September 27, 2021

I apologize that I didn't send an email last week. I was on a plane. Going toward North Carolina! Not too bad of a flight, but instead of watching movies on the plane I played chess on the little screen. And I lost every single time, even against the lowest difficulty. 

Anyways we landed and  met the president,- who, by the way is Australian so he has the dopest accent ever Then we drove to the stake center in Raleigh. We had about a day of orientation, then Sister and Elder Maurer (the mission president) threw us out to live our best lives with our trainer in the field. My trainer is elder Low. He's an absolute unit broh, a real beast of a missionary. So he's teaching me everything I know. We've been really grinding away at these investigators broh, I really hit the ground running. I honestly feel like I've been here for months already. 

I've taught a bunch of people already this week but here are some notable interactions.

My first contact I had was Kelley and we found him at the park. We gave him a BOM and he said he would read it but we didn't know for sure, later he texted us and told us he would read the whole thing so that really surprised us.

Second notable interaction was brother Honeycutt and booy oh boy he can talk. He is this older souther gentleman and he rambles on about hunting and Bigfoot forever 

We also have this lady named Janice set up for baptism but her husband's not super supportive so remember to keep her in your prayers.

But yeah everything is great here in Smithfield NC. Great and wet. I ate some saltines yesterday and they were soggy just from sitting in the pantry.

Remember to read your bibles boys and girls 

eldah Bush 

Pictures dawg

1- my trainer elder Low

2-cheerwine 

3- i set off the fire alarm 4 times trying to make this

4-nuff said

5-boberry biscuit from bojangles

6- 

7- my sad weight set 

September 14, 2021

Hello friends. Thanks for reading. This week has been very good at the MTC! I have ingested lot of mediocre chocolate milk. 

I even had it with my coco puffs once. The cafeteria is pretty crowded but it's good when you can get it. There's a lot of missionaries here. We played basketball and volleyball today but for some reason ultimate Frisbee is against the rules bro. Anyways the classes are definitely better than zoom classes. And I have grown to love Sister Hope and especially Brother Seaman. He is the sweetest man.

Some things is learned from being nice and spiritual are: 

 

Repentance is not optional for salvation; it is a commandment of God. -Bible dictionary "repentance".

This way of thinking is really interesting. We also have to remember that the negative connotation that comes with the word repentance isn't really valid. Repentance is a good thing. Remember that!

Bye bye

Elder Bush 

1: My district at the temple

2: Jim time

3: my district

4: class 

4: elder sandall

5: having a good time

6 :mega bed

7: elder nilson  

September 7, 2021

This week has been so inspiring and good for me. I've definitely had a rough time adjusting to the schedule but I'll pull through I think. I've also come down with a pretty bad illness where I go to the gym and squat 335 a couple times. Yes you heard me right ladies and gentlemen I got a new squat pr and it's pretty sick. Next up: bench press 210.

 Also I came down with an actual cold. And please pray for my companion’s eardrums because I keep accidentally coughing into the microphone when we're on zoom.

 Elder Lohman and I taught this guy named Landon while we were in the MTC and ngl it went pretty well for a first lesson. The beginning was rocky but by the end we were feeling the spirit so hard. It was a grand old time. I never realized how much love the missionaries had for their investigators. I just wanted to hug the man. I really couldn't stop smiling dawg. Also read this scripture man: MOSIAH 4:9

Believe in God; believe that he is, and that he created all things, both in heaven and in earth; believe that he has all wisdom, and all power, both in heaven and in earth; believe that man doth not comprehend all the things which the Lord can comprehend.

 

Love this scripture.

 

Anyways 

My relatives insisted on taking me out to eat. This was the grand old time 2.0

 

Thank you for responding to my emails(mom), and thank you for all your love and support.

 

Remember to take the devil by the horns and show him your spiritual muscles guys.

 

Much love- Elder Bush

 Here are some pictures from the week

 

 

1: my dad with his size 14 feet (truly an anomaly)

 

2: my family and also I'm pretty sure that’s a couple making out in the booth on the right)

 

3&4 grandparents eating some stuff