06/10/2019 The Flood Missed Us

Hello all. There was a lot of flooding this past week on the Arkansas River, and a lot of missionaries got to go help fill sandbags and stuff and help out with preparation. The big flooding missed Arkadelphia and we didn't go fill any sandbags. It would have been cool to do, but oh well. Maybe next time...? 

Anyways, this week was pretty typical until Sunday. It rained a lot, it was hot (a little less humid though I think). We've had some lessons. Karl's doing well and came to church with us. He likes trick bikes, so we showed him the "Wheelz" video the church put out fairly recently about a guy who does trick wheelchair. I highly recommend it if you haven't seen it. 

We did exchanges. Elder Short and I were in Arkadelphia on Friday and we committed a lot of people to church and were having great discussions with people, but despite those efforts, nobody out of them were able to pull through and make it to church. But we'll work better to help these people "come and see." 

On Sunday we had another Musical Tribute! Those are always fun. It was up in Conway, AR. It had a patriotic theme. I have been trying to allow them to let me play trombone for one of the musical tributes. An elder got to play trumpet in the last one. But alas, the tributes may remain trombone-less. 

Pic: Zone conference a couple weeks ago. But they goofed and said Holly Springs instead of Hot Springs. Again, I'm in the back with the tall people as usual.

Elder Evans


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