I'm HOME!!!

    Hey everyone. I'm home...

    It was a sad day. Well. More like a sad last week or so. 

    I loved my mission. SO MUCH. I would go back in a heartbeat and love every moment all over again. Every sick day to every baptism to every crazy companion to the best comps. I learned so much about who I am as a divine son of God to who I want to be. I love each and every person I met and hope I changed them for the better. I know the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is the Restored Church that Christ has led since the foundation of the World was made. I love the Lord and who he has changed me to be. I love everything I accomplished and all the friends I made. Especially the memories. I hope everyone who reads this or looks at the pictures grows closer to their Savior even if it is by a small amount. I am unable to describe how much I really cherish my mission and would definitely do it all over again.

    Anyway. I love my Savior and am grateful for the chance I had to serve him. I hope you all do the same in your own way.

                                                                                                            -(Returned Elder) Grant Williams

I'll put some mission stats here so that I can remember and tell all you guys about:

#1 Twin Falls South 1; 2 Transfers; 1 Companion (Elder Klomp); 1 Baptism (Eli Jones)


#2 Filer; 2 Transfers; 2 Companions (Elder Whitney, Elder Gibby); 2 Baptisms (Pete Sotelo, Tegun Tews)


#3 Alameda 1; 3 Transfers; 3 Companions (Elder Casablanca, Elder Shelton, Elder Adamson); 2 Baptisms (Tayson Hodgdon, Henry Ryan)



#4 Kimberly 1; 5 Transfers; 5 Companions (Elder Johnson, Elder Villezcas, Elder Bailey, Elder Jones, Elder Lowe); 4 Baptisms {after I left the area} (Bryton Richard, Madi Clark, Miguel Ayala, Gabriel Ayala)



#5 Afton; 2 Transfers; 2 Companions (Elder Merrill, Elder Garcia); 4 Baptisms {last 3 were after I left} (Braxton Bookhout, Tui'ono Matau'tia, Peyton Langford, Brityn Langford)


#6 Chubbuck 2; 3 Transfers; 3 Companions (Elder Larson, Elder Welch, Elder Waite); 5 Baptisms {last one was after I left} (Mary Koryn Burton, Jacoby Bright-Gillam, Ashley Bright-Gillam, Presley Sortor, Camden Riley)





I'm photo dumping right now so I'm going to go through and comment on some of them and reminisce. 


Bishop Corrington of the Chubbuck 6th ward
The Poole Family in the Chubbuck 5th ward



Sister Craner and I before we both go home. She came into the office a week after I arrived.
















The Mullins Family!!! Best WML and wife! I knew them from Twin South!!





The Brown Family From the Chubbuck 5th Ward. Blake is about to go on his mission!
















Me eating 12 deep fried french toast slices to beat the Stewart family's record.

Here down are in reverse order. The last photo comes right before the french toast record.





























































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