And that's a Transfer!

Leaving Space for Jesus

I did it, I made it through a Transfer [a six week period after which one or both missionaries in a pair are moved to a new location] without my trainer acting on his impulse to strangle me, it can be done!

We come from the Premortal life, ask your local Mormon about that one

What is the difference between hope, belief, and faith?

The Zone activity was a blast, we had hamburgers, unfortunately over the course of the week we became less thankful. Steak and hamburger, way too much. Too much.

We went to visit Sister C an older lady in the ward, it turns out she was hilarious, we noticed she had a roommate to watch over her and help her, and so we decided to teach the Restoration and her roommate decided to listen in and she ended up asking questions, and she is now an investigator. She asked us what our opinion on visions are, why were the Apostles called away from their family if family is so important. And we were like those are excellent questions and we answered them. She seemed like she was intrigued. I am super excited to see what happens with her!

Also we helped move the furniture around in a lady's home at 7, and she was right next to a high school, it was a bit of nostalgic time.

Also a member of the bishopric is a mechanical engineer in the aerospace field. It is good to see an example of success in my desired career path. He also did about 5 hours of service for us on a Friday night. He is a total beast.

We also had a dinner with this awesome family, they make great food, have funny kids running around, and have a great testimony. We invited them to prepare to go to the temple. I love the temple, and the peace, calm, and Spirit it brings into my day. The 4 year old also has a real quad. Thats pretty sweet. They made a track for her to ride around in, in the backyard out of tires.

We also had Del Taco alot, so we ended up one day for dinner having a milkshake and a churro. They both were fairly tasty.

8 Pictured, Evan ate 12 and holds the record

Also I got my Tiwi card, so I can now drive mission vehicles. I needed it because on Friday we went on splits and it was with another elder who came out at the same time as me. We were in his area so that was pretty exciting, we had dinner with the same sister as last time, the one with the really good tacos, and she started up a bit of a competition to see who can eat the most tacos. I threw my hat in the ring with 12 tacos. It was unfortunate because they didn't taste as good when I started getting into the double digits. While on splits we met the coolest kid ever, we never got his name but he chatted with us as we were going down a street and telling us who was home, who wasn't, who was mean, who had dogs. We were about to knock on his house and then a woman stormed out and started yelling at her neighbor, so we moved along, which was sad because that kid was pretty cool.

   

We also were helping a member with family history and it was cool because he had nothing then we put in a couple names and all of the sudden he was connected to back in the 700's. He was excited we were excited. Family history work is a grand old time.

"Hope" by Steven Snow in 2011 is also a good one. I am so glad we have living prophets and apostles today, sharing God's word with us. We can learn so much, and I did this weekend. The Lord spoke to the World this weekend, did you hear it? Were you listening?

We got to do some service, but it was scheduled right between the sessions [General Conference twice a year we listen to 5 sessions or broadcasts of our church leaders teaching us], so we ran out of there, drove halfway up to Devore from our building on Northpark , and did the service and arrived back just in time for the next session. It was great.

Sunday was a great day for many reasons, General Conference was a blast, I was a bit sad to see it end. We had a baptismal interview as well between sessions Sunday, and that is always a joyous occasion.   

I was also sad to hear that Elder Hales had passed away. When his words were being shared at the end you know we were all paying close attention. 

Also the news you actually all were waiting for, we were leaving our dinner appointment, and we see a text from President Dixon saying "when you have the chance give me a call", we were like "UHHHHH". And so Elder B gave him a call. And Elder B has been kicked out, to the Oleander ward in Fontana to be exact. He will also be the Zone leader, I was so excited! He was just glad to not have to do district meeting, Monday night's he got SO stressed. So that leaves me in Hallmark, with and Elder M, not much is known about him, hopefully he is as great as Elder B.

Elder Bearman 

Six weeks is not long

I ate too much meat this week

GIVE ME A GREEN SALAD