Talmage Mission

Good Morning! We started off the week with a fantastic restoration lesson! Elder Jorgensen and I flowed super well together, it was a beautiful learning period for Matthew King and his mother, and we answered questions just the right way to make it all click. Then we asked Matthew the first three baptismal interview questions, he said yes to everything so we set a baptismal date for March 25th! That was fantastic, I love Matthew. We set another baptismal date with our friend Steven! He's come to a few lessons with the Boone family, who have 3 children on-date for March. We taught him a few times, but never officially started teaching him because we didn't know where he lived or if his parents are okay with it. But we found out all is well, so he's set!  And then, here's the highlight of the week: Jamie was baptized! She is such a fun person to talk to, I've loved working with her and helping her better understand the gospel. She's the oldest person I've help...

Good Morning! Missionary work is unpredictable, I've learned that very well this week. On Thursday we had 8 people set to begin teaching the gospel to, and then they all canceled. Then they canceled again when we rescheduled! It was kind of impressive, actually. Then, we met an older couple on Thursday, and a mother / daughter on Friday. Both sets of people are prepared and ready to receive the restored gospel. But they didn't want to commit quite yet, despite me throwing everything I could think of at them! It's okay, both interactions were fantastic, so I know they'll be prepared for the future, even if it isn't me that gets to teach them.  Now, we attended Milford again and found a potential person to teach! We're going back Wednesday to see how interested he really is. But then, here's the exciting part! We visited with Anna again, after 10 days of her being sick and unable to meet. It was a great lesson, the Spirit really took over. We started making a ...

Good Morning! We set a baptismal date with Jamie, one of our good friends! She's got a really cool story, but she's planning to be baptized on the 25th of February! Our other friend, Anna, may have to move her date back. The whole family got sick this past week, pretty bad, so the wedding probably won't happen this week, and thus the baptism will need to be adjusted as well. It's a great opportunity to continue helping her though, I'm grateful she's progressing still. Last person we have preparing for baptism (for now) is Rossten. He's ready, but we had to set the date for March 11th because he's in Alaska this weekend, Mexico the next weekend, and then yeah. Life got crazy for him, but he's a solid kid who understands the gospel and has been consistently coming to church for the past few months! Another update: We have begun teaching Matthew King. He is a young man who's had a desire to be baptized for a while, but his dad wasn't in favor. I...

Good Morning! We picked up a Spanish friend, just to pass her off to the Spanish Elders! That happened Monday night, it was an interesting way to end the day. However, I went on exchanges with Elder Kingrey! He's a fantastic Elder, while I was with him I refocused on the work and how I can continue being a little better. It was a good day, and though I spent it in another area I learned a lot. However, I did get one piece of revelation for Beaver! It's that we need to spend more time in Milford. The town is forty minutes away, so originally we haven't been going out there much, but since then we've decided to spend two evenings a week, from 3pm to 9pm, in Milford. I would say we're already experiencing miracles from this decision. We've contacted a few people who are willing to have us back, and found a couple people off-records! We have a pick up lesson with one family this Wednesday. I'm looking forward to it! Honestly, we've spent most of this week si...