Hey Guys,
This week has been pretty good. On P-day we went golfing early that morning and had a blast! Although I still kinda stink haha. We played 18 holes and I shot 114! Anyway, then later that evening we went and tried to call in an elk but had no luck. We didn't even see anything. :/
Tuesday we had district meeting which was pretty good. You always learn new stuff coming away from a district meeting. The next few days were spent seeing less actives and trying to get them to church. We had a good day at church and had 2 investigators show up and a less active family!
The most exciting news of the week is we got a new investigator finally! His name is A. (taken out for privacy issues) He is an 11 year old boy. His mom is a less active and his sister is K. C. who got baptized my first transfer here. I am so excited to teach him, he is a pretty cool kid.
I think today we are just going to chill. Maybe shoot some hoops, chip and putt who knows. Tonight we are having a s'mores night. We passed out flyers and invited less actives and some non-members who might be interested in coming and we invited Brandon Davis and his wife so we will see if they show up!
We usually don't do anything for FHE but I have gone to FHE at members homes that we invite investigators to which is pretty fun. We used to have meals every night but once the wards got split it slowed down a lot! We had 3 dinners last week which stunk. I am getting sick of Raman haha! Jessica can't feed the Elders in her ward unless there is another priesthood holder there like a friend or Dad etc.
A good deal of mail is any mail at all haha! I got your package which was awesome, a letter from Jessica Eberhard, and a letter from the Stake Presidency. I also heard from some friends from my last area. So really not to much but a lot more than normal haha.
It isn't a good situation unfortunately. Elder Hayes the district leader has talked to president about it and we will see what happens. I know I have to get a Flu shot and I am not excited! Haha I will make sure to try the insurance card first.
That is way cool you got to see Safely (Elder Safely & his companion, Elder Bouhuis, had a great impact on Jake as he prepared for his mission the last 6 months before he left) and his wife and take them to dinner. I wish I could have been there so bad!!!!! Haha I miss so many of the missionaries that served in our ward.
Love you guys tons!
-Elder Richardson
P.S. The challenge this week is simple...
Try your best to do the C.P.R of the Gospel.
Church
Prayer
Reading
Try to say your prayers and read your scriptures everyday. Make it a point to get to church this week if you haven't been in awhile. If you are active try to do it with a good attitude if you normally don't!
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Hey Dad,
We didn't have any luck calling elk last week. :( We didn't even see anything it was kind of depressing haha. We did see some wolf poop!! That was kind of sketchy. We talked to a member who has an archery bull elk tag and went hunting this last Friday and Saturday a few miles away from where we were and he said nothing is talking. He saw some elk and one nice bull but said the rut hasn't started to happen yet.
Another member told us he heard a few bulls talking over by Burlington which is about an hour away. Hope I get to hear some before I leave. The bucks are starting to lose their velvet. I am so excited. We came home and had 4 bucks in our front yard. The biggest was a small 4x4 but he was hard horned. Two of the smaller bucks still had their velvet and a forky had half his velvet hanging off. We also saw a 4x3 around town and he was completely hard horned. I like velvet but seeing a hard horned buck just get my juices flowing! Haha.
Anyways hopefully next week we can get out and try to hear an elk bugle! If you kill a 110" deer and I am not there for it I will be super happy, but super angry at the same time haha! You have to hike a few miles to find those guys so you better keep riding that bike! If you just want to set it up there is a sweet place out by rail x you could go to after work one night and set it up I will send you the coordinates for it.
Well I hope you have a good week! I will work hard this week and make sure to set the area up for someone else if I leave, or set it up for a great transfer for me next transfer!
Love ya,
Jake
For those who are not familiar with the hunting lingo Jake used..."Velvet & Hard Horned"...
The difference is moose, elk, and deer produce new antlers yearly (primarily males, except in caribou/reindeer). The velvet stage is the first stage when the antlers are growing and they are covered with a velvety skin. Hard horned is after the antlers are done growing the deer scrape off the velvety skin leaving hard bone like antlers in the fall. This California girl has had to learn alot over the years :)
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