SDSU YSA: My Biggest Problem

Thank you for the Tie (you knew I needed an orange tie didn't you!) Subway gift card!!! We sorely needed it! Since we cover the wholestake for YSA work we sometimes get stuck far from our apartment during lunch and dinner without an appointment so we have to eat out which has been destroying our budget. haha but hey! If that is my biggest problem then life must be going well!

Thanksgiving as a missionary is really weird from what I hear.  We don't want to pester people while they are spending time with their family so basically we can only go over if they invite us or we have an appointment.  But luckily we should be good for dinner a few times over... :)

No letter from Ryan... but at least I heard about it from you! That is so awesome that they were able to do all of that! I am kinda jealous to be honest.  Trek was always one of my favorite youth activities.

Tell Leah that she isn't allowed to be 11 yet! You know what is weird to think about? The fact that she will be in Young Woman's by the time I come home! CRAZY!

This week was pretty crazy.  We had MTEs and I went to SD 10th ward up in Clairemont and had a ton of fun with Elder Byers and Elder Rutland who are both pretty new in the mission.  It was a ton of fun! They hadn't added an investigator in that ward for a little over 2 months so it was our plan to add someone that day.  Within 20 minutes of starting the exchange we tried a referral who they had been trying for several weeks and when we got to her house she was practically waiting on her porch for us to come by and teach her!  It was way cool to see that miracle so quickly after setting that goal.

This last Friday we had a Baptism!!! YAAAAaaaAAYY! His Name is Abraham.  I came in about half way through as he was taking the lessons and he had already gained the desire to be baptized so it was pretty easy.  All we had to do was set up a date and teach him the rest of the commandments.  It was way funny though because as we were discussing with him who he wanted to baptize him, he said he wanted a member named Jacob to do it because "He looks like Jesus".   Jacob hasn't cut his hair since his mission and has been growing a beard for a year and a half now.  haha but he is a way cool guy and it is always better if a member of the ward does the ordinance that way they have that bond with someone in the ward rather than a missionary that will leave a few months afterward. Whatever the reason we were happy that Jacob would do it! haha you will see in the pictures that Abraham is a pretty strong dude so when we handed him his suit we were hoping that it would fit... but we didn't have anything that would so he had to leave the suit part way unzipped in fear that he would rip it if he moved. Overall it was a pretty comical baptism, but the Spirit was still felt and the Covenant still made.

Elder Rowbury, Jacob, Abraham, Elder Nichols

That is pretty much my week in summary.  I thought of another song to put on that CD of choir music.  It is called "I dream a world" (not from Les Mis).  Not too sure who composed it (mama J should know) but we sang it in Carnagie Hall.  I'm still having a blast! Trying to be the best missionary I can be! I love you all so much!

Love,
Elder Ethan John Rowbury