Grant Mission

Good Morning! It's been a fast week and I am looking forward to this next one! It has also been an eventful week! It started with Elder Merrill and I going on a visit with our ward mission leader and his wife. We went to one of their friends house to see some kids from American Samoa that just got here! The wife is Samoan so she could help them out a little but and the kids' brother was here already and is married in the temple and everything! We got talking to the kids and we learned they are interested in taking the lessons! 2 of the 4 are YSA and the other 2 are in a family ward the other Elders cover so we will both teach them as a family! It was really cool and I hope to see them progress! The second one was just yesterday. We were having a normal Monday morning of studies and planning when apparently my comp and the ZL in the house decided to do an exchange. They had planned it a while ago but never told the other 2 in the house. So Elder McGee and I plan really quick and...

Good morning everyone! It has been a fantastic week! We spent the first part of it preparing for Braxton's baptism! That was amazing for him and I know he will keep the spirit with him. On P-day last week, we went to Intermittent Springs. It is the world's largest spring like it and it was really cool! We had to drive up this mountain path to get to a part where you had to walk. Then it got steeper but we were glad to make it up there. Except for the bugs. They were everywhere. We hiked back down and helped an older guy get down as well. It is pretty in the mountains!  We got to speak in church on Sunday! It was really fun because I have gotten better at public speaking. We talked about Love, Share, and Invite and missionary work (the usual topics). It was cool to see how excited the ward was by the time we were done to do missionary work!  This really is the greatest work on the earth and I love being a missionary for my Savior. I hope each of you have opportunities to serve ...

So! I've been here for a little over a week and I love it. It is a steady 70 to 80 degrees here and it's nice! The people are awesome and I hope to get to know them better this week!  We have a baptism set up for the 19th of August and I can't wait! I don't know Braxton that well but I am so glad he is making the choice to be baptized!  I got sick this Thursday, kind of during Zone Conference, but it knocked me out all day Friday. It was a head cold and we got medicine and got rid of it pretty quick. Zone Conference was great! We talked about miracles a lot and how we need to focus on our purpose to bring others to Christ through Baptism. It was good and I needed that boost to move this area forward! We have been given the tools to do this work and now we need to use them! I hope this next week is as good as this one if not better! Love you all! Grant Williams Photos! We took a LOT of photos at the Idaho/Wyoming border!  The view into Star Valley An orange sky one day! ...

So, transfer news got here Wednesday night and it said I'm going to AFTON. That's in Wyoming. It's far. So on Friday I, along with all the other missionaries getting transfered, moved to my new area.  It was an hour to Burley to drop off missionaries there and to swap trailers for me to then keep going to Pocatello. It took another hour and 15 minutes to get there to swap my luggage into a truck to drive for two hours out here to Afton.  Afton is a small town with a population of 2100 people. It's smaller than Kimberly and waaaay more isolated. Mountains on all sides makes for a good view everywhere you look. We live with 2 other Elders who cover half of the Afton stake and half of the Thayne stake. We have 6 wards and the YSA branch that covers all the way up to Alpine which is 40 minutes away! I'm trying to get to know the area and the people we are teaching and it is going pretty well! My companions name is Elder Merrill and he's from Gilbert Arizona. He was ...