Elder Anthony Zenger: Week of Storms

Dear Family, Friends, and all of you who hear this message! (or email)

This past week has been a week full of weird weather, warnings, emotions, and allergies!

This past week we have had some major on and off rain through out the week. Like BUCKETS AND BUCKETS of rain! WE did indeed have a flash flood warning that was sent to us through text one day as it was raining and was blessed that there was no flood. We did though have a tornado warning that neither Elder Dalton or I found out about till a member told us and I checked and got an email from my dad saying that we did. Luckily we were not near the tornado, but we did see and tell that something wasn't right in the way the sky looked and the way the weather was acting. A tornado did indeed touch down in Amsterdam and in Schenectady which both have missionaries in them. There were no Missionaries or anyone hurt or anything damaged that we know of. so we are indeed very blessed that no one was hurt. During one of those storms yesterday (sunday) after church, we were sitting in our apartment practicing teaching a lesson we had in a couple of hours ( the windows were all open) when we both had the sudden urge to turn and look out one of the windows. When we looked, we heard what we can say was a literal crack of lightning! We heard the loud crack and saw the bolt of lightning hit the earth and we both sat in awe and shock of what we had both just witnessed. It was one of those experiences you hope you remember when you tell you gran kids stories from when you were a kid haha WE also had this huge roll of thunder that literally shook our apartment like a small earth quake! It was a pretty good storm we had yesterday haha.

We also helped out our Young Women on saturday with there Garage sale (with stuff donated from everyone in the branch and around the neighborhood) that was their fund raiser for all the girls to go to camp this year! It was 91 degrees outside the entire day we were out there! The good news was, we did help the Young Women out. Not only by moving things for them, but we also bought somethings to send home. (which btw, my family, when you get a box at the door with my name on it, please put it in my room! thank you) haha It was a good sale though! They sold alot of stuff and made over 1000 dollars for camp for the next couple years!

I was a little sick this week but am now better! I know what your thinking, "It seems like he is always sick! What's his problem!" That is exactly what my companion said this past week haha If I could choose not to be sick, I wouldn't be sick. But this time I got a little soar throat with a cough and with the pollen count at its high this past week, it mixed in with my allergies so I lost my voice for a little bit off and on through out the week which Elder Dalton wasn't to happy about haha but all is good not and I am doing TONS better! :)

Nothing else has happened this past week. I can say that our appartment is a literal sana! It's so hot in our appartment that we sweat more when we aren't moving around! haha It's also gross when you sweat so much that your skin is sticky.....hahah

On that note I am going to send you some pictures that we took this week while I was sick and other things we have done!

I love you all and will hope to hear from you soon!

Elder Zenger