The excitement this week was Hurricane Matthew........

phillip powell Hey Nick, Well I look about a week ago and think of the beautiful wedding we were at and the beautiful reception we attended at the Casa Monica. To see the pictures of it now breaks your heart. So, Matthew hit and though it was sad. I reflect back to conference last week of "Joy". I have never experienced what happens after a hurricane when the church is involved. Even though we were not there. The pictures Nick or unbelievable. So, here is our story......I had watched the news updates, prepared with food a

Oct 9 at 5:29 PM

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On Monday, October 10, 2016 8:15 PM, Nicholas Powell <npowell@myldsmail.net> wrote:

I have to leave now but I meet with him Thursday.

I love you guys so much and you wil be in my prayers. I love you so much mom you're the best<3:)

Love,

Elder Powell

On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 5:09 PM, Sharmain <sharwane300@bellsouth.net> wrote:

Ok it's all good. When do you meet with the dr. ?

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On Oct 10, 2016, at 8:00 PM, Nicholas Powell <npowell@myldsmail.net> wrote:

Just got back on but sadly I don't have any pics this week.

On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 1:52 PM, phillip powell <sharwane300@bellsouth.net> wrote:

Hey,

Not sure if you will pop back on. Do we get pics this week?

On Monday, October 10, 2016 3:16 PM, Nicholas Powell <npowell@myldsmail.net> wrote:

Okay I'm happy to hear everything was okay!!! I love you guys too!!<3

On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 12:15 PM, Sharmain <sharwane300@bellsouth.net> wrote:

Hey!!

I know they love you and you will kick the anxiety's butt to the curb. 😜

I just sent a few pics...the house is fine except for the sensor for the sprinkler came off so I will call Bryan about that.

Love you❤️

Mom

Xoxoxo.....

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On Oct 10, 2016, at 3:11 PM, Nicholas Powell <npowell@myldsmail.net> wrote:

Thank you so much mom! And I will definitely talk to dr brinks about everything.

Don't worry about my anxiety it just gets annoying so i'm just trying to get rid of it. It is getting better I just want it to be all gone. Don't worry about me i love my mission and I am having so much fun! I love the San Andreas ward and everyone in it! I have really grown to bond with the members! I love it out here!!!

On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Sharmain <sharwane300@bellsouth.net> wrote:

Hey Nick!!

We just got home. I do have pics that Becky took. I will forward them to you. 

I'm sad to hear Elder Wood is going home but I know he is excited. I am glad you guys will stay I touch. 

We are so glad to be home but we have grown to love the Bouton's 10x's more. They are an awesome family so thankful that we all have them in our lives.

Just know we are fine!! I'm a little worried about you and the anxiety but it sounds like you are taking the steps to work on it. Trust me dad is always on my mind. The one thing I have learned Nick you have to talk to have to let him know how and what you are feeling.

I love you so much!! I can not tell you  enough how proud I am of you. You are doing so good there. I know you are where Heavenly Father wants you to be. You are touching lives.

Love,

Mom

Xoxoxo...

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On Oct 10, 2016, at 2:31 PM, Nicholas Powell <npowell@myldsmail.net> wrote:

Hey mom!

Do you have any pictures of the house? After the Hurricane? I heard there was a little bit of damage to the roof is what I heard. 

I'm sorry to hear about Snickers that is really hard but she has had a very long and nice life. I will be praying for comfort upon our family. I love you guys! I'm so glad to hear you guys were safe I was freaking out about it on Thursday morning when I heard about it. I heard it was a category 4 and I heard about what Rick Scott said but I am so thankful that you guys were safe. The baptism on Friday was Mollie's she is dating one of the members in our ward named Levi and she has been investigating for a few months. Elder and sister Newcum were the ones who taught her. The situation is weird though because the Newcums are in the murphys ward and Mollie was baptized and is a member of our ward so it's just a weird situation. However, she is super cool and really nice. Her boyfriend Levi is apart of the Emerson family which basically makes up the San Andreas Ward. At Mollie's baptism we ended up overfilling the font so that was pretty fun it overflowed into the hallway and after the baptism we had to clean it up. It's funny cause Elder Wood has done that twice haha. Sister Palmer was the one who called you on Friday to check on you guys. The Palmers come to every baptism or at least they try and they almost always succeed. 

My week was pretty good it was the last week of the transfer so that means transfer calls! So Elder Wood goes home on Wednesday back to Salt Lake City and my new companion is gonna be Elder Newsome! I have met him a couple times and he seems super nice. He will officially be my companion as of tomorrow around noon. It's definitely gonna stink when Elder Wood goes home and i'm gonna miss him a lot but Him and I are planning on staying in contact. As for the big things that happen this week we had a super cool experience with Judy! So here it is

This week went pretty well overall, we were able to see one of our investigators Judy and we were going to talk about the word of wisdom. We understood that when we first started meeting with her she liked to drink a glass of wine every day right before bed. That was roughly about a month ago. So we did our best to prepare in our studies on how to help her to quit. As we talked to her in this lesson about the word of wisdom she exclaimed to us that she has been living the word of wisdom for about 2 weeks!!! It was so amazing and the spirit was truly there. It's amazing how prepared she is. I love this work and this gospel!

It is truly amazing how god works and how he prepares people. I love this so much and I hope all is well back home!! 

I also had an interview with president yesterday and we set up a time for me to meet with Dr. Brinks who is apart of the stake presidency and he is also a psychologist I have been struggling a little bit with anxiety and i've been thinking a lot about dad and so dr. Brinks is going to help me with all those situations.

I love you guys so much!!!

-Elder Powell