Hello outside world, another P-Day is here. It's my first one in the state of Michigan. I've been here for almost a week now. My area is called Coldwater. It's a town of about 10,000 in southern Michigan. My new address is:
Elder Damon Chlarson
28 West State Street #23
Coldwater, MI 49036
Basically the deal is that Coldwater hates Mormons. People spit at us, cuss at us, tell me I'm going to hell, and all kinds of crazyness. It's been the weirdest thing of my life. Nobody opens their doors and lets us talk to them. They either pretend to be gone or slam it in our faces. My new companion is cool though. His name is Elder Yeck and he's hilarious. He's been out here for about a year now, so that's cool.
I'm enjoying it, but it's very tough at times. There are moments when I just want to get up and go home. But, during those times I just remember it's not for me, it's for the Lord. I know there's at least one person in Coldwater, MI who is ready to accept the gospel. I just have to keep searching. I'll be here for the next 3-6 months. We'll see how it goes.
We're working with this ex-pentecostal preacher named Anton. He's super interested in the Gospel and he's reading the Book of Mormon, I hope he's ready to make these changes. On Friday, the funniest thing happened. We knocked on this white trash door and this guy opens up. We get to talking and he goes off, he's yelling about Area 51 and extra-terrestrial life and he's telling us we have no clue what we're talking about. He asks me why God won't speak to him right now and he's insane. This dude is dropping f-bombs and stuff. Elder Yeck distracts him while I talk to his brother in law who is a less-active member. He's interested in meeting again so we'll see how that goes.
I miss everyone so much. If anybody has written me and I didn't write back it's because I didn't have your return address. See you soon.
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