Catching up with old friends!

So this week had its ups and downs. But it was all made up for when
the entire mission got together for a conference!!

So the all mission conference was because Elder Stevenson came so we
gathered the whole mission together in Altoona. And we got to hear
from Elder Stevenson (quorum of the twelve), Elder Hallstrom
(presidency of the seventy), and Elder Kunz (area seventy)! So Elder
Stevenson grew up with President Johnson and Elder Stevensons son is
in my ward so no question on why he came here for a visit. Hahaha but
it was so cool to hear from him and the other General authorities. It
was such a great spiritual experience. I learned to always take
something from the meeting and act on it, and how to be an overall
better missionary through commitments. And it was just great to be
able to see a lot of old friends and companions!

So another highlight was one day this week me and Elder Holley were
walking around Hazelwood, one of the more ghetto places we cover and
we realize we are close to our less-active Alisha how has been gone
for a long time. Elder Holley said call Alisha and she if by some
random chance she is home and we can stop by. And so I did and she
was!!! So we went over there and it was exactly what we needed to do.
She was going through a hard time and so we were able to share a
message of hope with her. And she thanked us so much for it and she
actually came to church this Sunday!! We had no idea why we were in
Hazelwood until that happened.

Another highlight was when I went on exchanges with the zone leaders.
I went to their area with Elder Richens. And we were able to teach
their investigator Jackson. We started teaching him about some basic
commandments such as prayer, scripture study, and the Ten
Commandments. He said in the middle of the lesson "I'm surprised this
is stuff we have to go over. I thought this was common sense stuff."
Hahaha it was so great to hear that. He is defiantly an awesome kid
that is going to be baptized soon.

Funny story I made a bet with one of my Zone leaders that I could pass
out at least 1 Book of Mormon a day for the next week and a half and
so I was determined to do this. So the other night it was getting late
and I was running out of time to pass one out. We were walking downt
this road and saw this lady coming towards us and I got a little to
excited I literally ran up to her and almost just yelled "Have you
heard of the Book of Mormon?" I'm pretty sure I scared the crap out of
her. But it was hilarious and so once I calmed down I taught her about
the Book of Mormon and she was so excited to read it. She told me "you
were so excited to share this with me because the spirit told you I
was special." And I was like exactly!! It turned out to be fantastic.

So those were my highlights hope you are all having a great week. I
love and miss you all.
Pictures: me and all the friends I got to see again!!