The Spokane Word... from Elder Willis: Still Doing Good

Found an Old Friend, Elder Van Hoene

Hello All,

This is another once in a week time event where I can tell you all about my life away from home.

On today's episode we have things that walk in the night followed by a sorrowful goodbye between friends.

Elder Pendleton

On Monday all the other elders in our district were gathering together for the nighttime prayer. Elder Pendleton (who is from Springville by the way.) Had made sure we were all ready, that's when he shared the news that he had to go home.

He apparently had some unfinished business that needed to be resolved with his bishop. It was a real shame, because we all looked up to him and he taught us all something.

Personally, he taught me how to set goals and not to give up on them. Just the other day I ran a mile without stopping and then sprinted two more laps (10 laps =1 mile) and then the next time we exercised I ran 1.5 miles and sprinted two more laps, and yesterday I ran 2 miles and sprinted two more laps, I think I may have pulled a muscle but other than that, I think I made amazing progress.

Day at the Laundromat with the Elders

It's amazing how much we miss Elder Pendleton already he has only been gone for two days and now his former companion is teamed up with Elders Vasquez and Smith.

TRC. (Realistic Training Curriculum.) This is where missionaries are given the chance to meet a new person and learn about them, once you have talked for a bit you schedule a time to see them again and make a lesson for them based on what questions and problems they had.

The first person we taught was pretty cool. She was from California and was in BYU with her sister for the semester. We taught her two lessons. The first was about Joseph's first vision and the validity of the Book of Mormon. The second lesson was more like a discussion about small issues she had with the church. Elder Bair and I thought we were pretty successful and just this morning we got a message from our mission president that she was getting baptized. How cool is that?

From Elder Farrel's Family - Our Christmas is going to be Great!

Everybody in our residency loves to sing and we have officially started the Shower Choir. Needless to say, they sing until they can't speak the next day, and most of the are getting sinus infections, but we are still ok.