New

 

Had Cincinnati Chili with our Branch President. Then I had leftover Cincinnati chili for both breakfast and lunch the next day.

Elder Johnson made 40 waffles.

Had a Deaf event at a mall. Somehow there were like 10 hearing people there and 3 Deaf people. 2 of the Deaf people were pretty clear about how they didn't want to talk with us because they were Christian. I was like hey we worship and love Jesus too. They actually told me we worship a different Jesus. In ASL. I've never had that happen in ASL before. Plenty of times in english. 

The other Deaf person was Aaron, a great fun member of our branch who knows every single thing about every single bus ever.

Went to a legendary Zone Conference. President taught us a lot about prayer. One thing I've been trying to do is start prayers and then not close them. Now I always remember I'm still “in a prayer” so I can just talk with God throughout the day and be more mindful of what i'm doing and thinking.

We started helping out at the Deaf School. They're getting new furniture so all the old stuff is being thrown away. How do they get all of it out of the student housing? Us. We spent nearly 20 hours(so far) moving desks, couches, dressers, chairs, and everything else in there. Pretty crazy. 

Elder Ardinger is Gone. My 4 weeks with him were beyond precious. He was transferred to Washington. (ASL transfers happen between missions now) We are receiving an Elder Reeve and Elder Rowley. I will be in a trio with both of them for these last 2 weeks of my mission. Then come home(!) Kinda tough to have a big change this close to the end. But it will still be very fun.

If you are struggling with anything this next part is for you lol. And if you're not struggling with anything then you probably will be soon.

Jeremiah 3:23

“They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.”

Every morning is a restart. Every day is a fresh opportunity. Every time we wake up we can be better. We can move on from yesterday's mistakes and actually improve. Why? How?

“Great is thy Faithfulness” God is 100% faithful to all his promises. He promises to forgive us when we repent. Because he is faithful to his promises- we can be “New” every morning.

So quit feeling down about today's mistakes and shortcomings. Feel down long enough to help you feel guilt and motivation to change then get up and act. When you wake up the next morning you will have the opportunity to be NEW. 

It's all so real

 What an insane ride this past week has been. 

Visited some cool members. An old couple and their middle age single adult son who literally recited 40 scriptures while we were there. The old guy asked if we wanted a drink and I didnt want a soda (6 weeks too sexy) and so I asked if he had chocolate milk. 

He hopped up and pulled out some powder and a milk and stuff and while he was stirring it he told a story about some Indian (Native American, not curry) whom he took care of. this little boy always wet the bed until he started letting him have ice cream if he didnt wet the bed. Then he never wet the bed again. He must have got a little carried away with the story because he added an insane amount of the powder to the milk- like I had legit chunks in there- more powder than milk.

We visited one of our YSA friends and crazy miracle- he had just lost his phone the other day and was leaving on a trip to Utah the next day, he wanted to keep reading the scriptures but didn't have his phone so we showed up and literally the only time he was available before his trip and had plenty of copies of the Book of Mormon with us. Now he has one he can study! God truly is mindful of everybody- we did not know why we were visiting beforehand.

We left a book of Mormon with a recent convert in the ysa on accident and he was like. “Do you guys want it back?” And were like “nah its ok. We have a ton. Why don't you give it to somebody!” 

So 2 hours later he called us and told us he gave it to somebody he met at a store. Crazy.  

On Sunday during ysa second hour (second hour for them but 4th hour for me!) I totally fell asleep. Strangest thing happened- I've never had anything like this happen before- I woke up and legit heard in my mind “you need to offer Kate a priesthood blessing.” I'm not even fully aware yet so I kinda excuse it and we head for the doors to leave. Then Kate comes up to us and starts talking and instantly I can tell she's not doing well. 

So I'm like “Kate, I don't really know the answers. But I know God does. Would you like a priesthood blessing?” She totally starts tearing up. So we grabbed Bishop and headed into his office and I was able to give her a blessing. The Priesthood power and authority are so real. It's so cool that I get to carry a portion of God's power with me. 

The most crazy thing I've ever experienced on my mission happened this week too.

Here's the background: at the beginning of this transfer I went to a trainer training meeting. It was actually so good. Lots of revelation in there. Near the end they asked us “what are you gonna do? What will you do because of what has happened here in this meeting?” I, ⅓ joking and ⅔ seriously, answered that I was gonna take my trainee to a parking lot and make him go contact strangers. Everybody cheered or laughed which is what I wanted lol. Then that night on the way home, I'm thinking I actually do need to go to a parking lot and show him some stuff. 

