Elder Pack

Hey everyone! Some exciting news this week: I'm getting transferred to Greeley, Colorado! I've heard good things about it. And my trainee Elder Blackham is training someone else here in Riverton. I'm excited. Other than that, not much has happened. Shawn is still on date to be baptized on the 10th, so please be praying for him. Well, thanks for reading! I hope all your weeks will be good. See ya! Elder Pack PS: The picture is of Ethan with the Butterfield family who are great members and have been really good to the missionaries. Ethan's new area is Centennial II in Greeley, CO.  He is going to be the junior companion to the District leader, which is right where he wants to be - not the one in charge. haha!  He is really excited about the change because his trainer served in Greeley and told him stories about it.  Ethan said there is a lot of work to do there and a lot of ... interesting people to serve.   Weld County, where Greeley is, wants to secede and join ...

Ethan posted this on Facebook and I wanted to save it.

Hi everyone! I hope things are going good with you all. We have been seeing a lot of blessings here, which is always  awesome . Also, there is only one week until transfers, so I'll see if I'm staying or leaving on Sunday. This is a good area and like I've said, I've seen a lot of miracles and blessings here. One cool thing that happened was that we got to teach the plan of salvation to a family, and they really liked it.  Also, we got to go to a sweat with someone we're teaching out on the reservation. That was really cool. Definitely different than anything I've ever done, that's for sure. Well, sorry this one is kind of short and I'll only have a few pictures, but it has been a great week.  Thanks  everyone, I appreciate you!  From, Elder Pack Sweaty Ethan! Someone knows that Ethan loves Red Vines. PS.   I have started taking notes when we talk to Ethan so I can fill everyone in on what he doesn't say.  Funny kid!! They taught a man who is in Paki...

Hey everyone! It has been a pretty regular week. We have managed to get back in contact with Shawn and helped him figure out some things, so now we should be meeting with him regularly again. It was cool because I followed a prompting to go see him and it was exactly what he needed. Today my district and I made a snowman that looks like our mission president, President Palmer. I'll attach a photo of it down below. Other than that, things were just pretty normal. We taught some good lessons and had zone conference in Casper on Friday. It also snowed, but everywhere else got hit way worse than we did, so we don't have much snow here.  Thanks for reading everyone! You're all awesome. Thanks for all of your support! From, Elder Pack Things Ethan mentioned when we talked to him: They are sleeping with their windows open because they can't control the temperature in their apartment.  They have a radiator and a thermostat but it isn't working correctly (or they can't f...

Ethan didn't write a letter this week.  He may have gotten too busy or maybe he didn't because he had talked to us. But here are some things he told us when he called.  There isn't much. The investigator they have been working with, Shawn, had a job opportunity in Texas so he moved.  They had been trying to teach him via technology to keep him on-date for baptism (he was going to be back in Wyoming before his baptism date) but they had been having a hard time getting ahold of him.  Ethan told us that the job offer had fallen through in Texas and Shawn had been able to find a job back in Riverton.  Shawn told them that the happiest he has been was when he was meeting with the missionaries and noticed a difference when he moved.  So he is back and they are continuing to teach him. The weather hasn't been too bad.  The members have told the missionaries that it has been a really mild winter.  They are now worried about water and hoping they have enou...

Hey everyone! To be honest, this week was pretty normal. Shawn, the person on date, is in Texas right now. That won't be a problem if we can get in contact with him so he can still be on date. He still seems really motivated to be baptized, but now he just has to stay that way so we can have zoom lessons with him. Also, we taught seminary these last 2 days, and we'll be doing it the rest of this week too. We have to be there at 6:30. It's definitely a new experience. Haha. Now I know what it feels like when the class doesn't talk. Haha. Well,  thanks  for all of your support. Keep on going! From, Elder Pack PS.  I had people ask about the pictures from last week so I asked Ethan.   The " Elder Snack" picture story:  There is an elder in his district who takes pictures of missionary's tags and then uses some photo editing software on his phone to change the names.  So, Ethan's tag was changed to "Elder Snack." The stuffed lamb was found by an ...