Serving in the Everette, Washington Misson: May 19

Dad:

Elder Feidler,
Well another week has flown by. We are all well here. Just a week ago we got to Facetime you and that was great. We are still on a high from that. Makes it seem like you are close to home.

I've still been busy at work. Chelle got released today as Activity Days leader and got sustained as 2nd counselor in the Young Women's presidency. There was a complete change up there as Sister Wilson, the former president, was released because the Wilson's are moving. Today was also Brother Garner's last Sunday as he is moving to Singapore tomorrow for work and his family will follow in 6 weeks. We need a new 2nd counselor in the Bishopric!

I stopped by Pena's Donut Heaven Friday morning and the line was out the door. His place is doing very well. He has video screen menu boards now. He's big time!

Also this week we went to the Houston Fertility Institute annual baby shower. This event is put on by Doctor Witz (the doctor that helped us get Myka here) and associates, and every year is a different theme. This year was a carnival so they served chili dogs, cotton candy, popcorn and had balloon making, a petting zoo and rides on animals (we did not ride.)

Myka also got a ballon made for her. Then she would bite each section until it popped!

Maddie wanted to join the FFA at school after seeing the animals.

We all ate Chinese food last night and watched The Secret Life of Walter Mitty movie on Blueray. It was a fun weekend. We also bought a bigger and forward facing car seat for Myka. She's getting to be such a big girl now.

This summer it looks like your mom is going to be able to take Maddie and Zack for a full month! I think Maddie is excited to spend some time with your mom. And I'm sure your mom will like having Zack there to mow the grass! It will be lonely in our house. Not quite though, as Myka is rarely quiet. She likes to squeal and scream. Her main word is still Daaa. She will point at anything she wants and yell Daaa!

Try and find a way to send us some pictures! We miss and love you lots!!! Keep up the good work and keep serving others and you will find joy and make many new life long friends.

Graham:

Dear Family!

Yesterday we got to drive down to Mill Creek and back for a mission cottage meeting where Allen Jones, a recent convert, spoke about why he got baptized. It was a great meeting where about 120 people gathered inside the mission home and listened to 4 speakers. A bunch of other missionaries also attended so I got to see a lot of my old mission pals. Sadly, this Sunday we didn't have any investigators at church :( We did just get a referral for someone 20 minutes ago though and we have had a few part member families in the ward move in recently so we hope to teach them. On Saturday we met some really interesting people. We went to go see a former investigator that we were referred to but he had moved. The person that lives there now seemed interested and basically made himself an investigator. He was definitely on some sort of drugs. We will go back this week to try to teach him again. Later that night we went to Pioneer St in Oak Harbor to street contact. We found a lady in front of a bar with the name of Bobby.

This is where we usually will spend our last 45 mins every night street contacting. Bobby said she would come to church and agreed with everything we said but probably didn't remember anything we told her...

We taught Jake again but he still seems to be held up with J.S. and the B.O.M. He missed church because his wife didn't wake him up when she woke up. We are have also been working a lot with members trying to teach their friends. We got three this last week.

Sadly the computers here won't read the sd cards. I brought my video camera to plug it in and try to use it as a sd card reader but it won't work either. I did take some pictures this week and charged my cameras.

Back home looks great! :)

Love and miss ya'll!

-Elder Graham Feidler

Dad:

Sounds like a great week! We just had lunch at Chick Fil A.