Harry Potter and Buckbeak

Okay, I already talked to my family so it's going to be a short letter this week.  I'll just share one funny story:

So Elder Davis and I are knocking a few doors on this lady's street that we tried to visit...  We come up to a home surrounded by a 4 foot high fence I suppose and a sign that reads "No Trespassing" and another "Beware of Dog" sign.  No big deal, that's our specialty.  So Elder Davis just waltzes into the yard through the gate with this old mangy dog throwing up the warning cry.  Well, Elder Davis immediately befriends him, but that doesn't keep the dog from barking at me.  So I cautiously enter the yard with the mindset "this thing is all talk.  Elder Davis just disarmed him no problem like Harry did with Buckbeak.  That's what I'll do!!! Note to self: begin work on an LDS Doctrinal commentary on the Harry Potter series in personal study tomorrow...."

I slowly begin to approach this dog when he just bares his teeth and begins to charge.  IT JUST GOT REAL!!!  So I turn around to jump over the fence and as a begin to bend my knees I remember "My bum ankle isn't going to make it over!" so I kinda half jump onto the fence with the intent to like donkey kick this mutt in the face.  But he backed off before he got to me because he could sense the Holy Ghost surrounding me when he entered my personal bubble and realized that I was an emissary of the Lord Jesus Christ and came bearing a solemn message of peace unto all (I mean, it's not like he was overcome with the Spirit and granted the gift of tongues to speak that thought to me, but you could just tell from his facial expression and the way he was wagging his tail.  I guess you just had to be there.  Ya know?  On of those things...).  Also, the impending face-breaking that was about to occur probably persuaded him to err on the side of caution.

I peacefully observed Elder Davis from the other side of the fence as he knocked on the door to offer the saving ordinances of our Lord and Savior's restored gospel.

No one was home.

Have a great week!

Love
Elder Grabinger