Elder Mitchell Dorrance's Washington Everett Mission: Week 20-21 it's been a while folks

Hola mi familia como esta? Soy discipulo de Jesucristo! I think it's been like 3 or four weeks oops. Get ready for a long one. We have have nick on date to get baptized this Saturday and we also have Roy on date to get baptized the following Saturday whoop whoop.

Roy has been investigating the church for like 6 years now and when we had our last lesson with him, we brought Brother Pritchard who is honestly just killing the game out here in seattle with missionary work. Literally everybody knows him, anyway so he comes and we bring baptism up during our lesson and Roy is like "naw man I've already been baptized and the bible says one baptism so yall are crazy dont bring that up again." Then we continue in the lesson and it gets brought up again and hes like "well that makes sense but no I've already been baptized I dont need to. And dont you ever bring up the word authority around a black man he doesn't like that word. Black people hate authority trust me man." Then it gets brought up again! And hes like "alright well shoot maybe I do need to get baptized! Ya know I really respect Jim (Brother Pritchard) and he really cares about me, and if hes saying I need to be baptized then maybe I do.." so it started off the lesson with him fighting us about getting baptized then he was fighting himself then he just gave in. We went over the baptismal questions with him right then and he was like yea that was easy. Then we gave him June 15th! And he was like alright I will pray about it. How exciting!!

Ritva is still a freaking savage. Shes like get those weeds and I'm like what? All I'm seeing is green and shes like you need to go get your eyes checked are you blind. Maybe I am blind I dont know ritva leave me the h*ck alone!!

We have done a couple of car fasts where you just walk around all day and I am very out of shape! Well I'm in shape but the shape is much more circular than I'd like it to be!

I acted in a video that some member was making about how missionaries are normal. I got the dumbest part ever and it was supposed to be funny but it really really wasn't!!! And I'm also a terrible actor!! If you have Facebook here is the link: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1037768109761509&id=938629066342081

We met someone named kathy who LOVES missionaries and she LOVES God and she LOVES her cigarettes. She reminds me a lot of my Nana. Shes so kind and shes very goofy and I cant wait to get to know her more.

This last Saturday we got up early and played tennis then went straight to rugby then went and played basketball for like 3 hours. I was so sore yesterday I wanted to die!

Speaking of yesterday! That was the most interesting Sunday perhaps that I will ever have. Like a week ago we ran into Bob while he was mowing his lawn. Bob is really an interesting fella. He thought we were salesmen so he wanted to give us a book about how to be a really good salesman and so we were like ok sounds good. We talk for a little while and he eventually finds out we aren't salesmen somehow and we invite him to church and hes like only if you come to mine! And we were like ok sounds good we will be there! So at 8:15 yesterday morning we go to a Lutheran church. It was really very odd and I felt very weird in a suit when everyone else was wearing like shorts and a t shirt. Also during the communion thing I'm pretty sure we drank the wine instead of the grape juice oops oh well. So after that was done we went to our church! And that was the most interesting Sunday ever

Just kidding theres more! Since it was fast Sunday yesterday we had testimony meeting right? So after the first counselor bears his testimony and opens it up to everyone, its silent for a few seconds until Bob, very loudly, says "Well I guess I will break the ice!!" And starts walking up to the front. Me and elder Scheffner are quite terrified of what we might have done to this poor ward. He gets up to the front and doesn't go to the microphone and just starts yelling at everyone. "GOOD MORNING EVERYONE I HOPE EVERYONE CAN HEAR ME IM NOT SURE IF IM ALLOWED TO USE THE MICROPHONE OR NOT BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD JUS.." The first counselor tells him he can use the microphone so he turns around goes to the microphone and says things like: "I'm grateful for these two Elders spreading the Good Word" and "Come say Hi to me after" then ends with:"So yeah... CHEERS"

I'm waiting until transfer texts come out to send this so drum roll pleassssseeee: I am staying in seattle! I thought I would leave but nope! Talk to yall next time! I'm not gonna say next week because who knows!

Count your blessing!!

<3 / Elder Dorrance!

UPDATE: Mitchell called a couple days after this email to say he was being transferred to area just north of Seattle but the main reason for the call was that he was being transferred to a bike area and needed money to buy a bike.