Boo! Happy Halloween

So the mission tour with Elder Evans went well. He's in the 1st quorum of the 70. It was kind of long. But oh well. I learned some good stuff. 

Well like I said the mission tour went well. Then everything else is going well. We're really hoping to have a baptism this weekend. We have a few people that can be baptized. They just don't think that they're ready yet. So we're helping them with that. It's tough. We had a lesson a few nights ago with this family that we found while tracting. They seem pretty nice. They're a younger couple. They have 2 kids, a 10 year old and 7 year old. And they seem pretty interested. The husband said he's been distant from God and the wife is humble and willing to listen. We have an appointment with them tonight. I'm excited to see how it goes. I think that's about all that there is going on. Saturday we are going to be celebrating Halloween as a zone. We have some good activities planned. At least we think so. Hopefully they will too. We're going to have a pumpkin carving contest and a few other games. And Sunday we get to teach some American wards about the "ward council process." For 6 hours. Straight. It should be fun. I can't believe that it's already the end of the transfer. We have them on Wednesday. So I'll be writing y'all on Thursday next week. Well that's about it for now.  Have a Happy Halloween!

Surprise!

So we have leadership meeting tomorrow. So we are e-mailing and all that good stuff today. Well it's been a pretty good week. We had 7 people show up to church. When we got into the area we had 0. So that's been amazing. We've been blessed with some pretty solid investigators. 2 of the investigators have been going to church and have been taught by missionaries in Arizona. So that was cool. Then a lot of other ones are just coming out of nowhere. It's amazing.We are hoping to give some of them a baptismal date pretty soon. I talked to one on Sunday and she said that she had received her answer about the Book of Mormon. So she should be getting baptized pretty soon. Sunday we had a musical fireside and one of our investigators told us he wants to serve a mission. He's 12 years old. The time is going by so fast. I guess it's because we don't have any time of our own. But it's all good. I'm really tired right now and can't think of anything to say. We are having a mission tour next week with Elder Evans of the Quorum of the 70. Well I got to go and that's about all I can think of right now!

Amazing Week of Miracles

Everything here is going good. We've seen some amazing miracles lately. While we were contacting some former investigators we ran into a guy drinking a beer on the porch of his apartment. We asked him if he knew any people that spoke spanish around him. He told us that the people downstairs did. So we went down and knocked the door and they invited us in. The mom told us that she is waiting to get sworn in as a citizen so that she could get married. She then said that her mom came to Utah and got baptized and she remembers the peace in the home when missionaries came over. She wants this for her family so she asked if we could baptize her kids, then her and maybe her husband when they get married. So that was amazing. Then at church on Sunday one of the members came up to us and said "I have 4 friends that want to learn more about the church. They want to meet on Thursday." So that was pretty amazing. Then we got a call during the week about a guy who came to church that wants to learn more. And he came to church on Sunday! Then 2 of our other investigators are part of a part-member family. They've been going to church and they like it and all that. They came to church. It's amazing seeing all these miracles lately. As for the zone, a lot of investigators are falling off date or getting moved back So we're coming up with something to fix that. It's all going good though. No major problems within the zone which is always appreciated. Well I think that's about all going on.

Doing Double Duty for A While

Well General Conference was great. I loved all the talks.


Things here are going good. One of our district leaders has been having health problems pretty much his whole mission, and this was his last transfer. He decided to go home early. So now I'm going to be zone leader and district leader. So I get to do double duty. I'm not looking forward to it too much, but I guess I got to do it. Oh well. I don't have much to report about our area. We only have 4 investigators. 2 are a brother and sister whose brother and sister-in-law are members. So we're going to be teaching them. Hopefully they will get baptized pretty soon. Then last night we received 4 referrals from some members so that was good. We'll see what comes from that. Well the things in the zone are going alright Everybody is getting along for the most part. No big things going on. During our training on Monday President Winn showed up and so that was a good surprise. I think that the training went well. I wasn't too worried about it at least. I think that's about all I have to update about. I'm losing a lot of sleep because of doing things, but it's all good!

