Week 34

Dear everybody, 

This week was full! So like I said last week, I got transferred to Palmdale. I'm serving in the Palmdale 1st ward and they are great people here. My companion is Elder Bankhead and he is a great missionary and I'm excited to learn a lot from him. He was actually just companions with Elder Whiteley and He's from the Logan, Utah area like Elder Whiteley was too. He's a really cool guy. I've been getting to know the area and the people we are teaching. We also got smartphones this week that we will be using in a lot of different ways. One of the things we will be doing is using Facebook to stay in contact with people we teach and even teach people who might not have a lot of time to meet with us. People will see an occasional post from me and feel free to share it with others! I wanted to touch on last week because I didn't get much of a chance to write about my feelings about leaving my last area. I loved serving in Rosamond and Mojave. I met so many great people and I grew so much. I know that the Lord is watching over each and every one of us, we are His sheep. He knows us perfectly. I know He saw how much I grew and wants me to keep growing and so He's sent me here where there are more things for me to learn and more people for me to serve.

This week we were able to have some really cool experiences. We ate dinner with the grandmother of one of my investigators I had been teaching in Mojave haha how crazy is that!? The Lord knows what He's doing. We were also given tacos from a guy selling them from his house and listened to him share what he has learned from life. At one point in his life he and his wife had four houses they were renting out, a restaurant, and two food trucks. His wife had a heart attack and was in a coma for 8 months and they had to sell everything to pay for the medical bills. But she's alive and doing a lot better now. But they are back to square one. The most amazing thing about it was that he said it was all ok because he still has his family. Family is the most important thing. He also talked about how there are a lot of people in our lives who come and go but our family is our family and should always be there for us. I feel so lucky to be able to say that. I love my family so much and it brings me a lot of joy to do my best to invite other people to enjoy the blessings that I have experienced. Thank you so much for the support everyone has given me. It means a lot!

These are some people from Rosamond/Mojave

1. This is Frank (black tank top) and Garrett. They are two of my favorite people I've met on my mission. They've really come to be good friends of mine. I love these guys.

2. ‎This is Larry and Toni. They are some wonderful people. Larry is one of the most Christlike people I've ever met. He does service almost every day of his life.