Monday, August 17, 2020

Newport News!

Well. Sadly. My time has come to a close (for now) here in Charlottesville. I won't be seeing all the beautiful trees change for fall BUT I will be seeing Jamestown, Yorktown, a giant ship yard for the navy, and so many other amazing things! I will continue doing the same work in Newport News and am very excited!!

This past week was crazy productive. We found ourselves eating dinner for 15 mins then jumping into a lesson or two and falling asleep after 5 mins just EXHAUSTED. God has truly allowed us to use our talents to spread forth the gospel. If you haven't already, under my Facebook account (Daniel Gardanier) or the group called "Learning Piano in Minutes" there are videos being posted of the ORIGINAL mutual album singers. We have more videos lined up and coming out soon so don't miss out! We were also able to record some piano music for a health care worker promotion with some Hollywood stars (or at least that is what the guy says haha...). We will get a link posted for that when he finishes that clip up!

But one of the coolest lessons was with a guy named Art Wheeler who has performed the piano for the president a few times, has written thousands of songs, has traveled all over for playing the piano, and is a GENIUS. We set up a lesson with him to talk about the gospel and the way he prefaced it, it sounded like he wanted to bash. But when we got into the lesson, it turns out we agreed on almost everything. It was amazing to clear any confusion he had and realize us "Mormons" are truly members of Christ church trying to add additional information and truths to what he already believes. That was amazing...Sadly I won't continue teaching him or be getting piano lessons from him, but I loved the little time we had together! I pray he gets baptized here shortly!

Other highlights include this amazing pday where I got to play pickleball for a quick 45 minutes with one of my best friends from home...Saige Tornow! She was staying at her sister’s house 10 mins away from my house and we got special permission to play a quick round of pickleball! God is amazing and works so many miracles and tender mercies!!

Stay tuned next week as I take on Newport News and explore the United States roots!!

-Elder Gardanier

 

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