What goes up must come down my legs can now attest to that

So this week was a pretty good week. On Monday we played some card games with the other Elders and then we had a dinner so we went to that. After that we were on bikes and man that was hard. We called a Brother in the Ward who is recovering from a bike wreck, a bad one, to see if we could stop by and he said yes so we proceeded to bike there, but my companion neglected to tell me how far of a bike this really was. The first part was easy all down hill from the church and then flat through downtown, but then we started moving out of town and it was just hill after hill after hill and this was only my 2nd day of biking in a while so I was dying man it was rough! We biked pretty far. It was a good visit with the member. He is a good guy and then the bike home in the dark we took a different way back. We were biking on dirt roads that is how far out we were. The bike back wasn't too bad the way we went. That time we only had the one big hill that we live on top of, but then we get to the door and my comp didn't have the keys so we call the other elders and take their car keys and go to the church and look for the keys. It turns out they are locked in the library which we don't have another key for so we can't get into our apartment that night. So we have to crash on the floor of the other elders apt. We did so and then in the morning had to wait for the apartment manager to get in to unlock our door so we could get in. So that finally happened at about 9:30 so we got in. We got ready for the day and headed out after lunch and biked around and went tracting and tried to see a bunch of people then we went to eat dinner and we decided to walk to the church for institute that night. We go because we cover the YSA of the area and it was a walk, man. The church is on top of a big hill too and man there were ladies and old men passing me as we were walking up that hill. Dang I was sweating bad! It was a little humid that day and it was close to 90  so it was hot, but we made it and had a great institute lesson and thankfully got a ride home! 

On Wednesday we were doing an exchange with the other elders in our district who live about 50 miles away so we left in the morning and met halfway for lunch and we exchanged. I went to the other area with Elder Harlow who used to be in the East Tucson Stake he is now in the Rincon Stake, but ya they are Spanish Elders so I was Spanish speaking for the day. Man it was weird because we met a Less Active in their ward and they talked in Spanish while I just smiled and nodded my head and caught words every now and again like food and lettuce and hamburger all the important stuff! ;), but ya it was a good exchange. I did a lot of smiling and nodding my head so that was fun! but it was good. I met someone who is the son of my 1st ward mission leader in Andover so that was cool! 

The next day was a fantastic day. We had district meeting and I did a training on having faith in our areas that we can find people. It was good and after that the Zone Leaders blitzed our area so two sets were working in our area so that was cool it was a good day. We taught 4 lesson that day and had some really good contacts while walking around. We taught someone while just walking around downtown so that was a first for me it is amazing what can happen when you just open your mouth and talk to everyone that you see. I am finally getting good at talking to people and starting up conversations, but it was a great day! 

The next morning we went and played basketball for exercise that was fun. Then it was weekly planning day so we did a ton of planning and stuff. Lots of paper work had to get done, but it was good. We did a decent amount of biking that night I did better than I had all the other days! So that was good. Saturday in the morning we always play soccer at like 11 with investigators and less actives so we did that and it was fun! I played alot better then I did the first time! While we were playing the Church building phone rang and it was a YSA who just moved into the ward who needed a ride to church and stuff so it was a  good thing we were there when we were. After that we ate lunch and then I realized that we didn't have that YSA's number that called us. So we went and found his house and got his number and got him a ride to church. Then we went to an investigators house because he wanted to give us a plate of food. He was having a party and man it was good food. So good! Then we had what they call a cottage meeting which this time was just games at a park, but man the attendance was low only the missionaries, the ward missionaries, and one family were there. It was a little sad so we will try and improve that next time! It was a good night. We went and saw a less active who is blind he was a cool dude! 

Sunday was good we didn't have anyone to church again. Still working on that. One of our investigators was getting picked up and then just didn't wake up so that was no good! Ya it was a good day at church. Lots of good lessons and talks it was good. After church we got invited to a members house for lunch. So we got the car and went to that. It was good. They area a good family. Then the other elders needed the car because their dinner was a ways a way so we gave it to them. Then it started to pour so we couldn't go out on our bikes so we did some stuff inside and then when it stopped we went and had a good lesson with a older active lady it was a rally good lesson. She lives in the nicest senior apartments ever. Ya it was a pretty good week this week. Lots of biking up hill my legs don't like hills yet, but hopefully soon it will become easier.

Oh ya I almost forgot we went to a members house on Thursday night and he has this thing called cherry sauce and it is like the hottest thing ever. Like a little bit over double as hot as a habenero pepper. It is just alot of cherry boiled down and it was so hot and we only got a little dab of it. I have a pic of how much we got, but holy cow it was unbelievable it was crazy hot and it just kept getting hotter and hotter every second it was crazy, but it was worth the experience. 
well that is all till next week 
love elder howe 

Corn!