Bike Problems (August 26, 2013)

This was a good week, but we were plagued with bike problems. Monday I got a flat tire, and I fixed it that night. Tuesday my companion got a flat tire. He was able to keep pumping it up every now and then. Wednesday he fixed it and right after I got a flat in the same tire I had just fixed. We had an appointment we had to get to and so I would pump it up and ride really fast. After the appointment I pumped it up, but a couple seconds later it was flat so we had to walk back to our flat which took about 2 hours. It has been ages since I walked that far. Then the part on my bike that connects the pedal to the gears has been coming loose and almost falling off and I cannot get it to stay on, or get one of the ones from one of our spare bikes off to replace it. Very annoying. Besides that it has been an alright week.

We had more member present lessons again, but unfortunately our normal lessons were very low, but this week should be better. The 18 year old is good. He still has questions about whether the Book of Mormon is the word of God. He also feels like he needs to know more. He comes to church every week and has been opening up more to us. In church he was asked to give a prayer in Priesthood and it was really good. You could tell he was a little nervous, but he used some phrases that members generally use, and it was good to think about how much he has progressed. Someone asked him if he was going to join the church and he said he was not sure, still deciding. This week we are going to talk about the Holy Ghost with him and talk to him about baptism to just see where he is at. Hopefully that lesson goes well. 

My companion also did a good job on the primary program, even though he only saw one song the day before. We are excited because next week the Port Hedland missionaries will be coming down, so it will be really nice to see some other missionaries.

I hope everyone back home is doing good.

Love,

Elder Cook