I have had a pretty wild past few days.
Starting on Monday, Brother McEwan took us to a different country, and the best part is that we didn't even break any rules doing it. That's right, Machias is the only area in the mission that covers Canada, the part that it covers is called Campo Bello island, its a fairly large island just off shore of the city of Lubec. While we were there we went all the way to the top and saw the lighthouse that was up there, it was really cool but I don't remember its name. It's the one with the cross on it.
Than we went down and saw the old Franklin D. Roosevelt summer home. It was actually FDR's summer home that he went to often during his presidency. It is big and looks expensive. We didn't go inside but there was a lot of cool signage around the area that talked about the president and his influence on the country. Just not the country where the house was at...
Afterwards we went to the eastern most point in the United States. pretty cool stuff. For a few minutes I was as geographically distant from all of you as the mission boundaries allowed. It was a really fun P-day and it was really nice to get out of routine.
The whole rest of the week was filled with exchanges. Tuesday to Wednesday Elder Carlson, our zone leader, and I worked in Machias. We walked all over Machias that day, we only drove about 5 miles and the rest was spent talking to people and seeing people in the bustling metropolis that is the city of Machias Maine. it was really cool and we found 3 new investigators! After that I went down to Belfast on Wednesday and Thursday with Elder Buitikofer. (spelling?) We had a really great time. Elder B. is on week 11 which means that he is finishing up his training, pretty big step in the process. After that exchange Elder O'Rourke and I did some volunteering at the hospital, it was mostly just paperwork and a quick blood test but it was fun either way.
For the past few weeks i have been writing in my journal a lot more powerfully than I have in the past.
I have found that the more that I record about this experience the more opportunity it gives me for personal reflection as I look back at past entries. It helps me to remember things that I had forgotten and as I reviewed my journal earlier today I found a lot of things that I had written that was really striking to me. A lot of it had to do with my progress as a missionary and as a child of God. I was really grateful that I decided to record those things even when "I didn't feel like it" or I was having a difficult day.
If you are not already keeping a journal of your life I would invite you to do so. It has definitely blessed me and I know that it will bless you.
I don't know if you have already seen most of these photos through facebook, because I can't look at facebook, but here you go. [see post]
I have also noticed that Elder Sean Starr has declared himself as Elder Starr number 1, which implies that I would be Elder Starr 2. I have mixed feelings about the designation of "number 2" but if it helps you people at home I guess it is worth it.
I love you all and I hope that you all have a wonderful rest of your week. I would also just like to let my siblings know that if you go on a mission you don't have to go to school for 2 years. I figured that would be on their minds. (retrospective apologies.)
Until next week,
-Elder Starr
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