looked at the missionary site showing what kind of bags are appropriate, and
there were two of the same kind of bag there. Here's pictures so you guys can
see what it looks like.
I really like that color of blue, although I'd probably switch it up so
that the main part of the bag was black and the blue was the middle sripe and
interior liner. Elder Bybee told me the bags are all sorts of customizable with
pockets and colors and everything. It'd be really nice if I could get permission
to go online and do it next P-Day.. See if you guys can see what it's like and
how expensive they are, and I'll keep my eyes out as well. I feel bad whenever
I'm wearing my backpack now! Haha
And on the suits, they're all holding up pretty good as of now. A few of my
pants are getting a little bit tight, but I think the better solution will just
be for me to stop eating ice cream and pop-tarts... :P I'll keep that in mind
with the suits though! The biggest thing I could probably use is a few more
short sleeved shirts. The Mr. Mac ones are okay, but they're all super wide and
it always looks like it's not tucked in the best. Elder Bybee was able to get
slimmer shirts at CTRclothing that look a little better. Either the "slim" or
"athletic" fits would be a bit slimmer.
Anyway, things here are going good! We're just working hard and hoping
everything goes well for the Massena Branch! It's a lot of work to get a branch
started strong.
Love you all though! Transfer calls this Saturday..... We'll see what
happens!
Love you guys!
-Elder Hussey
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