Mmmmm..... Road kill.

 

My other new companion, Elder Poulsen

Helloooo everybody!

Once again we have a wonderful day as the temperature proceeds to drop from comfortable warm temperatures.

Lately its been rather chilly, I'm starting to have to wear a light jacket everywhere I go now. 

You all know this man, it's Elder Vazquez, we came out together.

Things have picked up now that we can actually get back to work. Already we have had more lessons than our previous week and we aren't being close to done yet.

My new companion is companions are crazy and fun. We have had many funny moments already, one of my favorites involves road kill.

Every time we pass by a roadkill that wasn't intact, one of my companions either wants the meat or the pelt of what the animal is. So far he has not had success, but I believe that will change soon.

He also tells members if any of them hits a dear to call us so we can take care of the body. 

Orofino Mountain Range

So far we have done a ton of service. Just the other day, we helped some members move out for about 6 hours. We have helped others by digging fence posts and building additions on to homes as well. The service just keeps coming. 

Orofino

We have been having some sweet lessons.

Lately there has been a returning member reaching out to us. Her family lives in the ward as well, but she wants to avoid them for the time being. She had toldus that she wanted to change and work past all of her mistakes, and upon further discussions it seemed to me that she didn't need to talk to us as much as she needed to talk to bishop. (You see, our leaders make sure that we understand that us missionaries are called to teach not to council. They tell us to leave it to people who have been around longer and would know how to deal more delicate situations). After a while we were able to convinced her to talk to the bishop and since then she's been on cloud 9 (she's happy). 

Orofino is pretty

We have lots of plans in the works for teaching people. We plan on rallying the members to help us find and teach. If we are successful in this we will be able to revive the work in this area. I will let you all know of our tender mercies when they come. But for now I must go.

I love you all and thank you for your support and emails throughout my time here in the Spokane Washington Mission.

Sunset