As we were contacting there, we met a group of 5 teenagers from a catholic school. They were pretty funny and we had a good chat.

Now, at the end of the transfer, we got a referral from some guy named Pasqual. He answered his phone once and hasn't again so we just went over to his home. And a boy answered the door. He looked at us and was like “do you guys remember me?!”

My mind raced until I found him- it was one of the kids from that night! He was actually so happy to see us! Normally I don't think he'd have recognized us. It was dark outside when we met him first, and now it's been over a month since he saw us. We could not have talked for more than 4 minutes. 

But he remembered us. (John 14:26) He recognized us as soon as the door opened. Turns out Pasqual is his grandfather! 

Went to the temple last pday and learned something : always give invitations in a positive, not a negative. Meaning tell them to do something rather than to not do something.

For example:

Don't say : don't forget who you are

Do say : remember who you are

Don't say: don't let the Fire go out 

Do say : keep the Fire burning

Don't say : don't leave the church, don't go inactive 

Do say: become a life lifelong disciple of Jesus Christ 

If you are endowed, go to the temple and pay attention to how instructions are given.

Love you all, thank you for everything!

खुशी जन्मदिन

 Last night all the elders in the zone gathered together and we went to the Sauna together. It was kinda like a Daniel 3 moment because it was super hot in there but none of us got hurt.

We were all gathered together to await transfer news. This transfer was going to be especially interesting because ½ the leadership goes home next transfer. So President's plan was to take a ton of leadership out now so the new leaders will be ready.

The transfer roster reflected that. Every area has mostly new leaders. So that's gonna be crazy.

And! I am training a fresh new Missionary!

Elder Millard and I went to parking lots a ton last week. Talked to some cool people. 

Gave a book of Mormon to a cute Indian chick working at little Caesars. Spoke Hindi with her and got her phone number.

Got burgers at the Habit and was very pleased.

Went to talk to some lady in her car and turns out she was crying a bunch so I asked if I could pray for her and she just kept crying a bunch so I gave her a Jesus card.

Memorial day was oofed because everywhere we went people were super drunk and smelled really bad and weren't kind.

And that's pretty much it.

2 transfers left is wild. I've matured and learned a lot these past 2, so i'm excited to see what happens. 

Maybe I'll learn another language.

I got a new Job

 New area, New me. Not actually lol- it's still the same me. However, I did get a new area.

After spending a year and a half in the same apartment, going to the same Walmart, the same Wendy's, same church building– I'm finally in a new city. It's called…. Saratoga

I cover a big english ward that's all white people (hoping to get some भारत in there) as well as a massive ysa ward that covers a third of the mission (why have all my areas been unmanageably massive?)

New apartment is nice, there's a friend growing in the sink so I'll have to take care of that…

We have a sick gym, so your brothers getting buff. We have like…no food. 

Anyways. We went out and worked and….wow. Elder Millard is a legend. He is running after people and yelling across the road and doing whatever it takes to talk to these people. And when he does- they listen. I listen to cuz I'm tryna learn from this guy. 

He only weighs 120 pounds, he eats more than me, he was a soccer referee, he wants to be a mechanical engineer, He's from Bountiful. Pretty cool.

We've been running into Indians every day. I get to use my Hindi often. I haven't been able to use ASL yet though…

Being a zone leader is cool. I have 4 elders and 7 sisters… so this will be fun.

I set a goal to memorize 1 scripture every day. I didn't think it was possible…but so far it's working! It's been super cool to have one scripture every day that's just the theme of the day. 

I'm still reminding myself this is a new area and it's weird. Nothing here is familiar, it's all new and strange. It's super exciting but also really stressful. After 21 months this is like… my first time actually getting transferred.

So I don't know what to write lol.

However, this week I finished Job. I feel sorry for everyone who hasn't had a similar experience to mine with Job. I don't know how anybody could not love reading Job. Anybody who has read it and understood half of it won't ever really need to ask “why do bad things happen to good people?” unless maybe they go through a really tough trial. Then maybe they can ask.

Anyways. Here's one really cool piece of treasure from Job. 

Remember In the beginning he had 7 sons and 3 daughters.

