Holy crap....... What an eventful Father's day. I don't even know what to say. I am so glad that things worked out. I can't believe that happened. I'm sorry. You are in a surgery room wayyyy too often. Is the post recovery ok? I imagine you would get the day off for work? I love you so much. I am so happy that things worked out.
Umm...from the sounds of it, things are much less "eventful" over here in New Hampshire. It's hard to compare. This week we had some solid referrals from members. This Thursday we are teaching a family of seven who called our bishop and warned him that he should be expecting seven new members to the area. So we have the opportunity to teach them. I am really excited to be able to be part of that. We also have another lady who we are going to teach that will be having dinner with us at a members home. So lots of good things are going to happen this coming week.
Things in my new area are going great. We are seeing some miracles taking place that I can't believe are happening. We stopped by a non-active member, who hasn't been to church or anything in 15 years on Saturday, and saw him playing basketball in his front yard. So we said can we play some 21 and he agreed to play with us. So we played with him, got to know him a little more, and then we went into his house to cool down and drink some soda pop (perfect treat for a post workout). When we got done talking with him, he agreed that would come to church. I really wasn't sure if he would, but he showed up as he said he was going to. After sacrament meeting, Elder Miller and I introduced him to our bishop and during the conversation, he mentioned how his wife (non-member) was going to change up her Sunday work schedule if possible to start coming to church. If that wasn't enough, he also said that his sons (non-members) and daughters (non-members) said they wanted to start coming to church. I could hardly believe it. A member inactive of 15 years shows up and starts saying all of this. Gotta love basketball.
I am glad Dad enjoyed the hat. I didn't know if the hat was too "bling-bling." But I am glad that he likes it though. The maple syrup was from a member in Vermont. Believe it or not, that little container of syrup runs around $20 or so. It takes around 40 gallons of maple sap to make a single gallon of maple syrup. Hence, the extreme prices for the maple syrup. To be perfectly honest, I still like Mrs. Buttersworth more than the "real" stuff. But I will never admit that to a New Englander. They would lynch me for sure.
Things are going well out here. Besides what I asked for in my package, the important one already being fulfilled, I have nothing really to ask for. The members take care of us pretty well. Both of us are getting really comfortable with the area and seem to have a good grasp on our role in the work in this area. The members have an amazing splits idea they set up every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday where they have a couple of members go on splits with us to visit in-actives. I have never seen that in a ward before. It's a great idea.
Well hopefully everything will work out with Mom. I will keep a special prayer in my heart for her and the family. I love you all so much. Thank you for your prayers. I haven't said this, but I pray every single night that the family will be watched over. I love you all so much.
Elder Novakovich
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