Talmage Mission

Good Morning! This has been an eventful week! In fact, it was so eventful that almost nothing happened in our own area, but instead in everyone else's!  I did like 3 more exchanges, because they're fun. Wednesday was spent with Elder Goodlad, Thursday with Elder Fiame in my area, and same for Elder Rodriguez on Friday. With Elder Goodlad we found two new friends! That was a relief, and actually the only two new friends I found this week!  The two exchanges in Ephraim went very well, except we just made visits and nothing seemed to work. I am striving to "lead by example" and assist my District in the work, but we couldn't find anyone new to teach. We did have some successful lessons! As a result two of our friends attended church.  Now we did set a plan for baptism with Boman. He's super excited for it, and wants to be baptized as soon as possible. We had to help him see that there's more to learn, even though it would be cool to do the baptism tomorrow. I...

Good Morning! I had the opportunity this past week to go on an exchange to the Mt. Pleasant North Stake, an area I haven't visited since December 26th, 2021. It has been a long time away from my first area; in some ways it's changed a lot, and in others not so much. We visited people who I've visited when I served there, and turns out some may be interested! The Lord is hastening his work.  I have learned a powerful phrase that teaches much about life, and the Gospel. It goes as follows: True worship is emulation.  As a writer I strive to better understand characters and who they are. One fun aspect to writing is the art of creating characters who aren't too 'stereotypical'. However, it's odd how stereotypes exist in the first place.  I feel that because everyone strives to conform into their desired party or social group, stereotypes can't help but exist. For example, there's always the quiet teenager in dark clothing sitting in the corner. As such,...

Good Morning! This week has been a success. We had two friends at church and three new friends to start teaching. Nothing huge, but it's progression and consistency that's key. That is what we're accomplishing here in Ephraim. To be honest, this past week was one of the hardest weeks of my mission. It's been one of the most painstaking, agonizing, and discouraging weeks. My spirit has been stretched and my body worn down. I often didn't know the next turn to take or choice to make. Despite this, it has been a blast to serve the Lord! On paper we had three exchanges and Zone Conference. This alone causes a week to fly by! I'm just glad it's over, but I did learn from my experiences here. I've been humbled (something I often need) and led closer to my Savior. I'm still learning to trust in Him, but it is working bit by bit. Our Zone Conference was focused on Revelation! I then learned that I need to strive to receive more revelation. I gave a talk in c...

Good Morning! This is an extra photo dump of mostly chickens. Enjoy! - Elder Williams Pictures: 1. Thursday chickens. 2. Me with my "lizard tail" 3. Saturday chickens. 4. The "After" 5. The "Before" 6. Sunsets in Manti! 7. The Manti Temple. 8. Preparation Day! 9. Beautiful chalk art.

Good Morning! This has been quite the effective week! Monday we just talked to a bunch of people who we can come back and share the gospel with! Then absolutely none of them worked out, but it gave us the hope we needed to pick up the work here in Ephraim. Since then we've found two new friends and set one of our friends on-plan for baptism!  Macady is a young girl who has an interest in learning about the gospel. Duncan has met with missionaries in another portion of Utah and recently moved here. We ran into him through one of those friends who didn't keep our return appointment too! That was kind of sweet.  We alo set Niko on-plan! He will be baptized at the end of the month. I've met him once but I can already tell he's a fantastic kid with a sincere desire to learn the gospel.  Some struggles have been our lack of progressing friends. So we're simply dropping them one at a time! That's just how the work goes sometimes, but a true principle of the gospel is t...