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How low can it get?

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  Too low!!! I don't know about you guys but it's said it feels like it's in the negatives most days and in single digits every day this past week. I'm not a big fan of the cold so that's been fun! Along with a blizzard and a ton of snow we have had a whole adventure out here! We had transfers too! I am staying AGAIN with Elder Welch and getting a newer missionary! Elder Waite! He's from Surprize AZ and has chronically cold hands so he gets really cold and stays cold for a long time. His first and only other area was Filer where I served a whole year and a half ago. I've been able to reminisce on my time there with him as we know a lot of the same people there! Overall, it's going to be a good last transfer! It is weird having about 5 weeks until I go home. It feels like something that should never have ended is now ending. It's odd. But I'm glad for the things I've been able to do and look forward to the last bit of my mission!  I've hea

Christmas and New Years and my Birthday

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  Sorry, I'm not the best at writing emails. It's been a bit but hopefully you all had a great holiday season! We had our P-Day moved to Christmas so we ended up getting an hour Tuesday morning to shop. But on Christmas Day we went over to the Brown's home and played a lot of games!! Last time we went over there, Madilyn Brown, the oldest, beat us in EVERY card game. We just couldn't win. It was sad but we turned it around by beating her once at one game! It made our day! We stayed there until 4:30-ish then went over to the Bryant's home. We talked with them for about an hour then had them drop us off at a baptism!  With transfers, we had to rearrange area boundaries and ended up losing our ward with the most work. A guy there that we had taught a bit got baptized which was amazing to see! We then went and found a girl who is almost 9 and the dad said we can baptize her when she turns 9! We are super excited for her! That previous week we had found a girl who said s

Staying? With him?

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  Hey everyone! It's been a while since I've sent an email, sorry about that. We had transfers! I got to stay here in Chubbuck ID with Elder Welch! Elder Larson got moved over to Pocatello West and is living live over there!  Also, we knew we were going to be a walking area this transfer so our area got shrunk down from 6 wards to 4. We gained a new ward that meets at a building that takes 30 minutes to walk to so we have had to ask for a ride to get there on time. Elder Welch is now on track to be my longest companion! Walking in the snow is fun if you can believe that. It's the ice that's on the ground that sucks. Last winter when Elder Shelton and I were walking it was the worst part and it still is! I am grateful for warm clothes that keep me warm in the 10-20 degree weather.  We have had some snow storms and a fog bank with have been a real joy. We either trudge through snow almost to our knees or can't see where we are. We are probably going to try proselyte a

Baptisms and snow

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Hey everyone! It's Thanksgiving! Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and got to spend time with family! It was good to talk to family and see what they're all doing for the holiday! It has been a week truly to be grateful for. Sometimes. We had our friends Ashley and JaCoby get baptized on Saturday! It was great to be a part of their conversion process! If you all could pray for Nat, their mom, to accept baptism, that would be great. This area has been amazing and I can't wait to see what happens with transfers! Transfers are next week friday and I should stay for another one but we will see.  However. We got news that we will be walking soon because they need our car elsewhere in the mission. I would be all for it but the thing is, it's starting to snow. Quite a bit. The snow makes it less fun but I'll get over it.  Thanksgiving was today and Elder Larson, Elder Welch, and I all got to go to have Thanksgiving dinner with Ashley, JaCoby, Nat, and some families in

So it's been good

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  Hey everyone! It's been a blast out here in Chubbuck! We had 2 baptisms set for last Saturday but they got moved to this Saturday! They are Ashley and Jacoby Polk and I love them! They love the Gospel and have such a desire to learn! We found them my first week here and they have progressed so fast! Pray for their mom Nat so she can accept all of it and be baptized as well! We are also working with Sayge and Jayden Vesser! We had our first lesson tonight and they LOVE the Gospel. They already think the Book of Mormon is amazing and Sayge asked if he could go on a mission! We can only teach them once a week because of custody but it was great! Is everything going good where you guys are? Let me know! I won't have a Pday until Thanksgiving so let me know your plans! Grant Williams Photos A map of the mission with every area shown! Me and Jesus talk daily A cool snake statue A family of pumpkins! Ashley, Jacoby and us! Elder Welch and I walking when Larson left on exchanges The