This weeks latest issue, The Post Falls Elders. Staring Elder Willis

Welp, a lot has happened since the last week. 

Me After a Fun Bike Ride

For instance we went deep into the fifth ward to teach a family on the point of the local mountain, and I never knew that there were so many houses living on the mountain side, I was shocked by how much bigger the fifth ward actually is.  So the family we went to visit were less actives, but it turns out that they just have been out of town for a long while, they had literally just pulled in as we arrived at their house, but they were still happy to see us.  As it turns out they wanted our help to teach lessons to their kids who have grown out of the church, so they made a dinner appointment with us at a time the whole family would be together (that family is massive).

Breakfast at Stake President's House

On another note our mission car needs to be repaired.  While we were coming back from service (we were helping a rodeo move pigs and sheep)  We were driving out of the parking lot, and a frozen snow drift was sticking out on the right side of the parking lot entrance.  Traffic was bad so when I turned out I turned too sharply and the ice that was sticking out scratched and dented the bottom side of the passenger door.  So now I have to file a driving incident report for the church, and we need take the car in to be repaired.

Just now, as I was writing this I got a call from some sisters in Temple Square Utah, they had a referral for us in the fifth ward, how cool is that?  As it happens this guy is in his 60's and has been wanting to join the church for a while, but he did not know were to go to find the church.  Looks like we have some work to do.

My Fender is Broken and I am Covered in Water and Mud

Being able to call home has so far been awesome. Just one month into my mission and now I can call my family once a week. That is awesome!  The missionaries of today have been so blessed by modern technology.  We have phones, we have modern cars, we have indoor plumbing!  It's all great.

So both wards in my area leave food for us at our apartment every day except Sundays and Saturdays, on those days we have members in each ward host us a dinner, so we are already pretty well fed.  We do a lot of service at a food bank, and once we are finished they let us take 10 pounds of food for each elder in our apartment!  So on top of the members bringing us food and the food bank food, so the only groceries we have to worry about are; milk, eggs, bread and cereal. 

Us at the Post Falls Dam

It looks like I'm walking in my father's footsteps, I'm a light novelist.

I'm sorry I forgot to send last weeks email, to make it up I will put on a BUT WAIT!  THERES MORE!

So the the most recent week we were busy working in our fifth ward boundaries, all of which is across a river and high in the mountains.  It is so COOL! In fifth ward, we literally spend like 5 minutes just walking up the driveways of mansion's, (We walk because the plowed roads have no place to park).

We have had major development in our wards.  For starters our wards have been going allover the works trying to have us fed each and every day.  We also have coordinated a ward ward coalition every week for both of our wards.  (Yeeea! Making progress!)

While we were messing around during dinner one day we found a missionary that lived in a part member family in our ward and we thought "huh. That's cool" who would have guessed that we would stumble right into them THAT NIGHT while tracting. 

We Wrestled with Pigs and Goats

Later that night we found a nice looking house that did not shovel their front walkway (probably because when your in the top of the mountains and deep in the woods you don't expect visitors) and right on the door step they have a chicken cooking in the weirdest crock pot looking gadget I've ever seen.  We knocked on the door and this lady comes to the window and politely said "I work from home don't bother me."  We asked if we could leave a Book of Mormon next to her chicken, (I wanted to stuff it into the chicken, talk about feasting upon the words of Christ) she said yes and we left the copy on the ground with our number.

That Bike Ride was Fun for All of Us

Yesterday, we walked 5 miles looking for potentials.  We planned to walk toward a family's house we were going to have dinner at.  We planned to have the member pick us up beforehand but he had some issues to take care of at home.  We were 20 minutes late and right as we walked up to their street, we see the guy get in to his car to pick us up.  While he was backing up he saw us and we smiled and waved at him, we had a small laugh over that.  The dinner was great and their non member son came and ate with us, man he had a lot to say.  He is a salesman so he told us how we were doing the missionary thing wrong. We heard some of the weirdest anti I've ever heard.  Near the end he

 explained to his parents that he was no longer an Atheist, because of some weird thing that happened to him called the Twin Flame Phenomenon. He now claims that he believes that "something is out there, not what you guys believe, but something."  It was an odd and tiring night.

Me, Giving An Example of Bad Posture

Thank you for bearing with and reading my new novel, I call it the, "I'm sorry I forgot to send last weeks email, so here is the brand new email with 35% more email" I like it, rolls of the tongue really well. There are posters coming separately so stay tuned for that next email.

Thank you for shopping at Elder Willis' Weekly Issue.  Tune in next time for; adventure,  excitement and miracles.

Ah look at the time, I need to start the WEEKLY SCRIPTURE MOMENT... moment...... moment......moment.

   

This is Mosiah 18:8-10

The guy talking (Alma) is preaching about baptism and all the commitments we take and the blessing we receive when we are baptized. 

8 And it came to pass that he said unto them: Behold, here are the waters of Mormon (for thus were they called) and now, as ye are desirous to come into the fold of God, and to be called his people, and are willing to bear one another’s burdens, that they may be light;

9 Yea, and are willing to mourn with those that mourn; yea, and comfort those that stand in need of comfort, and to stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places that ye may be in, even until death, that ye may be redeemed of God, and be numbered with those of the first resurrection, that ye may have eternal life.

10 Now I say unto you, if this be the desire of your hearts, what have you against being baptized in the name of the Lord, as a witness before him that ye have entered into a covenant with him, that ye will serve him and keep his commandments, that he may pour out his Spirit more abundantly upon you?

Those Kids Don't Know What They are Doing - Farm Work

When we are baptized, we basically have to be Christ like, in all that we do; to love others, to be charitable, to help others when they are down and to be the light that shines in the darkness, an example to those who have not a light of their own.