Grant Mission

  It feels like I was literally doing this 2 days ago.... but it's actually been a full week. I'm a full 20 days into the field! And about a month and a half into my mission! So, I have had a fun week. We had a lesson with some people on date and they showed us ALL TWELVE OF THEIR ANIMALS...not even kidding... and 4 of them are turtles! They are progressing nicely but it might be a while until they get baptized. That night we had dinner with a member who laser cuts and makes advent calendars, wooden ties, and wooden earrings. And Elder Klomp and I got free wooden ties (See photos)! They are so sweet! I'm not sure how mission appropriate they are though. I finally read the Ricciardi Letter! It is amazing! I have learned a lot from it and am trying to be the best missionary I can be. We had Zone Council! Our Zone got together to talk about people on date and how we can help them the best we can. And right after that, we went to institute. We learned about how obedience brings...

We had Zone Conference on Wednesday and learned all about the C.P.R. of missionary work. Church attendance, Prayer, and Read the scriptures. That was fun! We hung out with all the missionaries in our zone and maybe one or two more. We talked, and joked, and overall had a blast. Right after that though.... we couldn't meet with someone who was interested so we were going to call her each day we could. We started Wednesday and that quickly went south. She kept saying we don't understand anything about life and that we grew up with no real hardships. She's definitely crazy. And that we were told to do this not that we actually want to be here. We do want to be here. After the call, one of the Elders here said that is what Satan would sound like and how he would try to lie and trick us into discouragement and doubt. That was a good point. We stopped teaching her. For obvious reasons I think.  We had Elder Hubnik come join us on Thursday! He's also from Texas! Houston specif...

  This week was LOOOONG! 10 days and finally a P-day! I had to say goodbye to my district on Monday and Tuesday. Elder Kia and Elder Carling left on Monday and the rest of us left Wednesday from 3 in the morning to 5 in the morning. So, we said goodbye the previous night. We were all so sad and probably all wishing that we could stay and not leave. At least I was. The sisters gave all of us letters as a goodbye gift. They were really sweet. I already miss the fun times we had and have reminisced many times. I miss you guys! My flight to Pocatello was at 11:15 but we got there at 8. We caught Sister Madsen and Sister Spenst before their flight and talked with them for 30 minutes. They had to board their flight and Elder Thompson and I said goodbye again. We sat there with the 4 other missionaries going to Pocatello as well until 10:45 when we went to get on the plane. But they had a problem and sent us back to wait until 1:30. We arrived at 2:40 and President Herrod and Sister Herro...