Grand Junction 2

I Will Get There

 

This week was exciting.  We have been walking a lot because we are a little short on miles*. We have this song called "I Will Get There," and we joke that it is our song because we walk all the time and we motivate ourselves by singing the song, "I Will Get There." We like walking for a few reasons though. You talk to more people when you walk and we need the exercise. 

This week 4 less-active [members] came to church so that was great.  We have appointments scheduled with all of them this week so that is great. 

On the investigator front we ended up dropping all of them so we are starting from scratch.  Our ward mission leader brings his friend Steve to church so maybe we can start teaching him soon. One of the less-active [members] also brought a friend with them so that is fantastic.  

I met sister Lokotui's trainer yesterday she was visiting Fruita and stopped by.  

We have been taking a picture every single day so that is awesome; I will have to add some next week because I do not have much time.  

I hope you all have a great week. 

*The missionaries are supposed to only drive a certain number of miles in so many days- I think mostly for wear and tear reasons.

Just a guess, but this could be the song Ana is talking about.

It seems Ana did not have a lot of time this week for writing (even though this letter isn't much longer than her others lately). Normally she writes a little something to her parent's personal letters, but this time it was "sounds like an eventful week.  I am running out of time but I love you and will talk to you more next week." 

At least Ana's grandma wrote me an adventure of Ana's she heard through the grapevine:

This is as I remember it from Dad [Ana's grandpa] telling me what Grandma [Ana's great grandma] said, which makes it a condensed she said she said he said version.  Grandma's friend Lola lives in a ward that is not the Monument Ward, but her friend Lola goes to dinner at a friend of hers in the Monument Ward.  The sister missionaries were there when Lola went to the friends' and Ana mentioned her [great] grandmother lives in Grand Junction and Lola asked her name.  "Martha Sharp," said Ana.  Lola was delighted of course because Lola Sampson was a very dear friend of your grandmother [Ana's great grandma].  Lola taught your Dad [Ana's grandpa] Primary [Ana's grandpa's family joined the church when he was primary age] and also her husband was the branch president of the Aspen Branch who filled out your dad's [Ana's grandpa] mission papers and called your dad [Ana's grandpa] into his office and asked your dad [Ana's grandpa] to sign them.  I think he also encouraged your dad [Ana's grandpa] to go to BYU instead of Colorado State [BYU is where Ana's grandparents met].  So anyway, Ana and her companion ran out of miles on their car, so they had to walk to the dinner appointment with Ana on crutches.  Apparently it was like a 4 mile walk.  After the dinner they also had a teaching appointment, so Lola took Ana and her companion to the appointment.  At the appointment, Lola knew the man there (I suppose a member, not the investigator) and Lola asked him to be sure and drive the missionaries home, which we suppose he did.  Lola fully intends to get Grandma and permission if necessary to take Ana, her companion, and Grandma to lunch.  :)