 A house blows over and kills them all..a bunch of other awful things happen to Job. His friend tease him for like 3 rounds of silly debate. God speaks through a whirlwind and tells all of them (including Job) to repent and then all of Job's blessings are doubled. 

He ends up with twice as many camels, sheep, donkeys, oxen, and so on. 

However in 42:13 we see he got 7 sons and 3 daughters…..? What? 

Why not 14 and 6?

Well. It's because families are forever. Even though the other 7 are dead- he DOES now have 14 sons. Even though the 3 daughters are dead he DOES now have 6 daughters.

So it was doubled. 

Pretty cool right?

Email me please.

Keep the fire burning (Levi 6:13)

Elder Owens

A sword and a hammer

 I went on exchanges with Elder Keller this week! We stayed up till about 1 sharing our life stories. Elder Keller is a pretty incredible person! He's one of the Chinese elders I came in with so we got to talk about Chinese program things. We're both coming to close of out mission (wink) so it was cool to have a whole talk about everything we've learned and what we hope to accomplish with the time we have left.

On Monday we had interviews with President Larson and I officially extended my mission 1 transfer. July is just too soon lol and I need more time to study my languageS and the gospel as a missionary. Plus I believe God told me to.

President Larson also shared with me that a stake president from the south of our mission was talking with him and said “I heard you have hindi elders…I would love to have one here.” so I will be going to Saratoga. 

We started exchanges with the ASLders that night and I got to be with Elder Ardineger- he is such a treasure! He is Deaf and has been serving since December. We had soooo much fun!

Nehemiah is a very special book of the Old Testament. Despite being near the middle, chronologically it's the very last book to take place. Nehemiah was the king's cupbearer, meaning the king trusted him with his life (kings were sometimes poisoned) when Nehemiah learns about the efforts to rebuild Jerusalem he really wants to go. So he asks the king if he can. King says yes, gives him some guards and Nehemiah heads out. 

When they arrive Nehemiah runs around the whole place taking a mental inventory of everything that needs to be repaired- which is everything. King Nebuchadnezzar really did a number on this place.  

Nehemiah finds the guys in charge and then becomes the man in charge.

ALSO- the whole time- the Samaritans are tryna kill them! Samaritans WERE Israelite, they're just the ones that intermarriage with Babylon and Persia and stuff after Israel was carried captive. They still “believe in God” they just had adopted other nations' ways of believing in God and so they were no longer allowed to help with any of the rebuilding of Jerusalem or the temple. So instead of repenting or something they just try to kill the Jews. 

So- here is the point of everything I've shared- Nehemiah 4:17

“17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon”

With one hand they are building the lords kingdom. With the other they are ready to fight. This is exactly how I feel as an Elder. I feel like I have one hand building the kingdom and teaching (sometimes I do teach with both my hands) and just as important as the first hand, I have a hand defending myself from Satan's attacks. He doesn't want me to succeed. He has very sneaky ways of fighting. BUT

“14 And I[nehemiah] looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

20 …our God shall fight for us.”

So do the lords work

Defend yourself from Satan and don't be afraid.

Remember God will fight for you

New Storms

 What a silly week. Elder Johnson can juggle for like 30 seconds. I had 9 eggs for breakfast on one day. I pulled a hangnail off during a lesson and had to hide the blood til we got out, Elder Howes can make the Incredible Hulk face, and we drove to Pleasanton 3 times. The first and second were to help our dear Deaf Friend, Jennifer, write a talk because she's giving a talk in her English ward that she goes to sometimes. 

Then the last time, Sunday, I voice interpreted for her ward. And it was a challenge. Usually when she signs she's super easy to understand and it makes sense. But for some reason when she's giving a talk nothing made sense. 

So that was fun. Since we were In Pleasanton I stopped by and ate with my Ward Mission Leader from the beginning of my mission. 

We also had the trunk or treat! That was good. 

Then we did another one in ASL at the Deaf School. 

Also some general conference ASL interpreters showed up and asked to have us over so we could talk about the work. Basically we're doing a lot of silly things that don't really work and now we have a bunch of lists full of new stuff to do that does work!

