September 15, 2014 weekly update, transferred to aplenglow ward with elder van tress, FHE bear

Well.....I'm getting transferred again!! I'll be going to the chugach zone, serving as a district leader int he alpenglow ward. my new companion is elder van tress. my first comp who has been out not as long as me, kinda weird. This week we did a lot of packing and cleanin'. but last Monday we had a hilarious experience. we were at empty nesters family home evening, and it was kind of in a rural spot. Well there was a bear that kept coming by, but no one saw it but the head of the house. So the third time it came by, everyone was looking at it through the window, but the head of the house was like, "excuse me I'm going to my room real quick." While everyone was oooohing and ahhhing, I looked over and saw brother friend sneaking out the side door with a R700, and a few seconds later, BANG! the bear was shot through the heart, and he was to blame. One of the old ladies there, and ironically the one who hated me, just burst into tears and was unconsolable. Did I mention that this happened right in the middle of our lesson? I was sittin' there and was like, uh, can we say a prayer? and then after that prayer all the old ladies left and we went out with brother friend and dragged the bear in and took some pics. it was awesome!! hope yall are well! love elder p

September 8, 2014 weekly update

This week went by pretty fast actually. We've still been focusing a lot on community service, instead of just randomly visiting less actives or door knocking. Sure our numbers are lower now, but I feel it is a much better use of our time, to be honest. One of the nonmembers there is sending their kid to mutual this week, which is sweet, and we were able to hook up another rone with the dentist in our ward to help with her teeth problem, so its really makin a difference! transfer calls are this Saturday and from what president said, I am 90% staying and e. Webster is definiately out of here, I guess we will see what happens!

September 1, 2014 weekly update

Hey everyone! This week was great! I went to Kodiak! We had to drive to anchorage to take a plane there. I went with one of my zone leaders, elder shurtz. The first plane ride we took there was turned around after we got there, because it couldn't land. There was too much fog or something. That kind of sucked because I dont' like sittin in a plane for so long, and plus we had to get up at 4 to get to the airport by 6am for our flight the next day. And since we were spending the night with friends, we maybe didn't get to bed on time haha, but it was all good. We made it there the next day and spent the day working with the elders there. I was with Elder Loy and Elder Shurtz was with Elder Owen and Elder Dela Pena. They took the car and Elder Loy and I were on bikes, that was an experience! I hadn't ever been on bikes before. I was pretty tired by the end of the day, but it was a great time. The next morning we took pictures and then got on our flight home, and drove back to homer. A lot of travel but it was really worth it, I had a blast! Took a lot of pics and sent a few for ya here. Love yall and hope yall are doin well! love elder p

August 25, 2014 weekly update

This week was ok. We did a lot of service. We are getting really involved in the community and it is changing how people see us now, which is good. Our bishop is back in town which is good and bad, the ward council is really fired up about missionary work now, but he has been gone for the igniting, so he came back without the same fire and it showd in ward council yesterday, but we have dinner with him on sunday so that should be good. I don't think I took any pictures this week, well of my wall and a puzzle that Elder Webster did with an elderly member of the church at the hospital. I'm not very good at puzzles so when we do service at Long Term Care I just talk to the other old people and leave the puzzles to them. Then I guess here Is a picture of my wall so you can know what it looks like? Wednesday I'm leaving for Kodiak with Elder Shurtz my ZL. We are gonna do exchanges over there so that will be fun and I will probably have pictures from that, so, look forward tot aht! Love you all!! Elder Pawson

August 18, 2014 weekly update

Hey everyone. This week was good. We had exchanges and I was with Elder Hamilton again while Elder Webster went to Soldotna. It was a lot of fun. We had our first district meeting, which is done over a computer, which kind of sucks, but its a lot better then phone, which is how they used to do it. The pictures were from an activity they were doing where they made obstacles in the room and had ot maneuver around them blindfolded. The second time they had a missionary guide them and I compared it to their planner. Overall it was pretty good, but Kodiak was 20 mins late due to computer problems. I get to go to Kodiak next week with Elder Shurtz to do exchanges. pretty awesome, I'll have a lot of pictures of that! I included a picture of prices of groceries, incase you don't believe what I say. Yea that is 6$ for grape juice. We have been doing a lot of service at a place called Homer Thrift. It is run by a battered women shelter, they love us there! Its pretty fun to serve in a place where it benefits the community so much. President told Elder Webster one of us would be leaving next transfer, which was kind of a relief to be honest. well lov eyou all, hpe you are well! Love ELder Pawson

August 11 weekly update

hey everyone! this week was good. We got to go to Soldotna for zone meeting, I learned a lot and gave a training on working with active members. the technology pooped out so I was there to save the day with my skillz We've had some good success working with the members in the ward. We had another 7 member findings this week. Our goal for august was 12 haha. We will have to set a higher goal for next month, that is for sure! Another one of my companions went home this transfer meeting. Elder Worwood was with me in the samoan ward. That was when we tracted all day every day for a few weeks. I have my first district meeting that I planned for tomorrow. I'm going to use the video "The Pump" from the family home evening DVD to talk about accountability for our choices. you should watch it, its hilarious. well I didn't take any pics this week, sorry. I'll repent and try better next week. love you all! elder pawson

August 4, 2014 Transfers, Seldovia and Service

Well we got our transfer calls. I'm staying in Homer. WIth Elder Webster. But I'm not JC anymore. They made me a dang District Leader. I'm the Eagle Point District Leader. My district is Kodiak and HOmer. That also means I'm senior companion now. I made it a year and was hoping for more as JC but I guess not. We went to Seldovia last week. Its a little town only accessible by plane or ferry. It was kind of a waste of time though. No one wanted to hear our message. We did get to see the salmon running, and I bought a seldovia shirt, but yea. Atleast it was fun. We moved someones outhouse too. Oh man, that was disgusting! IT was pretty darn full. We put down planks and tilted the outhouse so we could slide PVC pipe under it, and rolled it to the new hole. yuck haha. Had another 8 member findings this week. We are leading the stake in missionary work! Pretty awesome!! Love you all, hope you are well! Love Edler Pawson