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

July 28, 2014 weekly update~

Hey Everyone, this week was sweet. We got like, 5 referrals this week. Thats a lot for Alaska. We also got 12 member findings. A member finding is when a member wants to share the gospel with someone and asks us to help. We set a goal for 12 this month and reached that goal last week, and this week we got 12 more haha. One member who just moved here said her mom wants to be baptised, and so we set up an appointment for Friday. w00t We helped someone build a part of their house this week, that was cool. Put up some supports and some Logs to hold it up. I didn't take anypictures this week though, so .. sorry. haha Well I hope you are all well, miss ya ! Love Elder Pawson

look what the Young Women from GR Stake sent me! (July 21, 2014)

my camera is h igh enough megapixels that you should be able to read them all. aren't they wonderful?

Here are a couple pictures Elder Pawson sent to me

I sent a picture with some stuff in it. Your belt you sent me, the one dad sent me, the red and blue striped tie is from elder springer, or..rj i guess. And a tie i traded ELder Webster for, ask andrew and jack what it reminds them of, they better say Minecraft cuz that what it reminds me of haha.

July 21, 2014 Baptism Nall, old war ruins and forgot to text in again

This week was pretty sweet! Saturday we had a baptism. Shirley Nall was baptised. She met her husband over the internet while he was in Florida, and they got married in Vegas and he moved in with her in Seldovia. She was so prepared when he shared the gospel, and now they are planning hteir temple trip and mission haha. Pretty sweet! Last monday we went and checked out some old War ruins. I haven't gotten a straight answer on whether they are WWII or Cold War Radar stations, but they are tight. It was kind of private property so we were hididn gfrom construction trucks. It was fun haha. On the picture where I am standing on the one that slid down, I actually slipped climbing up there and slid like 50 feet down a gravel hill. Got all dirty haha. Ha. so funny story. I forgot to text in again, I don't know if I told the story about Big Lake, but yea, we text in at night to let our leaders know we are home, well I left the phone in the trucka nd went ot bed. Well President called our bishop and told him to go check on us, he couldn't get in and we wouldn't wake up, so he tried to break in. The police caught him and told him we were probably out having a good time on friday night, but he tried to explain we are missionaries and don't do that. Eventually they woke up Elder Webster, I was still knocked out. This was around midnight, it was pretty hilarious. Bishop was a little upset but he isn't mad. Well that was my week. Love yall! HOpe you are all well! Love Elder Pawson

July 14, 2014 Hand cart Douglas

hey everyone, this week was sweet. Monday we visited a member who has been struggling with kidney stones that are caused by something unkown. She asked us to give her a blessing and we were happy too, and it was way good. We shared a lesson about how CHrist has overcome the world, so we can get by trials. John 16:33. Tuesday we met President RObinson. Ho boy, he is awesome! He is so fired up and wants to do so much good here. He's a hugger too, so thats a nice change. President Beelsey wasn't much into that haha. Well kind of. We have a baptism on Saturday! That is exciting. Shirley Nall, who just married a member, is getting baptised! She is way excited and already is planning her mission and temple sealing. pretty tight like unto a dish. We helped set up a yard sale for a non member too, and he had this cart for firewood. we used it to bring stuff from the house to the shop, and you pulled it like a handcart, so finally I got to be a pioneer haha.. Love you all, hope you are well. Elder Pawson