Jared’s Mission June 4,
2017
It’s been quite a while since I have made an entry. Everything is going well. We have moved into our new house. It’s very nice and large. I am no longer working at the Bike Shop
because they hired a new employee to work there full time. They couldn’t get the larger working area
they wanted so they had to cut back on volunteers to make room for the
employees. I am still waiting to hear
for another opportunity to fulfill my Friday assignment.
We moved into our new home in April and I like that we have
more space to do things and have big group gatherings. We have a shop area that we have set our ping
pong table up as well as a pool table and other fun things to do there. This move put us into a new ward and
Stake. I have still been going to the
Forest Grove Young Single Adult ward, but when Garrett gets married in July, I
will transfer to my family’s home ward.
I still love my missionary work. The one change that is coming is happening at
the DI (Deseret Industries). Two of the
job coaches are switching places. One is
coming to run the clothing department and the other is going to move out and
run the sales floor. I still like
talking to my co-workers. We’ve had a
few new employees join our group and I’ve liked getting to know them.
They are remodeling the Bishop’s Storehouse all this last
week so it should be different when I go in tomorrow. I didn’t have to go to the DI or Storehouse
last week since they were closed on Memorial Day, but I still fulfill the meat
orders and normal food orders, if we finish the meat orders. One of the other volunteers had his last day
there a couple of weeks ago, as his mission ended. He was an older gentleman.
I am still enjoying my time at the Family History
Center Family History
Center
I have been going with the new missionaries from my family’s
ward on Thursdays. We have been doing
service projects for the past 3 weeks.
We have helped a man with yard work, stack wood for the upcoming winter,
move rocks to make more parking space for him.
We also pulled weeds for a couple getting ready to sale their
house. Last week we helped paint some of
their house. I have liked being able to
do these service projects with the missionaries.
I have been practicing with my Special Olympic Track
team. We had our Regional meet
yesterday. I got third place in the 200
run and First place in the Long jump!
One of our relay team members for the 4x100 wasn’t able to come, so we
had to scratch. It was a lot of fun and
good weather for it.
In my scripture reading I have learned from another author
who wrote a Book of Mormon Study Help manual that the way Joseph Smith wrote
about the destruction in Ancient America is proof that he could have not
written the Book of Mormon, instead translating it, due to the lack geological
activity where he lived at the time, as well as the books that he would have
had access to, along with the little formal education he received, would not
have given him the ability to write about such things. It helped my testimony of the truthfulness of
the Book of Mormon. I’m thankful that
this opportunity came to me to serve in this capacity because it would have
been more difficult for me to serve away from home in the typical mission
setting.
I have 5 months left to serve and I will put all my heart
and soul into the service of the Lord and my ward and community!
Elder Markham
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| JJ, Elder Gordon, Elder Beckstead getting ready to do some service. |
