Grant Mission

Hey everyone! How are you guys? I get updates from only a few of you and i just hope you are all doing good.  Now, last P-day, my Mission President came to a stake meeting on missionary work and talked about the work here in the Filer Stake. He gave really good points and made the members see just how spread out this mission is. We have half of the missionaries we have had in the past and are doing more work than missions in the same area with more missionaries than us! But, he told them that there's only 2 companionships for the whole stake and that means we have a lot of ground to cover. Right after the meeting, we talked to all of our wards and branches and they were ready to go! President had lit a fire in them!  Throughout this whole week Elder Gibby and I have been working our legs off. We met with half of our wards and branches and talked about the work in their area. This only fueled the fire more! All I can say is that if the members are on your side, the work goes so...

Yes I'm not joking about the bugs. They're everywhere! Ceiling, floor, windows, and everything in between! And I HATE them. Little black dots everywhere!  I started by killing them one at a time but on Thursday I was done. My new companion and I went to the store and got a bug spray that kills that type of bug and spent 3 hours killing bugs and deep cleaning the house. The bug killer lasts for about a month before you have to reapply it! But that means we have to sweep up a new big pile of dead bugs every morning and evening. It's surprising when I can say that we have had easily 500 dead bugs total.  Now, transfers! I'm still in Filer and got a new companion! His name is Elder Gibby and he is great! He can do basically everything except remember directions but it's a blast to have him here!  We have a lot of push from the mission to use members and I love it! The support they give is amazing and they really improve relationships with our friends. I am definitely go...

Okay, this week has been a crazy one. In a good way but also a bad way.  Comp trouble is rough but it happens and I've had to deal with a bit of that this week which wasn't fun. But, I did get to see miracles and ways we blessed others. One guy is actually already a member but quite inactive and wants nothing more than to come back and bring his kids as well. He is facing g a TON of stuff right now and said that he can't seem to lie or hide what's going on from us. He has asked multiple times that we don't give up on him and leave him and every time I say I never will. He really needs us and I plan to be there as much as possible. Then on exchanges we taught a lady who when she was found was more against the church than for it but said during the lesson that since she's been talking to the missionaries the desire to join and bring her family too has grown. She wants to bring her family all at once but it was a blessing for her that we have taught her and a mirac...

Okay, so it was obviously the 4th of July yesterday and I just know that my family went crazy with fireworks at the ranch.  Over here though for Independence Day we had an exchange again! We went down to Hollister to participate in their small-town breakfast to celebrate. It was definitely a small-town thing. There was only like 50 people and the pancakes were half cooked but it was good! We then were going to go to a parade in Buhl and street contact but apparently it happened at the same time as the thing in Hollister. So, we missed that but that was fine. After lunch, Elder Fuhriman and I went down past Jackpot Nevada to talk to some people and took some photos in front of some ruins in Rogerson! It was sweet!  Now, Spanish work.... I am definitely not a Spanish speaking missionary, but we talked to an inactive member on Saturday who said he wasn't interested in a message. He was, however, wearing a Leister City football club shirt and soccer cleats. I asked if he play...