Letter 1-12-09

Dear Family,

We are now entering week 3 here in Big Spring. In case you didn’t get the memo, I sent a photo CD last week of the 2nd transfer in Eastland with Elder Romney. Check it out.

I also totally forgot to tell you what we did for New Years. Absolutely Nothing! It was the first time in my life that I actually went to bed before midnight on New Years Eve. 10:30 PM, like commanded. We weren’t allowed to go out the evening of New Years Eve after 6 PM, but we didn’t really do much in the apartment. It was a normal night. It was nice going out and working on New Years, not many let us in, but a lot of people were home and so we got a lot of return appointments. It was nice. But now it is 2009. 2008 is gone and that seems really weird. Elder Droge’s Dark Year has begun. Mwa Ha Ha!!

So about the work, Elder Winterton and I have really high pans for Big Spring. There are a couple of newer contacts that we have that show a lot of potential. There are also 1 or 2 older contacts that we have big plans for. If I have it right, there are 4 different homes that we are planning on going over and setting baptisimal dates for. The idea is to get at least 1 baptism this transfer. I have the faith that it will happen and am working my hardest to make it happen. Like I said, there is a new standard for the Texas Lubbock Mission and a new mindset for the missionaries here. Membership will blossom and West Texas will flourish. What do I ask from you? I ask for your prayers for me to baptize at least one investigator/investigator family this transfer specifically. If you could do that, that would make me happy.

So this letter is a little shorter than normal. That’s how it might be here in Big Spring. Don’t cry too hard. I will end with one interesting story that happened while we were finding. We knocked on a guys door and the guy was a middle aged fellow that wasn’t too happy. Once he found out who we were do you what he did? He told us to get off his property or he was going to get his gun and shoot us. Ha! I found that funny. Needless to say, we didn’t argue. Don’t worry mom. I am perfectly safe. No one is going to shoot me on my mission. I can promise you that. Anyways, Adios Amigos

Elder Adam R Droge
The DrogeMiester