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Hello everyone!!


This week has been interesting. A lot happened, yet not much happened

all at the same time. I don't really know what to talk about haha. I

guess I will just start with Monday last week.



On Monday we helped Sister Ash move. She is a super nice Venezuelan

lady who is moving to Idaho after she spends three weeks in Venezuela.

When she asked us to help her, she made it seem like it was just a

couple of boxes and a TV that we would have to move. However, that was

not the case. We got to empty out her entire attic and fill an entire

UHaul truck! She didn't have air conditioning up there and it was 104

degrees outside. It was fun though! She also took us out for pizza

afterward. After we dinner, we gave her a blessing. The spirit was SO

strong and I could definitely feel the love that Heavenly Father has

for her. It was a great experience :)



Tuesday was pretty uneventful. The sisters did find us a family to

teach earlier last week -- Brad and Elisa -- so Elder Jensen and I

went to visit them on Tuesday. Elisa's father had just passed away and

same with Brad's uncle, so we talked about eternal families and the

Plan of Salvation. They absolutely loved it and really wanted to learn

more! We will be meeting with them later this week, hopefully haha.



Wednesday was fun! It was basically nothing but service projects. We

went to some kind of state park and did some service with Stella, a

bird specialist. She taught us a lot about which plants we should kill

and which ones would be spared as we disposed of the non-native

invasive species which were harming the native life-supporting ones.

It was a party! After that, we were going to pull weeds for a member

in the hospital, but it started dumping rain. We decided we would come

back some other time hahaha. After that we went straight to the

Verde's to move a bunch of furniture to their basement. Wednesday was

exhausting, but we found ways to make it fun! Stella trusted us with a

machete! Let's just say that some non-native invasive species never

stood a chance against a two districts of missionaries with sharpened

sticks of metal haha.



Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday were all pretty similar (except

for church on Sunday, of course). A whole bunch of knocking doors. We

got a phone call while knocking. The person just asked about

relationship advice for about 15 minutes. We did, however, sneak a

little lesson about the Restoration haha. He called us back later and

we set up an appointment with him! It was interesting...



Here are some fun quotes for the week:



Francis: "We're going to live with Heavenly Father and Jesus?!? Make a

request for a bowling alley. I want to go bowling with the Angels!"


Me: "Hi, we're the missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of

Latter-Day Saints"

Guy: "Mormons, right? My dad is a Mormon."

Me: "Really? That's awesome! Are you interested in learning more about Mormons?"

Guy: "Are you interested in gay couples?"

Me: "...so you said your Dad was Mormon? That's pretty neat."


Francis (talking about reincarnation): "I refuse to come back as a fly

sitting at a pile of HORSE CRAP! That is not going to happen!"


Anyway hahahaha! That's my week for ya. We were fed 8 times this week,

so that's pretty cool.



Oh! Also, before Elder Jensen and I left the mission office on my

first day here, President Reynolds pulled us aside. President was just

telling us about the area and why we had to be blinded in. Then, he

promised us (Elder Jensen and I) that if we are obedient and work

hard, we will eventually get to a point where we can baptize every

week! We took that to heart and are working very hard!


Here's my address:


1135 Walt Whitman Road

Melville, NY 11747



I love you all!


Elder Snell



The Zone