HOT Week 3!!

It is so hot down here! It's going to be 111 throughout this next week. It is amazing in Maricopa! Besides its hot. The loaner bike here are horrible, I've popped two tires and none of the bike tires are true. It's like riding a clown bike. We have ran into a lot of people who belong at moms work. We have cleaned up the area book and have found a lot of people to teach and have put many on date. But we won't be baptizing them we put the, on date on a street contact and are sending them of the the YSA Elders. Because of that we are finding a lot more people and families. The only problem is people move all the time. Ten families have moved in the past two weeks. Our legs are so soar. We live 3 miles out of our area so we are getting some awesome leg workouts. There are a lot of rabbits and coyotes out here. Along with lizards, scorpions, snakes, and owls.

Week 2 in Arizona.

This week has been awesome! We cleaned the house and the mission came over for house inspections. Elder Peterson cried. He said that the house hasn't been this clean for a long time. He was so happy he got us new furniture. We got it in and that night we had a very unpleasant meeting with a fallen brother... We had to cast it out and bless the home several times. Mainly because we were scared and we wanted to bless the home in every room of the house. The next morning we found a mark on a dresser. We wiped it off and drew a smiley face. So the priesthood works! We never want to deal with that again.. The previous Elders made a throne with plants and other stuff. What ever spirit was there didn't like us throwing it away. Other than that experience we have had a great time! 

     Me and Elder Cahoon met a nice member, Brother Duke. He told us a bit about his neighbors, we left with a prayer that we would have success. 5 minutes later we knocked on his neighbors house a young guy answered the door and said dawg I've been praying to be baptized. I want a fresh start and this is a sign from God. He quickly Accepted the Baptism date of June 18th. He is excited to learn about the word as he said. He is tight with the word of God but wants to be tighter. 

I'm meeting with Elder Allison later today to finish the passport stuff. 

I'm very disappointed in the Young men! Tell them they need to train harder! Also tell them hi! It Bloody hot down here! And all the Jeeps have doors and roofs on. Some people never learn.... It been really fun down here. My legs are sore and getting big. My pants don't fit anymore. They be fallen down if I didn't have a belt. The people in Arizona are very very different. Nobody knows anyone. They all isolate in the houses. And some of the people out here are wearing sweaters in 100 degrees! There's something very wrong here. Message you next week.

Love you guys!

First week of being a Proselyting Missionary!!

     It is awesome here! It is very hot, but it's been a blast! My companion is Elder Cahoon, and we are whitewashing an area. The previous Elders trashed the house and played beer pong with members in the house. They destroyed the area book. So we are completely starting over. We called everyone in the area book and most of them moved out like six months ago. We talked to one family said that they met the elders playing football on a Wednesday... We are establishing a ward mission plan to start reactivate 1/2 of the ward. Its been a long week of cleaning everything in this area. We have gotten calls asking when the next party is.

      I love the members of this ward they are super nice and make great Mexican food! And there are a lot of Jeeps but they all have doors and tops. It's kinda sad. There is a mustang craze here. So many mustangs, but they are new. We saw a 69 stingray it was pretty cool.

      Oh I live with another companionship and one is Elder Nelson, he was born in meadow and know the Bonds. We think we know each other but we can't remember. He looks super familiar but that would have been a long time ago. Love you guys!





~It's a small world! Elder Nelson is a good friends son!! I grew up with his Mom Natalie! 

Just got a email from his Mission office in Tempe, Arizona and his paperwork for his passport has been mailed off!! here is praying for a speedy arrival and NO more problems!!