April 10, 2012

Happy Easter to everyone!!! It was pretty great this year!

 

Guess where I've been moved too?? I've been sent back to good old vista!!! A different ward. The 9th and 6th YSA wards. Vista 3rd is still in my district, and at one point I will be going on exchanges to that ward. It has been super cool to see a bunch of the people from that old ward! On sunday and tuesday it was soo awesome to see those people again. They seem to all be doing really good. They remember me, which kinda surprises me for how quite i was. In a few hours we will be going to the gym to "hang out" with some of the youth from the 3 and 9 wards.

 

My new companion is Elder Kempton. He is as well an ineresting guy. He reminds me a lot of elder Barlow. He has a very loud personality and loves to talk. He talks too much some times, which can be annoying. I know a lot more this time around about how to deal with a companion that talks a bunch, so all will be well.

He has been out for about 5 months, I'm his 2nd companion, or I guess you could call me his "greenie buster". He is from Colorado. He is a really good elder, even with his talking, and really has a desire to be out here. He is absolutly way better than I was at his age in the mission.

 

Our wards seem really good. I'm a big fan of Bishop Allen in the 9th ward. He loves Idaho and seems to think that southern Idaho is the backbone of the church, or it's the closest thing to Zion. Ya, so he and I got off to a good start. He loves the church and is really missionary minded, which is what this ward needs right now. The 9th ward is a small, older ward, that needs to get moving in the missionary mode.

 

Elder Free and Kempton did a lot of work in this area and set the tone out here. There is a lot of things to do, and little time to do those things in. I think the wards are getting the sense of that from what those two elders did. There were 4 baptisms into the 6th YSA ward the saturday before I got here. Things area going great here. We share the YSA ward with the sisters. The YSA ward is a new thing for me, but it seems pretty awesome.

 

I was able to see conference in Carlsbad. It was as awesome as ever! Many, many great talks were given. I felt like I received a lot of guidance! I just need to go back and review some things and put them into action.

 

We actually have the sweet opportunity of having Elder Neilson come and do a mission tore this coming saturday! It is so cool to have conference, easter, and now to shake hands with and listen too and apostle of god! I am sooo excited for this! It will be awesome.