Trials of a Zone Leader

Well I can't believe that General Conference is this weekend. It's my second to last one. The time is just flying by. Well everything is going well here. It's really tiring though. I've lost so much sleep since I've become zone leader. But it's all good. It's a lot more focus on other missionaries which is great.We're spending a lot of time helping other missionaries out. It's a little difficult balancing time in our area and the other missionaries areas. Last night we went into one of the Sisters area and went to a stake correlation from them to help them get some things they wanted the stake to do. So we went and did that for 2 hours. And got what we wanted. And we got the Sisters a baptism from it. And we hooked up their dish washer. So it was a great night.

Things have been crazy lately, so I don't really know what to write about. Because there is a lot. But it's all going good. We don't really have any work in our area from the last missionaries. So we're trying to pick up the work in our area and find some investigators too! It's great stuff. Other than that the new area is great. We're covering 2 spanish wards so we're using the members a lot to get the work done. Because it'd be impossible to have us do all the work in the 2 stakes and help all the other missionaries. So we're relying on the members a lot. We had Zone meeting on Monday. I think it went pretty well. It's a little bit different setting teaching a group of missionaries than a few investigators. So my teaching skills should be able to increase. Well that's about all I can think of right now. Hope y'all have a great week and enjoy conference!

Zone Leader in the MillCreek Zone

Well, the things in the district improved. Everybody was able to have a more effective week. It was great. Hopefully they can keep it up. Well as y'all know we had transfers yesterday. I finally left West Valley and now am serving in Millcreek. On Monday Elder Cannon and I were out tracting and we got a phone call from President Winn. And he called me to be a new zone leader. So I show up to the transfer building, and everybody in the mission getting transferred had a meeting in the chapel. Then we went out to the parking lot and all the zone leaders got in a circle to find out where we'd be serving and who our companions would be. They called a few for some different zones, and then they got to Millcreek zone. But the funniest part about it is that my new companion is Elder Widenhouse. So we're back serving together, just like the good ol' MTC times. It should be a pretty good transfer. I haven't really served around any of the missionaries before so it'll be good. Yesterday was pretty crazy. After transfers we ended up having to help the sisters set up some beds in their apartment, and then pick up 2 missionaries and take them to their apartment. Then we got a call from 2 other missionaries and had to give them a ride. Then we got a call from the other sisters in the zone and had to help them change apartments. So it was kind of a crazy day. We're still coming up with ideas for zone expectations and all that. It feels weird having a new area after 6 months of serving in my last stake. I feel lost, and don't know where we're going. But it's all good.

The baptism last weekend went through so that was a great feeling! To finally get someone baptized, even though the family that is thinking about baptism didn't show up. Then this Saturday we have a lady in my last area getting baptized. Someone I worked with a few months ago and then started working with her again. She said as she was in church praying about her baptism that my face showed up. So she asked me to baptize her, which I happily accepted. Hopefully we'll be able to have some baptisms in my current area now! I'm so excited for next weekend with General Conference. It's such a great chance to here the Prophet and Apostles speak. One of the biggest growths in my testimony lately has been that of Joseph Smith. He was such an amazing person.

Improving the District

Well It's crazy that this transfer is almost over. Just one more week. So next week I'll be e-mailing y'all on Thursday. The baptism didn't go through for the 9 year old girl, because she went to her dad's house for the weekend. But we set everything up for this Friday at 3:30 before she leaves for her dad's. Then on Sunday she'll be leaving her dad's an hour or 2 early to get confirmed. The branch president won't let us do a confirmation at the baptism. Kind of lame. Well that's about all going on.

We are still working with a few people. But nobody really close to getting baptized. There's this one lady who is going to church every week so maybe we'll be able to put her on date soon. Then there's also the other lady, the one who had the dream, and she's been going to church too Her son is going to be baptized on the 25th, so we're hoping to baptize her with him. And still hoping that the family will go to the baptism on Friday and desire to get baptized. Those are the three people that are progressing and getting baptized. So hopefully we will be able to start baptizing every week! I think that's about all that's really going on. Just still trying to work with improving the skills that the district has. But oh well. It's all good. Sorry that the letter is so short, but it should be a good one next week. Just some things to look forward to are: transfer information, and telling how the baptism went!