Wow allot of excitement and sad things going on. I hope everyone
stays safe and those that are injured get better. Grandpa and Grandma are always
in my prayers and I will do all that the Lord will allow my to do on my end over
here. God bless them. I pray that my family will be protected and taken care of
and so God will.
Ethan's job sounds awesome! I might have to go up there and create problems
to see him. Just kidding. I hope he stays safe. Also if you could, you should
see if you can get another vest from him because I want one for work out, of
course that is for when I get home. Eternal prospective, not wanting to come
home, I like it here.
This past week was...different. First of all it started with me and my
companion getting attacked by Bee's. We were riding on our bikes and there was
no sidewalk on the road we were on. A man had a couple bee hives
and that was the day he decided to collect honey. We didn't recognize that
early enough. Soon my companion was swarmed with what I thought were flies until
they started to come after me and I felt them trying to fly in the back of
my helmet. We tried riding faster and faster and swatting at them. Some got in
my helmet and so I rode with no hands on the handlebar, one hand swatting at the
ones in the air and the other trying to get the bees that where in my helmet out
so that I could ride safely like I'm supposed to do. We eventually got away and
I only had one sting on my hand. It has been swollen for the past 6 days. Later
we found out that there were members driving by as that went on and now there
are a lot of people talking about how they saw these missionaries getting
attacked by bee's. We probably looked pretty funny.
We also have been trying to teach this family who is struggling financially
and needs help. We try to teach them and invite them to church but they can't
because their 6 Pit Bulls have been escaping and the next time they get out they
have to pay a 200 dollar fine for each dog. Not what they want. So one day we
planned on teaching him and he cancelled 40 mins before we were going to meet
with him. We said that we were going to devote an hour to him that day. So we went and built him a fence. Aaron
you can tell Marcus thanks for teaching my how to do it. The fence looks great
and now we can help them spiritually. We've had the privilege to do about 8 hrs
of service this week.
Things are really going pretty good with my companion and I. He surprised
me the other day when he started to plan things future in advance and it made me
happy to see all that he is able to accomplish lately. It makes me feel the way
I think I would feel if I saw my son overcome something great. I wonder if my
parents have ever felt that towards me...probably not, oh well they'll have to
live with it. :) Love you Mom and Dad. And I love you all as well. Take care and
Happy mothers day for all that are in that category!
Love Elder Leonhardt
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