September 7, 2021

Hey Everyone,

Hope you all had a great week. My week was pretty good too. We started teaching a guy named Michael. He is pretty cool and we had the chance to explain the atonement of Jesus Christ. It was great. 

We had a great lesson with a guy named Enrique. We talked about the Book of Mormon and he said that he had already read it, and felt the spirit when he did. It was super awesome!

We met some cool people this week and taught some good lessons.

Thanks for all of your support! You all are awesome!

From, Elder Pack

Elders Elkins and Foutz:

PS: Ethan is in a district of all elders so it makes for an interesting p-day.  They hiked to a waterfall on Casper Mountain in the morning and then they played "Slaughter Ball" in the afternoon.  It's basically a huge game of dodgeball in the Cultural Hall but this time they turned out the lights and put a cloth over the exit signs so it would be completely dark.  Ethan said that no one got hurt and it was a ton of fun.  Crazy guys!

A couple of weeks ago one of the sisters in their zone had a birthday.  Her mom sent a huge pinata filled with candy and gift cards for the missionaries to celebrate.  Ethan ended up with a $10 Subway gift card so they used that for lunch today.  His companion got 3 or 4 of them but Ethan said he controlled his "natural man" and only grabbed one, 😉

Transfers are next week and they are expecting 33 new missionaries!  They don't have that many leaving so they are going to have new areas opened and a lot of missionaries will be training.  The work is moving forward!

Ethan said the air in Casper has been really smoky due to the fires in California.  Hopefully, a good wind will blow through and clear it out soon.

One investigator that they taught last week gave Ethan a good laugh.  They were talking about how Christ went to heaven and the investigator told them that Christ really just went up and entered a spaceship.  He went on to talk about aliens and all kinds of things.  Ethan said he was a bit "out there" but it was interesting to talk to him.

Ethan is doing really well.  He told us his testimony of the Gospel and of Christ has really grown through his mission and so has his testimony of the Book of Mormon.  It was fun to hear him talk about it.  Thanks to everyone who has supported him with letters, emails, and packages.  He feels the love.