We had a really great week this week. Tuesday was mission council and it about doubled in size because we have more zone leaders and then all the Sister Training Leaders come to mission council now so it was huge. After we had to go to Toledo to pick up a missionary. Some of them were rough housing in the apartment and one broke his leg so he had to go home. We went and picked him up and took him to the airport the next morning. It stinks seeing missionaries go home when they aren't supposed to. Especially something stupid like that. He was pretty sad to go. We went on 2 exchanges this week. I went one day with Elder Burch in Solon and man did I have a blast. I seriously like forgot how fun it was to go out and work for an entire day. We tracted and taught and I stopped by and saw dads friend Mark Taylor. We met some really cool people too and this sweet old lady. We just talked to her on her porch and sang her I am a Child of God and she LOVED it. She was in tears and wanted us to come in but we couldn't so she like loaded us up a with all this food and drinks and they set an appointment to come back. I think she was the nicest lady I have ever met, she told us how cute and nice we looked probably 50 times in like 15 minutes. It was just fun and made me miss just going out and working. Especially since it was beautiful weather this week. I heard you got snow like every place I went. They all said how glad they were they didn't live in Denver haha. We also have been teaching our investigator Tom and helping him with his barn/shed thing. We're almost done with the roof. The other night we were in his house teaching just in our service clothes and half way through the lesson I saw a bunch of spots on Elder Ingersoll's shirt. I thought it was just saw dust or something but then I saw one of them move and I looked closer and there were like 50 little tiny bugs all over his back. I quickly wrapped up the lesson and we went outside. I was like don't get in the car, don't freak out or anything but you need to take off your shirt. He just like looked at me and like ripped it off and threw it on the ground haha it was so funny. But we got all the bugs off. We have all just been paranoid because bed bugs have been a huge problem here so any type of bug freaks us out. We also had a really good stake conference this week. It was a regional broadcast so we heard from Elder Hales and President Uchtdorf. Other than that we have been preparing for zone conferences which are this week. Its my last round of zone conferences in my mission... not good. We had lunch with the Vellinga's last night after stake conference. It is always crazy when we go over there. They are so fun. President had us role play for like 2 hours with Kristen and Sister Vellinga and it was so funny. They are good sports about it.
We have also been dealing with flirting and inappropriate relationships between missionaries and missionaries and members. It is getting ridicules. I got 3 phone calls in the last 3 days about 3 different situations. It's only going to get worse when we continue to get more and more young Elders and Sisters. It's tough to deal with and correct.
Well, I gotta get going, there is still a lot we have to do for zone conferences and we have to find time for p day stuff and then go back to the mission home tonight. I hope you have a good week! I'll talk to you Sunday! Have some questions for me too! There is so much that goes on I cant think of what I have told you and what I haven't. I love and miss you!
Elder Skalla
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