Elder Pack

Hey Everyone! I hope you're all doing good. Its been a pretty fast week here in Riverton. We, unfortunately, didn't get to go to the sweat last week, but we're hoping for next week. We had a cool experience yesterday! We recently dropped someone because he wasn't going to be able to meet for a few months. Well, the bishop asked us to go see him because Corey, the guy, had been talking to bishop and our elder's quorum president about maybe being baptized! So we went over and Corey said that his family would like to take the lessons! He just didn't want us over that time we stopped by because his uncle was there and he's pretty foul-mouthed. So that was awesome! Otherwise, it's been a pretty normal week. Just trying to get in contact with people and teaching lessons. I've been able to meet a lot of cool people here, and I've seen a lot of tender mercies. Thanks for all of your support! You're all awesome. Thanks! From, Elder Pack

  Hey everyone! Another week up in Riverton. Apparently, it's been a pretty mild winter, so they're expecting a dry summer. At least it isn't negative 30!  Teaching has been going well. We are finding a lot of new people. Now the hard part is staying in contact with them. Sometimes people drop off for a bit and then we have to work to get back in contact. I'm just grateful we're able to teach people! We had 6 lessons yesterday. 4 with members, 1 with a recent convert, and 1 with a nonmember. So, it was a pretty busy day! It was good to be teaching though. A guy living on the reservation we do service for invited us to a sweat. So we're gonna go do it obviously. The other elders in the ward went once and it sounded like a cool experience. I'm pretty excited! Things are going well in general. I'm happy to be up here. It's been a great area so far. I've been able to meet lots of cool people. Thanks for all of your support and prayers! I can definite...

2020 was a pretty big year for me. To start out, in March I got my mission call to serve in the Colorado Fort Collins mission. That was something I had been waiting for for a long time. Because of Covid-19, I would end up participating in the Missionary Training Center online, instead of in-person in Provo as usual. In May, I turned 18 and graduated from high school. Right after that, on July 1st, I entered the online MTC for 3 weeks at home. From there, I served in Wellington, Colorado for 6 months until I was transferred up to Riverton, Wyoming, where I am now. 2020 was a challenging year, but I have seen a lot of blessings in my life that have come from it, including a stronger testimony that my Heavenly Father loves me. (Ethan was challenged by another elder to do the "2020 Year in Review Challenge." This was what he put on Facebook. I wanted to put it on his blog so he would always have it.)

Hi everyone! Sorry for not writing last week, it has been pretty crazy. Both Elder Blackham and I got transferred up to Riverton Wyoming together! It has been a new experience, especially after having been in the same area for 6 months. I thought I was going to stay another transfer, but I guess not haha. Up here, it's pretty cold right now, but not as windy as Wyoming can be. We also had to say goodbye to the Tacoma we were driving.  We have had a good week though. We swept the area, Mountain View 1, so it's been a lot of contacting members and people we are teaching. I definitely have had some cool spiritual experiences and some great lessons. I have definitely seen a lot of blessings, in both my life and in the lives of others. We had an especially awesome lesson with a family last night, and the spirit was especially strong. Anyway, I finally have some pictures. One is Elder Blackham and me in front of an abandoned building on the rez. One is my old district and the one tha...

This is Michelle.  Ethan wrote to me to tell me that he isn't going to have time to write to everyone but that he loves you all. ;) Ethan is being transferred to Riverton, Wyoming.  He said he will be in the Mountain View District.  He didn't know a whole lot but he said the sisters are in the Pavillion area and his area is below that area.  On the map we have, it shows that the Mountain View Ward is the area below the sister's area, but I'm sure he will have more details when he calls next week.  This is his first transfer in the mission.  Ethan is sad to leave Wellington, CO, because he and his trainer worked so hard in the area.  And the 2 Wellington areas are going to be combined back into 1 area, so he is sad about that.  But he said he didn't sleep the night he found out he was going to Wyoming because he was so excited. The twist to the story is that he is being transferred with his greenie, Elder Blackham.  So they are going to contin...