Soggy Carpet

 The excitement of a hurricane quickly went away when I woke up in the night with drenched sheets because of the leaky window...and when we woke up in the morning, we had sopping carpets that led to some furniture moving, carpet replacing, and power outages too! However, I can report that the ice cream is still good and we were able to enjoy it in a solid form that night!

  Hurricane's, COVID, or 104 degree weather doesn't stop us; in fact, we were able to have a lesson with Josh in person and see how his daily challenges have been. He has had some MAJOR miracles in his life this past week...His 8 month baby boy had a doctor appointment for his hearing and his heart that have come back in the past with bad news...However, with some news this past week, his baby boy has no more heart problems and has perfect hearing. There were many other doctor appointments that were so amazing and miracles! Josh was able to look at this past week and see how he was happier and how the Lord has played a major role in his life. We are now cutting back smoking, drinking, etc addictions to help him feel the influence of the Spirit stronger in his life to help with all the problems he has. He is progressing well and we are still praying that September 5th will be an amazing day as his baptism! He can definitely get there with the progress we are making so far!

 Okay...one more miracle because I wanna hehehe. This past week we gave our neighbors upstairs a plate of cookies ON A SUPER NICE PLATE (so they would have to return it to us hahah BINGO) and they came down to return it, we talked a bit, and later that night we called them and prayed with them. THEN, flash forward to 2 nights ago, our neighbor came down to our apartment again and gave us JAPANESE FOOD! We were able to set up a zoom appointment on Tuesday with her and a direct quote from her "Yes, I am very excited for Tuesday!" LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

 Other than feeling so blessed to be a missionary in Newport News in Virginia AT this amazing time, I just feel so blessed. We have a district pday today and we walked down the colonial roads of Historic Williamsburg. It was so amazing and I loved seeing the actors and horses and animals ahahhaha I loved it too much. I would highly highly recommend Williamsburg (except for you mom, I know you would come over in a heartbeat if I told you haha). 

 ALSO. IF YOU DON'T READ ANY OF MY LETTER JUST READ THIS NEXT LINE!!!!! I need a connection to David Archuleta haha. I have this cool project I'm working on and just need his beautiful voice for literally 4 minutes. THAT'S IT. So....if there are ANY connections at all to David Archuleta, let me know and shoot me an email ASAP!!

 love you all!

Elder Gardanier