And I won't really be involved! Because the Hindi Program starts tomorrow. So all my stuff is packed up. I gave some ties to my companions. Took my sticky notes down. Used the microwave for probably the last time…

I've been in the ASL program in the same apartment for 11 months. That's basically half my mission. It's been a very long and truly difficult and demanding journey. I spent a lot of time thinking I wasn't good enough and that I was the wrong person to be in my position. Now I'm on the other side and it's honestly breathtaking to look back.

Now I can have a confident ASL conversation with anybody. I enjoy interpreting and I enjoy the challenges! I don't know all the reasons God asked me to learn ASL, but I do know that part of it was so I could grow a bunch and have awful dark days and then end up on the other side and appreciate the light even more. 

Now…imma run into a new storm of trials. This time it will be in Hindi and smell like curry...

Temple miracles

 A week ago we had the special opportunity to attend the temple. In preparation I had been studying repentance and forgiveness because I really wanted to feel clean when I went through the temple. We had also been praying to know which session to attend. Elder Searle and I both felt like we should go for the earliest one available. 

This ended up teaching me about the power of prayer because…we got there and there was a Deaf couple that attends a hearing ward going to the exact same session. I knew them from a long time ago so it was amazing to see them again. PLUS, we sat with the Brother and watched the endowment in ASL. How absolutely incredible is that? I understood all of it, in fact I think I got more out of it! So amazing. It was a wonderful and beautiful experience and I'm glad we prayed about when to go so that we knew that was the session we needed to be in.

Then we started a Hindi Exchange. It was great to be with my brother, Elder Holladay. We were looking around his apartment and….it's pretty bad. So we committed to cleaning it the next day. We stayed up incredibly late just talking about everything. Elder Holladay is amazing and truly consecrated. 

We woke up and just started going at everything. Luckily, the Zone Leaders showed up to do their laundry and decided to help us. We literally changed the color of the floor. We took out so much garbage, reorganized his apartment, killed the bathroom. It's now probably one of the cleanest in the mission! We also did personal and comp study with the zone leaders which was wonderfully enlightening. Then the Hindi work began. It was going pretty tough most of the day. Our Hindi members who were gonna help us let us know their hindinis actually rusty and that we can read better than them. And one indian member whom we've been trying to contact, we finally found! And somehow he's simply just not interested in the gospel at all. So we'll keep working on him I suppose. 

Then we went to visit some of our friends- Balwinder, Balwinder, Baljinder, and Sonia.

We showed them our video of the first vision (it will be posted sometime soon I promise) and they were blown away. Absolutely amazed. We taught the restoration again with a big focus on if this is all true, that means this is the church which you must join! I hope it went in their minds. They committed to reading and praying!

The Hindi work is progressing and I am so excited for it to grow more.

We went to Bombay Garden on Thursday. It's an Indian buffet where every food looks pretty sus. Nevertheless, we did partake. I was amazed at how spicy it was. We also learned how to eat like a indian- with your hands and the flatbread. A few of the curries looked so nice and then they're actually the spiciest thing I've ever tasted. What an experience. 

We have a new Deaf friend named Matthew. And I don't know what to think of him. He signs in ways I'm not sure what he's saying. But he keeps texting us and calling us. So that's good. (His texts make little sense) we were trying to teach him the restoration when we found out he doesn't know who God is. So I tried to explain. Man, that's a hard concept to explain. We tried "he made all the animals" he doesn't know what animals are. "He made the Earth" he doesn't know what that is either. We also said he was Heavenly Father and he was confused and was like "my dad is over there."

Also we've been reaching out to Deaf people all over Facebook and recently we've received many wonderful responses telling us that the "Deaf Community is all Gay and it's not worth your time to try and help them" and "they are all so rude you won't have any luck with them" 

I love social media work. 

Elder Searle and I made a work-out plan. Now everyday we know exactly what To do. We went for a few runs and it was great! I'm certainly feeling it. 

Then the rest of the week, somehow, all we did was give priesthood blessings. Most of them were in ASL. It was my first time ever sealing a blessing in ASL, then my second time, then my third time. We also found Sione Fonua From the other side of heaven. The real man. He is in a care home in our area and we were able to give him a blessing as well and brother just cried the whole time and said he loves us a few times. I'd never met this man or even seen the movie but after I gave him a blessing I was full of love for him. 

Then our friend Emma had a baptismal interview with our mission president. We waited for almost an hour but they both came out glowing and smiling so bright I wished I had brought my sunglasses with me. Emma will be baptized this Sunday at 1:30. 

