Hi!!
Tell everyone I am sorry if I don't write them I only get an hour and don't have time to write everyone back! P day is our busiest day! But I will try hard to get back to everyone.
So with the laundry Elder Johnson left his pen in a pocket and it exploded so that is what happened there. Thank you for getting me new shirts so quicly but there was a problem with one. It didn't have a pocket... haha the packages were identical but I put it on and went to put my name tag on and there was no pocket so I am not really sure what I should do with it if it was defective or meant to be that way haha but I need a pocket on it. Also Thank you for the package!! It was perfect. But the dounuts got completly smashed and that day elder Johnson was eating them with a fork and there was a role of quarters in the middle of the pile of smashed dounuts but the box was factory sealed when he opened it so we are very concerned how the quarters got buried in the doughnuts haha but we did appreciate the surprise quarters! haha
This week had a lot of ups and downs. Tuesday we had training meeting with all the new missionaries in Cleveland which was awesome. After training meeting we went on exchanges and went contacting downtown Cleveland. I was with Elder Kay (one from snowflake) and 2 others and we got to take the brand new car that had like 80 miles on it. We met a lot of crazy people but I guess its true what they say about east Cleveland because when we got back to the car the windows were smashed in and Elder Kays backpack and the gps that was in there was gone. Luckily I didnt leave anything in the car. But elder Kay for some dumb reason had $300 cash in his backpack and a brand new camera he had just bought the day before and his wallet with all his credit cards in it. I have no idea why he left all that but I felt way bad that only 2 weeks into his mission all his stuff was gone. We called president and the cops and the cops took over an hour to get there so it threw off our whole night because Elder Johnson was at the mission office and I was there dealing with that so we had to cancel our appointments that night so it was kinda a bummer.
But not all that happens here is bad a promise!! haha we are getting a lot of work done! We have a baptism this sunday for a 21 year old kid Alex. He is awesome and we have been teaching him a lot and cant wait to mark him as my first baptism! We dont actually get to baptize him though because president really wants members to baptize people so they have a connection to someone in the ward so I may not actually baptize a single person while I am here haha but oh well he is still awesome and making an amazing choice. Our other investigators arent as solid as him but we are working on it.
I have been having trouble with the phone calling people because the area code here is 330 and I am so used to dialing 303 that I have accidently called like 4 random people in Colorado haha I just type in 303 without even thinking haha. Well, not much too exciting has happened things are starting to get more normal, although I have kind of been struggling this week. We have a lot of less actives in our ward and some of our investigators are pretty intense so I have been struggling with that. People tell me things that they should not be telling me and for some reason just because we are missionaries they think we are qualified to handle all of their problems. It's really hard because you care about a lot of these people and I try my best to help them but sometimes we just dont know what to say. I have been struggling with that and praying to be able to say the right thing. Every night I fall asleep praying for and thinking of these people and how we could help them and I have been frusterated because I havent felt like I got an answer untill last night. We were at a members house that has been struggling and been excommunicated and was telling us things we were not qualified to deal with. After that this reoccurring problem was bothering more than ever because I didnt know how to help them. We were at an active members home watching some mormon message things and I really wasn't paying any attention because I was so troubled over how I could help with some peoples problems. We were watching peices of an Elder Andersens talk in a mormon message and he kept saying over and over again you dont know everything but you know enough. The last time he said it I finally heard it and felt like that was part of my answer. I made us watch it again so I could pay more attention and that was exactly what I needed. I realized I dont know everything and dont know how I can help these people but I know enough. I know the gospel and how it has blessed my life and know it is true and how to share my knowledge with others. I felt peace and realized that Hevanly father doesnt expect me to solve all these problems he expects me to share what I know and I know that he loves each and every one of us and provides a way through any problem if we trust in him. I hope I can always remember that when I find myself in those situations.
I hope everyone is doing great and I am excited for the missionaries to move in! I am jealous of them! Also thank you for all the stories and things you send me I love to read them!! Elder Johnson and I are still getting along great and we work hard and have a lot of fun together. I am having the time of my life sharing the gospel!
Love,
Elder Skalla
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