January 31, 2012 - Foothill Ranch

This week has been way crazy! We have one Elder in our district who has MS. He had a bad attack of MS, so we had to take him to the hospital. We stayed at the hospital till midnight, then, came home. (see photo of clock)

So, we're in a tri-comp until Elder Owens gets out of the hospital. We've been running 2 areas, and traveling back and forth from the hospital daily. It was crazy! We put 100 miles on the car in 2 days!

Elder Owens is one of the happiest guys I've met. He's always laughing and having a good time! I don't know how he does it. He has special talents from Heavenly Father, that's for sure!

January 24th, 2012 - Foothill Ranch

This week has been great! The area I'm in hasn't had a baptism for a couple of years! Last Sunday night we decided to contact at least 160 people. So far, we are over or goal, with 170!
There's been so many miracles happening! It's great! Yesterday it was raining. We parked our car to go see some less actives. On the way, we stopped and talked to two girls. We just talked and the conversation turned to the gospel. It was really cool! We ended up giving them a Book of Mormon and set up a time for a lesson. So Sweet! As soon as we set up the appt, it started to rain again. ummmmmm...ha ha It was super cool!

January 17, 2012 DISTRICT LEADER

It's good being district leader. It's alot harder than I thought too. So far, I've interviewed 4 people to be baptized! Yea! It's crazy! I get so nervous each time! I can't believe the Lord is trusting me to do this job, especially this big of a responsibility!

Each week I have to give a training for district meeting. I have to go on 5 exchanges for the transfer, and help out the district as much as I can. It's alot of work.

My comp is Elder Hemmelgarn from Iowa. He's only been out 4.5 months and loves to work! He loves sports and is way good at basketball. We get along god and have fun times together.

You won't believe who one of the zone leaders is. It's Elder Neal, my MTC comp. ha ha He's a way cool guy!

January 10, 2012, TRANSFER!

Guess what? I'm being transferred! I'm going to Foothill Ranch. The Oakely Factory is there and Saddleback Church is also there. It's got a big anti-Mormon program. So, it will be interesting to be there. Another cool thing is that I'm going to be district leader too! I'm way nervous! I don't know what to do at all! Hopefully, it all works out though. We think sister missionaries are being transferred in, because we're both being transferred out. This area is on fire right now. There's so many people to teach and to do work! It's crazy!