She told us, in her thick Tagolic accent "I have finally found the right restaurant" I know she is right. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the right restaurant.

Then we got official transfer news. I'm training 2 new ASL missionaries. Elder Searle is training 1 new ASL missionary. We will all be I'm the same apartment and same areas. We will interpret everything for our Deaf Missionary. Their 4 combined ages in the mission won't be older than mine for 3 months lol. 

So that's exciting. 

Also you'll be happy to know I finally brought my suit to the dry cleaners. First time ever. 

And I did because….ElderBednarIsVisitingOurMissionThisSarurday!!!

I'll tell you about it next week!

Stop watching soccer

 1-16-23

Ok. Well that's it. The transfer is over. I've been ASL for a whole transfer. 

Imma be honest- this week kinda sucked. On Tuesday we had our zone and district council, I had to give a training on testifying about the Book of Mormon- which is literally one of my favorite orite things to do. It actually went really well, I just really don't like giving trainings lol. 

There's a document called "the fourth missionary" and we've been studying g it together in companionship study for a while, we finished it this week. It talks about the best way to serve a mission and all the things that set missionaries apart. Why some missionaries have awful missions and others have a life-changing incredible mission. The 4th missionary is the missionary who gives his will to God. I want to be that missionary and I've been thinking alot about what that all would look like. What areas I'm already 4th in and other areas that need some work. It's been brutally eye- opening.

I'll throw a link on the email if you want to look at it. 

Anyways. I hit my 6-month mark on January 11th. That was kinda cool. 

I'm not sure what's been going on, buy I've just been in a bad mood for the most part of every day this week. I know a few things contributing to it is that I am discouraged about learning ASL, it's really frustrating sometimes, also sometimes my companions treat me like I'm a brand new missionary. I can't stand condescending stuff like that. Also, Elder White is being transferred and that's always tough. Everything kinda crashed and crumbled on Saturday. We were in the middle of personal study time and I was already having a bad morning. We got a VP (video call) and all put our black sleeved jackets on and went to answer it. It was a member of the ASL branch I'd never met before- which means she'd also never met me.so she started asking me a bunch of questions and I was doing alright until suddenly she asked a question and I had no clue what it was. I looked to my comps for help and they ignored me. I asked her to sign it again. She did and I still was clueless. So I asked my comps if what I was thinking she asked was right. They're just like ok then a sign back to her. 

She asked more questions and I still had no clue. The call ended and I got up and went straight back to my desk before my comps could even get up from their chairs. Luckily I'm In a corner, so I faced into the corner and put my head down a bit and for the first time in a while I just cried. Like, alot. I got tears all over the papers I was reading which made me even more upset. 

So that's the kind of week it's been. Then guess what. 

We had stake conference this weekend. Which means we had to Interpret. Stake conference really was wonderful. They only made me do the prayers. Which was really hard. The good thing about prayers is that your eyes are closed so you can't see all the people looking at you like "what the heck is he trying to say?" 

We also went to a funeral and it was cool to get to know somebody so well without ever getting to really meet her. 

It's been raining like absolute crazy here. 

Ok, at stake conference I was sitting near this guy and his wife. (I was trying to focus on the ASL interpretations of the talks, but didn't do very good at that) at first I saw them kinda holding each other and I was like- dang, in a few years that's gonna be me and my wife. Turns out I was mega wrong.

I looked over again and saw them focusing all their attention in a hymn book. That was really confusing. Hymns are cool and all but not THAT cool. I look over again and of course there's a phone hidden in the hymnbook with a soccer game playing. 

I was pretty upset. This guy was causing himself and his wife to miss out on the incredible blessings that come from paying attention to stake conference talks. We got to hear from all 3 members of the stake presidency, and a member of the temple presidency and his wife! That does not happen often! It was a really special opportunity and he said "no thanks, soccer is good" 

It got me thinking, what soccer games do I have playing in the background of my life that are taking my attention away from special gifts and experiences Heavenly Father is trying to give me? One really significant thing about this is that the couple had dressed up in their nice Sunday clothes, they drove to the stake center and they WERE THERE! They were in the meeting! 

How many missionaries go to their missionary and serve the full two years but are just "watching soccer" the whole time? 

How often do we go to church and partake of the sacrament with "soccer games" still playing in our minds?

