Week 52: Fall Time

Monday- I am grateful for fish, rain, and John BTW.

Tuesday- I am grateful for running, books, chocolate milk, mud, boots, and cleanliness.

Wednesday- I am grateful for goals, motivation, exchanges, and Walmart.

Thursday- I am grateful for axes, trees, driving, and Devotionals.

Friday- I am grateful for Angel's, prayers, revelation, 1 Corinthians, D&C, and My Savior.

Saturday- I am grateful for comp council, President Hinckley, and showers.

Sunday- I am grateful for wisdom, The Bible, and President Bell.

It's cold!

Hmm,  what shenanigans should I type up this week...

We went and helped chop logs 2 times this week!! That was some good stuff right there.

Let's see, we had exchanges and so one of the Zone Leaders came over here and it was alright. Honestly, I don't love exchanges but they are a good switch and refresher from what we get so used to. 

We tried to contact a ton of members this week but even they don't answer tbh.

We delivered a Bible to a guy who's living in a hotel, his name is Max and he is pretty cool. He has cancer and used to be a truck driver and was in prison. Super nice guy though, we hope to teach him more regularly.

I got complimented for my handwriting. That's pretty noteworthy because that's the first time someone has ever complimented my handwriting in my life!

Also one of our crazy investigators called me a stud muffin, yeah she's interesting but I'll take the compliment, because you don't get many of those on the mission.

We helped out Kevin get things from his ex wife's house and man it made me grateful for ETERNAL FAMILIES and THE GOSPEL.

I had a special experience on Friday during my personal study, but that's for me. 

We had an excellent devotional with President Bell last night and it was awesome!! I always feel motivated after hearing from him. He talked about using members, The Kingdom of God, and our conversion!

Oh also President Bell joined one of our comp studies this week and it was great, love that guy.

Oh and my brother got engaged this week. Only having minor issues with not being able to be there, but I'll get over it right? 

Chocolate milk is good.

It's getting colder. Like quite a bit colder.

And I'm having the time of my life! 

I love My Savior.

Week 51: Quite the Doozy

Birthday Dominoes!

                                                             Monday- I am grateful for Dominos, cinnamon, naps, frisbee, and clouds.

Kool-aid everyday

Tuesday- I am grateful for clear skies, attitude, working hard, and organization.

Wednesday- I am grateful for frisbee, wind, comments, patience, and honesty. 

Thursday- I am grateful for zone conference, rain, packages, and our Christmas tree.

Friday- I am grateful for pizza, s'mores, coals, frost, and reading.

Saturday- I am grateful for outside, journaling, and happiness.

Sunday- I am grateful for rain, social skills, The family, and Prophets.

Weather has been steadily going down, which is great actually. I love change even if it's not always for the best. 

Christmas Tree

Gave a ton of assignments to the Facebook page companionships this week in hopes of trying to help our page look better to get more traction, which gets more people to reach out to us, which gets us people to teach, who then progress and possibly get baptized and come closer to Christ! Yeah sometimes I just need to say the whole process like that so that when I'm working on Facebook I actually feel like I'm helping people come closer to Christ. 

We had an excellent zone conference on Thursday but it required a 1.5 hrs drive so that sucked for our miles allotment. But it was actually probably the best zone conference experience I've ever had. I actually felt the need to share something during it and the Spirit guided me while I was speaking. I felt the Spirit so strongly throughout the whole day! It truly is amazing to be blessed with the truth and to feel the Spirit so powerfully like I did. 

We broke out the Christmas tree, why? Because we wanted too. We needed a change of scenery and I've been playing Christmas music for 2 weeks now anyways.

Thankfully my winter stuff got here this week because it got cold! I've been wearing my coat just about every time we step outside. 

We did a lot of contacting this week.

New profile pic

Saturday proved to be the weirdest messaging day ever. We woke up to a lovely text from a lady we contacted through Areabook and she called us the f word multiple times and called us scammers.

Then the dude I invited to be baptized from the other side of the world, his name is Bacha, asked me for money and I said sorry we don't give out money. He said that I'm not a child of God and I'm a messenger of Satan because I'm white. I thought that was the end of him, ya' know just don't respond and it's done with.

BUT I got a good ole message from my good pal Elder Lee who is serving in Colorado and Bacha sent my profile picture to him and said that we weren't children of God and were messengers of the devil. (Thank goodness to Elder Lee and letting me know) So then I had to block poor Bacha and let everyone I knew that if they got a message from him they should probably just block him. Also changed my profile pic for good measure 

I can't say I'm having the best time with my comps and to show you, here's a quote, "I've never known someone so bossy" after I asked him to come do companion study. I quickly realized that sometimes I am bossy. But, I don't feel bad for it one bit. I'm the only motivational force in the companionship right now and that's always tough. I try my best to keep us on task and doing things that we are supposed to be doing.

It was just one little moment in a lifetime full of memories so it doesn't really bother me.

