President Winn

Well everything here is going pretty well. The work is still going a little bit slow. We have a bunch of good potential investigators and we just need to be able to contact them. From there everything will be good. So, work wise there's not too much to report on. We have an investigator that is pretty close to baptism. He said that he knows the Book of Mormon and church are true, but he wants to know a little more before he gets baptized. Which is good because we've only taught a little bit of the first lesson. Then we have another investigator that we're working with. I'm pretty sure she'll be baptized in August. And then we have all those potentials that we just need to contact.

We had interviews with President Winn on Friday last week. They went pretty well. He Told me that I'm a leader of missionaries and that I need to prepare now to be a leader. Then he told me that It was coming very soon. And he wrote those same things to me in an e-mail last week. So it'll be interesting to see the things to come. I don't know. It's tough training two missionaries. It seems like it's taking a lot out of me. I don't know. It's definitely the hardest thing of the mission so far. But, I'm growing a lot from it. I'm learning a lot. I've found that the things I have to apply to them, I'll be able to apply later on in life. Well I can't really think of too much more to write about. The time is still going by really fast. It's crazy I'm down to only 10 months left. I feel like there's still a lot I have to do and learn.

Another Companion

Everything here is going well. We had our baptism on Saturday and confirmation on Sunday which was great. It was so amazing. Especially just because all the things we had to overcome because of the members. The training is going well. My kid is doing great and is a hard worker. Then last night we got a call from the Assistants last night saying we were going to get another companion that is waiting for his visa to Mexico. So now I get to train 2 people at once. It's pretty good so far. The work here is picking up a little. We're getting more and more potential families and investigators. which is always a good thing. I guess the baptism and getting another person to train has been the biggest events over the past week.

Everything with President Winn is going good. I love him. He's amazing. His wife has a blogspot. I think it's something like "mamawinnsplace.blogspot.com" something like that. You should be able to find it off of google. With the baptism we had, I worked alot with President Winn, just talking to him over the phone because the members called him. And with all that he backed us up and supported us all the way. Then I got an e-mail from him today saying that I'm a leader and to prepare now. So we will have to see what he means by that. But for sure everything is going smoothly with the transition. I think it's in part of because of President Sonne preparing us and everything and knowing that this is the Lord's will.

4th of July - New Mission President

We spent it at church from 10-4 then a correlation meeting at 4-5. Then we went out and worked for the last 3 hours of the night. But I did sneak a peek at the 4th of July show at the U.S. Capital because the members we live with were watching it. But it's my last 4th of July on the mission. So the next one I will be home. Which is a little exciting, but a little weird. It's crazy how fast the time is going by.

Well things here are going well. We had our first Zone Conference yesterday with President Winn. It was really good. The Spirit was strong and I learned some new stuff. So I'm excited to try it out. I think it will go pretty well over the next 11 months. I'm looking forward to see how the work progresses. The work in our area is picking up a little bit. We have a baptism coming up on the 17th of a lady named Julisa. She's pretty elect. She pretty much knows all the doctrine and everything. She talks about stuff we haven't even taught yet. So I'm prettty excited to be baptizing again. It should be good! We have a few other people that we want to put on date as well. So slowly, but surely, the work is picking up a little bit. Hopefully it will continue to go up! I think that this has been the most tiring transfer of the mission so far. This one and last one. But it's all part of service. If I didn't know that this work wasn't true, I wouldn't be here doing it. I don't think anybody can serve a mission and not have a testimony. There's no doubt that this church is true. It can't be made up. I've been listening to some of Jeffrey R. Hollands talks lately and they're amazing. So if y'all have spare time I'd suggest listening to some of those. http://www.byub.org/talks/.

Too Busy to Write Much

Things here are going well. We have a lot of potential investigators that should be getting baptized pretty soon. We should be putting them on date. Everything is going pretty well training. My son is kind of a typical Utah mormon. A little self-righteous, and trying to tell me how to do missionary work. but it's all good. I don't have too much time to be writing or think of much to write about. We're going to be meeting the new Mission president tomorrow. So I'm excited for that. Well I think that's about all for this week. I'll be writing more next week. I promise.