Moments from a Missionary

Dearest All It was a grand week, we worked hard and diligently, not all with ease either, which I suppose is why it was a great week, because it took work and even though we didn't see any immediate results (as I have been blessed by often over the course of my mission) I felt the spirit and simply that the Lord was pleased with our efforts and felt Preach My Gospel's measure of success more so than ever before, dedication. It is has not been easy to stay motivated with my usual excitement in this area... Tuesday  was proving to be my make or break point, we had a day full of plans and appointments resulting from the efforts of last weekend...then one by one every single one cancelled or rescheduled, turning to our back-up plans which was a finding effort or some sort...by  6:00  I was tired and a little down on myself, when we came in prepared and ate dinner and following the meal, and about to go out again & my heart was heavy, and sat down while waiting for m...

The week has proven to be a enduring week but a rewarding one, I am happy with the results of a lot of hard work spent in planning and cleaning, we took a couple hours out of the day to do something to bring the area up to a higher standard, from cleaning out old records, deep cleaning a room in the apartment, deep cleaning the car and organizing supplies, and the Phone...by the weekend everything was tight, tidy and organized and I feel like I could take a deep breath and look back on what was accomplished. Elder McClune said "If his former companion came back he wouldn't recognize the apartment" With the area cleaned up and organized our days quickly got easier to plan and finding being the large emphasis, we found two promising new friends, to which I was over joyed and really raised my spirits! This week has dawn me back to Preach My Gospel in seeking direction, and this week the spirit has really whispered to me more than ever before through PMG particularly in Cha...

​This was a week full of travel and conferences, this was us stuck in Traffic with the Hazard Elders on I-64 took 45 min to go 0.8 miles...but we made it, most of the zone was stuck in it with us, it made for a great time on the way though. The reason for our travel to Charleston was our mission conference with Elder Kopishca (I am sure I spelled that wrong, it is a German name)...Super incredible conference...then we went back to Huntington, taught S. and then went back to Charleston the next morning for a special Mission Leadership Conference with Elder Kopishca again. Spiritual overload...so tired by the end of it. Sheetz for dinner with Hazard Elders...Elder Taylor and Elder Crook...considering their area is 3 hours from Huntington and 4 from Charleston we brought the Hazard Elders up early the night before the conference to stay with us. ​Seeing some familiar faces at the conference...it was so strange not to see my friends. Elder Myers, Elder Cluff, Elder Thompson, Elder ...

Dearest All ​Elder Davis & I teaching zone meeting. ​Elder Davis & His final P-day here in Huntington, a member Brother M. was kind enough to take him and Sister Farnsworth (shout-out to the Farnsworth's in Lewisburg, cousins if I recall correctly) golfing at the Elks club in nearby Portsmouth OH. ​I had a grand time, there were only two cards which equaled 4 seats...so I was the lucky one who ran/walked the entire course...felt great! brother Mazon's GPS estimated it to be about  4.5 miles #LoveMyNewPants! ​With every sunset comes a new dawn...looking across the Ohio River to Kentucky  ​This particular new dawn came in the wonderful form of Elder Andersen! This is us meeting up at the Transfer meeting in Charleston and greeting the new members of our zone. Which the zone had a rather large turn-over in this transfer 11 of the 15 companionships had a new companion. I also parted ways with a few more of my long time mission friends w...