My family and friends! How are all of you? I have some exciting news to share. It might not be all that thrilling to you but I really appreciated it. I am in the University's paper today and they have posted this article on the website as well. You can check it out at UW Daily. (note from Elaine: This is a direct link to the article, but John's picture is on the newspaper's homepage, just wait for the photos at the top to change!)
This week was a lot of fun and very busy... of course right? We are always busy. Last Monday's FHE was really fun though. We had a tri-ward activity where we had a photo scavenger hunt. We lost but we came really close! The prize was a $20 coupon to krispy cream doughnuts. They had 2nd and third prizes as well which was a $15 coupon and so on. Then on Tuesday we had a lot of church tours with people from campus. There was a lot of excitement on campus because school started on the 29th so all of the booths from the different clubs were all set up where we usually proselyte. We talked to people anyway and had good conversations with them. We have been having so much success as a zone and mission. This past year has been rough with out baptismal goal. We've constantly been treading our last years actual but now we are in full swing. Especially after Elder Kikutchi came.
Our mission tour with Elder Ringwood is on the 20th of October and then all zone leaders get a personal interview with him on the 21st. I'm so excited! I wonder what he is going to talk about with me? So in other words there is a lot of excitement in the air. The only bad thing is the poor weather. It's not too bad right now but the sunny days are diminishing. The trees are amazing right now though! Especially where I live since it's right on lake union. You look across the lake in the morning and their are trees of every color along with the evergreens. This makes it look even more spectacular.
This week was a lot of fun and very busy... of course right? We are always busy. Last Monday's FHE was really fun though. We had a tri-ward activity where we had a photo scavenger hunt. We lost but we came really close! The prize was a $20 coupon to krispy cream doughnuts. They had 2nd and third prizes as well which was a $15 coupon and so on. Then on Tuesday we had a lot of church tours with people from campus. There was a lot of excitement on campus because school started on the 29th so all of the booths from the different clubs were all set up where we usually proselyte. We talked to people anyway and had good conversations with them. We have been having so much success as a zone and mission. This past year has been rough with out baptismal goal. We've constantly been treading our last years actual but now we are in full swing. Especially after Elder Kikutchi came.
Our mission tour with Elder Ringwood is on the 20th of October and then all zone leaders get a personal interview with him on the 21st. I'm so excited! I wonder what he is going to talk about with me? So in other words there is a lot of excitement in the air. The only bad thing is the poor weather. It's not too bad right now but the sunny days are diminishing. The trees are amazing right now though! Especially where I live since it's right on lake union. You look across the lake in the morning and their are trees of every color along with the evergreens. This makes it look even more spectacular.
On Friday we had zone leader council which was very productive. We had a talk about texting on our cell phones and I found out I'll probably be transferred before we get it. It wont be coming until mid December or early January. It's a shame I couldn't enjoy the benefits of texting with the university wards. It'll make the area much better when they do get it though. Conference this weekend was a blast!! We got permission to watch it with our entire ward at our bishops house. We had breakfast and watched conference. Then he had a giant BBQ before the next session. He as a really beautiful house and it's perfect for our ward. Some of the other ward members come too because it's so much fun. As far as priesthood session and Sunday conference we watched that at the Seattle North Stake Center. I loved it of course. Conference weekend is comparable to Disneyland in missionary life.
As far as our investigators we have 2 new we are teaching tonight and I'm very excited! I'm sure you'll hear more about them next week if they are progressing after today. I love all of you and can't wait to hear of the good news happening back home. Keep up the good work!
As far as our investigators we have 2 new we are teaching tonight and I'm very excited! I'm sure you'll hear more about them next week if they are progressing after today. I love all of you and can't wait to hear of the good news happening back home. Keep up the good work!
Elder Bottema
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