It has come to my attention that this weekly documentary of my life
has been rather sparse and lacking in details. I would like to most
sincerely apologize for my lack of information and detail in these
letters. I hope to improve the quality of these emails and also give you
a better picture of where I am in life. I hope that you will forgive my
earlier failures in light of my hopefully future success.
To begin I would like to share a funny story. For those of you in
my home ward I now have a Dog story. For the rest of you that do not
understand, in my ward we monthly get to listen to a returned missionary
speak about their mission and then get to ask them questions. One of
the first questions is almost always, "Do you have a dog story?". The
missionary then relates the funniest or scariest run in they have had
with our canine companions. This week I had my first dog story.
We have a member of our ward who owns rottweilers. Very big and
scary looking dogs. Usually we don't enter their yard because the dog
can enter or exit the yard at any time so we are never sure if the dog
is locked up. But I knew that the dog had just recently had puppies so
figured it was locked up with the puppies in a kennel. I was proven to
be incorrect in that assumption. So when we knocked on the members door
sure enough out comes a ferocious mama dog. Its barking and growling so
what does my companion do? Hides behind me and knocks harder on the
door. The dog nipped at me in the leg but didn't harm me. Just put a
nice big hole in my pants. So no harm no foul. The members called off
the dog and locked it up but there go my favorite khaki pants. ( I have
two pairs so I am fine Mom. Please don't try and send me pants!) I don't
believe my heart stopped pounding until I went to bed that night. All
in all a scary experience but alls well that ends well. But I now know
my companion intends to use me as a human meat shield in case of danger.
That's good to know.
Another fun thing is that we have been walking a lot. We had to go
to grand junction twice this month so miles were tight. But it led to a
lot of interesting experiences. We have been stopped a bunch but random
people who knew who we were and what we do. We were stopped in the
store, and a couple times on the street. One of those was just a man
trying to figure out how to draw this & symbol. It was interesting
to say the least. But we got a lot done and have met so many people. I
love being a missionary. I love serving the people here in the Paonia
Ward. I love being a missionary who is sent to declare the good news of
Christ. I love Christ.
I want you all to know I love you and pray for you. I hope you are all doing well.
Sincerely
Elder Lindh
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