Well this week was actually a pretty blah week--my first week were I was just 

drained and done with everything. I couldn't feel it all week, but I knew that it 

was taking a toll and a whole lot of stuff.  On top of all of that, this week was just 

a bad week for the numbers--everything (literally every aspect; every key indicator) 

just fell. We started out hoping for a baptism, but nope--that didn't happen. 

That one fell through.  And also just every day we got more and more bad news, 

and bad things happening.

Story one: 

So we have been working with this MA in the ward who was also recently baptized as well. 

But he stopped going to church because he had a fear of closing his business on Sunday, 

or just a small part of Sunday. So he just stopped going but still a great guy, and 

following the commandments and total. So anyways he was taken to the hospital last week for a 

health issue, but returned to his house on Sunday (or Saturday or Friday I don't remember), 

like two weeks ago. So anyways we never got the chance to pass by and see how he was 

doing but we were planning on going and checking on him. So anyways, we first pass by a 

member's house and she tells us that he had passed away that morning at 630. He had drowned 

in his sleep (that's what I understood).  So we spent that day just in a daze (well more like me cuz 

we were just home boys), and just trying to work and do stuff. But I just wasn't focused. So that 

was just really sad and we just tried helping the family as much as we could in that time as well. 

Then every day just followed like that--we had to help a member to the hospital because she 

had a cyst on her ovary and couldn't really move; and just really weird things like that. 

On top of all of that, we were also visiting all of the investigators, and for one thing or another they 

either rejected us completely or just couldn't attend church this Sunday so their baptismal date fell. 

Or they were all ready and prepared to get married and we pass by and nope they got cold feet 

and decided that they no longer wanted to get married and stuff like this. 

So yeah this week was very enjoyable for your beautiful young elder, who surprisingly doesn't 

have a bald spot, or a bad hairline yet. But who's hair is pretty thick and getting a beautiful blonde color, 

like that perfectly golden marshmallow color when you're cooking a s'more. Well anyways, last 

night when I finally took a breath for the first time in the week--I was just drained and sat on 

the kitchen floor for like two hours or more just in deep thinking. Pretty great.

But hey this weeks a new week lets go gets some success. cant change yesterday or last 

week, but we can start molding this week and today. 

Church is true go be awesome,  (anne bagley)