Week 15 - Minus 15

Oh my gosh this week has been soooooo cold like -15 cold!! plus 100% humidity! So all the people who said it won't be that bad, I guess I get the best of both worlds hahaha.

Monday(1/28): We went to the zoo in Omaha!! Its like the number one zoo in the nation! We went into some way cool places, they have a Deseret dome and its just like Southern Utah in there with so many cool animals. and lots of other cool animals in the other areas as well. Because it was so cold, no one was there. It was only us four elders and a few other people in the zoo. It was so nice to have no lines or any wait it was so much fun!!

Tuesday(1/29). Today we where out to a little town and we had to turn around on this one road. So Elder Casteel started to turn the car around, and he thought the flat snow on the side of the road was just snow covered road.  It wasn't and so we slipped like 3 feet into the snow bank, and I couldn't even open my door. So I crawled out of the window. This nice guy saw us and helped pull us out of the ditch not even 5 min later.

Wednesday(1/30): Today we looked at our thermometer and it was -15!!!! It was so cold, but we still had to go out and do work. We had to limit our work though, and we would only be from car to house then back to the car. It was a long day.

Thursday(1/31):  Today was Elder Casteel's last day helping at the Store House (at least that's what we thought, and it was).

Friday(2/1) I've been out on my mission for 100 days!  We met this really cool guy named Rob and started teaching him.

Saturday(2/2): Today was crazy!! We heard some tornado warnings and we where so scared, but it was just the first of the month and they test the alarm every month. After that we drove around and it was so foggy! Like the most fog I have ever seen in my life. Later we talked with a less active member and had a lesson with a member. After the lesson, we tried to visit another less active guy and his family.  It was weird though, and then they shut the door on us. Oh well, haha.

Sunday(2/3): We went to church, then we went the the Youth Devotional and it was really good! Then we tried to visit a guy we where supposed to have a lesson with, but he didn't show up. We went to dinner that night in a town called Tabor and we went to give a blessing afterward, but no one was home at the house, so we called the member and they had forgotten to tell us that they had to leave, so we just went home after.

So, we started studying at the end of the night and we get this call from president...PRESIDENT??? So we picked up and he was talking to Elder Casteel then to me and he asked how my ankle was, and I said it was good, and he asked if it was good enough to be a trainer.... A TRAINER? ME?? Are you sure?? hahah I mean I guess so. So, this coming Wednesday, I get my greenie!  Pray for me (and my greenie)!  haha

Have a great week!

Elder Roylance