This week has been really, really great. I have yet to receive the pants, but I stand awaiting their arrival. If you were to buy me more pants, please try and get the same kind but in a different color. I am not a "one outfit fits all" sort of missionary.
Tuesday this week was good. The week was just all around exciting, but Tuesday was a pretty regular day. We visited people and did our best to do the Lord's work.
Wednesday was totally crazy. We had a very special Zone Conference where a member of the Seventy came named Elder Whiting and taught us. It was super spiritual and pumped us all up. He pretty much said that we are in the last days that there are only two promises that have not been fulfilled, which are the Gathering of Israel and the Second coming. He talked about how President Nelson had just deputized the Youth and that the most important thing we can do right now is to gather Israel. He gave us training's on the Holy Spirit and the power of the Book of Mormon as a tool in our work. It was really cool.
Thursday we gave a little lady a blessing for a pain she was having in her back and talked with the missionaries in our Zone about how we could apply Elder Whitings teachings in our work. The rest of the day we visited people and helped out were we could. We ended up having a lot of lessons with members and less actives that day.
Friday we also worked. We had our apartment checked that morning and we passed - we just have to get our manager to get us a new air filter and we have to clean our toilet better... oops.
Saturday was the reason for the title of the email. We finally had the annual vineyard trip. So we all woke up at 4:30 in the morning and drove all the way up to Madera and picked grapes. It was super fun for like the first two hours then started to get boring. Our hands were caked with dried grape juice and dirt and it was starting to get hot. We finished all 3 of our rows and we had a super great harvest. There was just TONS! of grapes everywhere I will attach some pictures.
Sunday was a good day. The girls all spoke about what they learned from girls camp and how they got closer together as a youth. Then for the third hour we help the Primary out with Singing time which was pretty fun. We sang some good songs with the kids and played a game where they role a dice to see what they will do for the song.
One of the nights we visited the doctor and he told us a lot about different health things like how all the guys that want to get super jacked have problems and then end up having heart attacks or dying at like age 35. So we decided we didn't want to mess ourselves up by trying to lift lots of weight and instead do what he suggested, which is more cardio and more reps. I also talked to him about getting an appointment with the dermatologist which I need to follow up with him about. I don't know what it is but something about the weather here makes me very dry and my whole body has eczema including my head, neck, back, arms, armpits, lower back, knees, calves, and even feet. But yeah I am hating it. I hope this guy can help me out. I love you all so much and thank you for your help and support as I serve in the mission field.
Love,
Elder Dave Murray
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