Habits and Learning

I was so happy to get to talk with everyone yesterday for Father's Day and so glad you all could get together with all the extended family. For me, it was a very quick week filled with lots of preparation and excitement as I only have 2 weeks left out here in Ohio.

Some highlights of the week:

On Wednesday me and Elder Sanchez were able to go over to Brother and Sister Temple's house to help them get their new house ready to move into. We pulled 2 huge 85 pound bookshelves into the backyard, where I then took an ax and sledge hammered through both bookshelves to get them down to small size to move them to a wood burn pile they had. Super fun day! Was quite the workout haha, but so glad we could help them out with it.

We had interviews with President Horgesheimer on Thursday. They went super good. It was my final interview, and I had a good visit with him. He gave me a priesthood blessing at the very end of our visit. Me and the rest of the district went to Old Carolina BBQ afterwards for lunch. It was a nice time. We then had ward basketball that night and it was super great to see a lot of older men there that we usually don't see at church that often.

Elder Sanchez and I have been teaching lots. We had 31 lessons last week, and drove clear across the whole area to be meeting with people. It was pretty sunny all week long and so it made it nice to be able to get out and go for walks outside. Everyone is on summer vacation so they're always outside and makes it fun to be able to get to know them and talk with them.

We have been doing district runs 3 to 4 times a week. We meet at our apt at 6:50 in the morning and will normally run close to 3 miles each day. I have my fit bit watch so it makes it really nice to be able to track it. Everyone says they want to be in good shape like I'm in, so it's been fun to kind of be their "coach" in a way. ;) 

We were able to give 2 Priesthood blessings as well over the weekend. Super grateful for that authority we have to do that as bearers of the Priesthood and represent what and who our Heavenly Father is.

It was overall a really good week for me. Last week I thought a lot about the topic of "habits" and what kind of habits I have as a person. I'm grateful for the chance we have to learn new habits and to be better everyday. It's been something that I talked to President about in our interview together. He gave some wise counsel that i wanted to share today. He said, "You only fall back into bad habits when you forget who you are and what you're striving to become". Building up our foundation as in Helaman 5:12 and focusing on the strength and the power that Jesus Christ gives to us.

So excited for the excitement of welcoming 2 new little ones to our family soon. :) 

I love you all so very much. I miss you and pray for you guys everyday. Thank you for your examples and your support to me everyday. 

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I love you always and forever,

Elder Dylan McEwan