A mission is tough but it's tough love

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Jesus loves you (and me)

Just realized that this weeks email was kinda depressing but I'm honestly doing really good! Happy as ever and thankful that all these experiences will one day be for my good! If you're really worried about me, which you shouldn't be, shoot me an email and I'll tell ya' about how good God is 

More pizza from the members!

Week 50: The first and the last

 

Elder Kimball and I at transfers.

Tuesday- I am grateful for LOVE, The Bible, and consistency.

Wednesday- I am grateful for honesty, optimism, planning, and breathing.

Thursday- I am grateful for sunsets, smiling, and calling and handstands.

Friday- I am grateful for the age 18, Fall, agents, chopping logs, wear, and driving.

Saturday- I am grateful for all those who helped me to have such a wonderful birthday.

Sunday- I am grateful for Christmas music, parks, stories, and patriarchal blessings.

Another week

I got a new comp to the trio, it's been an interesting week and hopefully only up from here. Miss the old trio tho

 

We chopped and hauled a lotta logs on Friday and it was some real good stuff. I love working hard!

I had a great first and hopefully last, mission birthday! Ran a mile time trial in the morning, made myself some French toast, contacted some people and went to a mission lunch with 4 other zones! It was super fun and I got to hang out with good ole Elder Kimball. We had a long drive home and I called my family and then went over to Sister Lindsey's. She made us homemade pizzas and some excellent cake! She decorated the whole room with balloons and everything! She even had a scavenger hunt for us to do. She had all 19 candles and a birthday present for me! She is by far the nicest person I have met on my mission and I'm so grateful for her example to me! I ended the night with a good mission devotional where I might have fallen asleep... needless to say I felt very loved from all that and all the packages and messages I received from so many of you. I loved the whole day. 

 

On Sunday we found a fishing pole and made a couple casts, it was sorta junk and so Elder Cannon chucked it into the pond and well I didn’t want that messy thing in there. Thankfully I was wearing my waterproof boots and so I tucked my pants in and walked into the pond as far I could and I used a stick to fish the fishing pole out. It was pretty funny. Anyways if you want a crappy fishing pole it’s sitting on a bench in Crystal city Missouri and I didnt get one drop of water on me

The mission just keeps flying by and really I'm grateful and scared, sometimes it's like wow times are so good that I'm scared for them to go away. 

Sis Lindsey is the best!

Happy to report that I listened to Christmas music all of yesterday. I'm hyped.

I love all of you and worry about your eternal salvation, let me know how yall are doing

Week 49: 2 things died this week

 

Monday- I am grateful for Family love, Fall, and Illinois!

Tuesday-I am grateful for hot chocolate, grateful people, and pens.

Wednesday- I am grateful for self motivation, The Moon, and being bold.

Thursday- I am grateful for optimism, October, and speed.

Friday- I am grateful for football, axes, and work.

Saturday- I am grateful for family, conference, and bikes

Sunday- I am grateful for General Conference, testifying, perseverance, and goals.

Monday- I am grateful for dreams, tights, my Grandma, and change. 

Slower week compared to what we normally do but still a very excellent one. We contacted lots of members and people from Areabook.

 

Wowity wow wow September FLEW and so did this transfer! 

We went to Illinois on Monday to go on a hike. It was epicccc! We found 2 baby snapping turtles, a weird lizard, and like 3 toads. It was cool. Still no mountains tho

 

We got to go to a high school football game on Friday night because one investigator is on the team, another is the coach and lots of ward members were there to support so it was super fun and weird. I'm very grateful. 

 

We also had a party weekend, as party as a mission can get, because we got to spend Saturday night with some other Elders and sleep over. It was a party with a lot of funny stories.

 

General conference was outstanding and I felt The Spirit testify to me multiple times throughout the conference of the truthfulness of the messages. My comp also described it perfectly. "General conference is like filling a shot glass with a firehouse" yeah, Sunday night I just felt dead, yet enlightened. I am very grateful for conference and to be able to continually study the talks that were given. 

 

We helped out our friend Kevin and chopped up tons of logs for him, it's really satisfying to chop logs.

I invited a guy to be baptized over Facebook messenger! He reached out to our Facebook page a week ago and we have been talking to him just through messenger and decided to invite him to be baptized, he accepted and said hallelujah! 

Now the guy lives in Ethiopia and I think he’s been using Google Translate to talk with us but I think it’ll be alright. We sent his contact info to the closest mission to him and are hoping that they can reach out to him soon. 

I ran a mile time trial on Saturday, felt good, and it's getting cold. I can’t feel my legs when I'm running anymore, it's sort of a strange feeling. But hey that's looking up cuz my Mom sent me my winter running stuff. Thank goodness for my Mom

 

Transfers are tomorrow and Elder Brown is leaving and we are getting a new one and keeping the trio I'm hyped to still be in a trio it's the best. But also sad Elder Brown is leaving 🥺.

Chopping trees

I looked a little more into Family History and felt the presence of my ancestors. It was precious.

Football Game

Love y’all

God is good.

I'm not dead yet.

Funeral for the poor squirrel

Sweet lady who brings us our favorite treats.