Monday - we had P-day and then hit the road to Manchester haha that was such a fun ride! We stopped with a couple groups of elders in the Portland Maine mall for dinner, we had Panda Express haha then we left again and arrived at the mission home and sister Stoker, once again, spoiled us to an amazing dinner and breakfast.
Tuesday - after we all ate of the food of heaven from sister Stoker, Elder Millet, Elder Pace and I went for a run, showered, changed and left for the church for the new missionary and trainers meeting. It was cool, played some games, had some great discussions and had a wonderful day. After that was over we had exchanges with the AP missionaries "Assistants to the president" and I am paired with elder Crockett. Awesome dude! He's going home at the end of this transfer, he was a state water polo and swimmer, was in the marine core before his mission, use to ride horses and we just had a great time together tonight. All 5 of us missionaries crashed in the APs apartment. And it's kinda small lol but we had some laughs and jokes and we all got along well. Elder Crockett and I went to a new members house and he's an older guy, but elder Crockett asked to use his bathroom and when he turned on the light, he turned on a emergency alarm and a loud bell rang, this member is a older and little slow, but he jumped up, ran over to elder Crockett and was like "what are you doing bub!? Don't pull that!" Lol elder Crockett was like "okay! Sorry! Haha" as elder Crockett was doing his business, the member and I sat down and talked and when we were talking about what he did for work back in the day, we both heard elder Crockett fart super loud haha the new member looked at me and said "holy cow Elder Crockett... Poor kid, must be dying in there" hahaha!! I told Elder Crockett after we left and we died laughing all the way home hahaha super funny haha I love Elder Crockett!!
Wednesday - Elder Crockett and Elder Millet and I where all together and we went to a great district meeting and I learned a lot! After that, we tracted the rest of the day and hit the road at 5:30. We all got along and we all had a lot of great people interested. We're hearing rumors that I might open a new area in my zone in Bangor Maine. That would be awesome! I'd be a senior companion and still being trained. Kinda weird, but come winter time it's gonna be hard with all the snow. But we'll see what happens haha, not a crazy day today, but it was fun. We had dinner at Chipotle and my first time there was really good. It's like Café rio. You all should try it!!
Thursday - long and hard day. Cold, Lots of rain, walking and not much success but we taught 2 lessons and had a great time doing it. I kinda messed up, but that's okay! Can't improve if I don't mess up haha. we had a great dinner with some members and got to talk with bishop about some people and just having a grand old time. We are supposed to get snow tonight but we will see. We had a dinner with the smiths who are born and raised in the back woods of Maine. They are funny!! Haha
Friday - lots of tracting, door knocking and pretty cold weather. Another alright day. Lots and lots of walking. Is morning we taught a man names Genaro who is from Mexico and he's really awesome! Heavy Spanish accent haha but he's learning and he's understanding the gospel very well. He's kinda the only one interested, his family has strong Catholic roots. But he's cool and I really like him! Hopefully his wife and son and daughter will join him! They're is no snow, it rained a little bit and froze in the morning but no snow yet :(
Saturday - it was hot today. Like it felt like it was in the 50s! We had a lesson with a lady names Dawn again, the one in the hospital, we just learned that she was so close to baptism but backed out because her friend made it seem hard. But we felt the spirit and she was informed that the church understands and will help you in whatever you need. That was a 1.5 hour walk to the hospital and back. So it was a good 4 hour walk and lesson and back home. But we were able to stop by at a few other places today and set up times. Good day, were super tired today tho also. We didn't get a lot of sleep because it was about 100 last night in our apartment. But we're fighting through it haha we had a dinner at Bro Macinnies house and he's a funny dude with a great story!! Great day
Sunday - it was a awesome sacrament meeting!! Today was the day to fast and share our testimonies. I got up and shared mine and it was powerful. I can't believe in just over a month I've changed so much! I'm so happy and today just has been a great great day. There was a baby blessing and lots of people came to church today. It was awesome. We had dinner at the Hymus's and they're such an amazing family! They make me feel right at home, their home is centered around Jesus Christ and they tease and joke with each other, it was awesome. When we got there, for about 30 min or so we had a nerf war with the family haha that was so much fun! Definately reminded me of doing that when I was home with the kiddos . we later had a great roast dinner and we went and taught Chris again. He's so close to baptism!! I can taste it, he wants it, but wants a sure knowledge it's true, which for some doesn't come easy, but it will come soon! We also taught a girl names Silvia who is 8 years old. Her dad is a lass active, they are also an awesome family. Very loving, wants the learn, Silvia is ready for baptism so that should be coming soon!! So exciting! Her mom participates and might also get baptized. Fingers crossed!! Can't wait, were about to strike gold!! We got to see the Christmas Devotional and my favorite is Elder Bednar. He talked about the first Christmas and how to apply that into our lives. He reminded us that Christmas is about Christ. How the first half of that word "Christmas" is always centered around Jesus Christ, his birth and the start of something big. Such an awesome talk. Love that dude.
thats it for now. elder Vogel
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