Dear Home~
It's good to hear that things are still positive and looking up, aside from all the crazy things going on in our family and the world. Tell Grandpa Harold that I hope he is doing well and that I love him. I don't have much on my mind right at this moment, or maybe it's just I have a lot on my mind and can't figure out how to focus! Who knows?
Lake Butler is doing well and things are moving right along, albeit at the pace of a snail, nevertheless, they're moving. There are many struggling youth in the ward, particularly the young men, and so, Bishop Cabral, as well as many others in the ward, are going to have us spend as much time as we can with the young men. Hopefully we can help. I can say that it's been a while since I've been in a ward where I'm around a group of young men right about my age--it's almost like being on a team again, but not quite.
Last night we had a pretty hard storm come through the area and it was a lot of fun to watch. Me and Elder Bagley tried to do our best to film lightning as it came out of the sky and every once in a while we got lucky. Elder Bagley could feel the electricity in the air, but for whatever reason, I didn't notice it as much. Maybe my body isn't as sensitive to such things as his body. It was interesting to watch the thunder clouds as the wind blew them by--for a time I thought I saw the clouds start to rotate, as if by chance to produce a nice little funnel cloud, but no such luck. They just blew on past and then rained on us. It's always fun to listen to the powerful roar of the thunder and to watch bolts of lightning light up the entire sky. More than likely it's going to storm again tonight and perhaps even the next few days, but all is well, I enjoy the view.
I made the Lehi Roller Mills brownies and shared them with some of our neighbors and they seemed to love them! I baked them just about the perfect amount of time. I had an issue as I mixed it together, unfortunately I couldn't find the automatic mixer, so I eventually had to resort to a fork...and then even my hands. The batter was very thick and stubborn. I had difficulty using anything other than the fork, but it all worked out. I bet with mint frosting, the brownies would have been perfect. Next week I'm going to make breakfast for the family who lets us do laundry at their home. I'm going to make them some German pancakes. Hopefully, if all goes according to plan, they like it. :) I'm also going to make a skor bar cake again soon and either give it to another family who cooks us dinner all the time, or just share it with the other missionaries in our district, or maybe I'll just share it with whoever wants some. Our landlord was very impressed that I "know" how to cook--I still don't feel that I'm there, but I'm doing my best to introduce home to Florida. Slowly but surely Utah flavor will take over the world ;) but then again, whether we want that to happen or not is entirely another question, haha!
Anyhow, big wheels keep on rolling and the mission continues. Tune in for next weeks' adventures Monday afternoon.
Love~
Austin
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