Sometimes from the outside it looks like we're doing exactly what we're supposed to be doing when really- we're not. 

Idk if that makes any sense.

Anyways.

Love you all. Have an incredible week. I will try to do the same, lol. 

Photos:

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The fourth missionary:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-5RGTOWBedlAIfF57yQsIqGPdhHa9tGP/view?usp=drivesdk

Families

 So I keep having the plan to have my journal open next to me whole I make the email. But we're out bowling right now and we're gonna be at a church house till 6(pday ends at 6) 

So we're going from Areabook and memory again lol.

So. We had our last zone and district council(transfers are tomorrow) and that was kinda tough because I love all these guys so much. Elder prestwich gave a life changing training on forgiveness. He really focused on the idea of forgiving ourselves and that hit me really hard because I finally was able to let go of things I was holding and take those barbs outta my heart. I felt so much peace and it's the strongest I've felt the spirit in a while. 

So- you need to forgive others, but you also really need to forgive yourself(all men[d&c section 64 something something{verse 10 I think}] includes yourself, you are part of "all men"). The atonement works for everybody including you. It's ok to feel bad about stuff you've done or haven't done, but you should not be punishing yourself. Notice the mistake, and fix something in your life and then you don't have to beat yourself up about it anymore. Jesus and Heavenly Father will always love you.

Other super cool thing- we were walking around and we saw a good looking guy, probably like 23.

He came up to us, grinning- turns out him and his wife JUST moved into the ward the previous day. They are from Boise! Ada county!(Thas where I'm from)

Later after some proselyting around the hood, we went to their house and they invited us in and 

BOOOM.

Wham!

It was like smacked in the face with the spirit. Their house felt like the temple. Thid young couple, probably going through plenty of trials of just moving to California, and being newly married, and whatever else- have strikingly let God prevail in their lives. Their covenant keeping ness made their home feel like a temple. (Thus the Facebook post this morning)[yo, if you've got Facebook and you're not my friend what are you even doing?]

Anyways, read about Temples in the Bible dictionary, it's pretty good.

Also, I had the incredible privilege to go on exchanges with one of our wonderful zone leaders. Elder Call. He's going home next week. We had a service project and Elder Call taught me alot about keeping "what would the savior do" in my attitude. It got to the point where we were pretty much ready to go home but Elder Call was just like "what do you think Jesus would be doing elder?" (We were helping two disabled people, a mom and son who were both in wheelchairs, move their stuff to a storage facility) so ofc first I'm like "well, He would prolly heal them so they could walk"

And Elder Call was just like "he would continue to help them."

They are not members, they're actually quite catholic. But we stayed until the project was done. They were very very grateful for it.

We also got hard-core bashed multiple times. First real life actual hard core bashes I had. It hurt alot more than I thought it would. 

We stayed calm the entire time and nothing we said or did deserved the contention and brutality we received. Elder Call started bearing testimony of Jesus and the book of Mormon and this guy interested him and said "Elder Call- you don't actually know that. There is no way you can know anything you're saying. You have no clue what you're even talking about." It hurt so much. He also gave us these cool book marks, it's a 1,000,000 dollar bill that basically says that we are sinners and heretics and we will go to "an awful place called hell."

His wife, (this hurt the most) his wife actually wanted to learn from us. She wanted a book of mormon. She wanted to meet with us again.

The guy turned turned to her and said something in another language that really really hurt her feelings. She spoke up again later and he said "honey, you don't even understand what's going on" 

That was one of the most ugliest, awful, and just plain stupid things I've ever seen in my entire life.

I know we maintained the spirit with us because I was able to feel it through the whole thing. I know I was strengthened through this ridiculous encounter. I know that Jesus still loves those guys and I should really try to change my perception of him. 

Anyways. I was able to bear testimony of families and I know that it at least affected the wife. 

Also

Transfers dang it.

My trainer is leaving me. Elder Prestwich is gonna go be Zone leader is Saratoga. I'm staying here. So please pray for my new companion to have patience with me cuz I got no clue what I'm doing.

Anyways. Sacrifice and Obedience bring blessings. God loves you no matter what you've done. The atonement is literally infinite. The Book of Mormon is true and will bless your life IF you read it. 

Go on a mission if you can. Do not let anything rob you of the blessings that come from missionary service.

Love and miss you all.

Get on the shared albuuummmmm

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