tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14864042121879385142024-02-02T08:55:02.928-08:00Elder Austin CarrollWashington DC North MissionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07976573474372583770noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1486404212187938514.post-82678031730735000722017-06-26T15:47:00.003-07:002017-06-26T15:47:54.562-07:00June 26, 2017<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Well it is so crazy that this is the last email until you guys are in Florida and then up here in DC! Sounds like it's been a crazy but fun week for you guys as you get ready to take off. That was really fun to see those pictures of Caleb sailing! Also so crazy that Alyssa is now in the MTC. I'm on her mailing list so you don't have to forward her emails. I'm sure it was nice to have a last night as a family with her but lots of emotions since you guys now are veterans at sending off missionaries;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Really it's just at the point that it is so surreal. I can't explain the mix of emotions that it is.</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_840290074" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 12.8px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">This Wednesday</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">is transfers for a ton of the guys to go. Jenks, Florence, Torgerson, all of them take off this week. The Johnson's were really nice and invited me to do all the going home stuff with that group since I'm going on the mid transfer. So this week I'll get to go to departing temple and dinner</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_840290075" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 12.8px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Wednesday</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">. Only catch is they all go to bed that night to fly home and I have to go back to my area. </span></div>
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This week has been a good one, just full of regular missionary work which I think at this point is the best thing to have happening. Mike is doing awesome! Him and Aminata are set to get married on the 8th and then the baptism will be <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_840290076" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">July 15th</span></span> in the early afternoon! It's so cool how that all came together. I feel so blessed for how my mission will end. It really is going out on a high note. Other than that I don't have much to say about the week, we did some service and washed out a shed for like 3 hours. The things that are entertaining as a missionary but I would have refused to do if I was at home haha</div>
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Well I'm all emailed out, I'll give you guys all the good stories <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_840290077" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">in 2 weeks</span></span> when I see you!! It's so weird that it is that close until I see you all. Like I said a mix of emotions, but know that one of those emotions is being so excited to see you all!! Love and miss you guys. </div>
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Love, </div>
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I sent Dad an email last week for it, but Happy (late) Father's Day to Dad, Grandpa, Papa D and all the other Dads in my life! I'm glad you were able to spend some time with the family, especially at Alyssa's farewell. Thanks for sending me her talk, it was nice to feel a little bit apart of her leaving. It's so crazy that her and Ethan are already getting to the point where they are taking off on their missions! Well it sounds like it was another busy week for you all! I'm glad that girls camp was able to get pulled off despite the snow! And I'm sure it was fun for Dad to be down with the young men, their trip sounds like a ton of fun!! </div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Well this week was so great!! Get this! After district meeting we decided to grab some lunch at Cafe Rio and as we are walking up guess who we see sitting in there?? THE COOKES!! We ran in and got to talk to them and ahh it was so great! I've missed them so much and it was fun to catch up with them and talk. They had just come from working out so they kept apologizing they weren't all done up and because of that we weren't able to get a picture with them. Sister Cooke beat me to even asking, they want us to come visit them so I'm thinking probably Monday since they live in the same neighborhood as the mission home. But it was so awesome to get to see the Cookes and reconnect after a year. </span></div>
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And then guess who else I got to see this week?? Coombs!! So he was in town with his wife to visit and had sent me an email asking if we wanted to go to lunch with him. So of course we said yes! It was so awesome to get to catch up with him too and see how just like with the Cookes nothing has changed. Even though it's been a year, the relationships are still the same. Him and his wife also came to Why I Believe and it was nice to have them. They are going to come down to my homecoming so you'll get to meet Coombs then! </div>
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Also then to top off the week get this! So remember when I said we were teaching the boyfriend of a member? Well they are now getting married and he's gonna get baptized! So the wedding is <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_705106821" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">July 8th</span></span> and the baptism will be <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_705106822" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">July 15th</span></span>! Yup while we are here! So we will be coming up to MoVille for one last baptism while you guys are all here!!!:)</div>
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Like I said Why I Believe was last night, and it was so weird to realize it was my last one as a missionary since I'll be released before the next one with you guys. The time sure is going quick, it will be a good last few weeks!! Sure love you guys!!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07976573474372583770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1486404212187938514.post-69182408288775690722017-06-12T14:58:00.002-07:002017-06-12T14:58:56.828-07:00June 12, 2017<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Hi all!!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Sounds like it was a good week for you all! I'm sure all the little </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">ones are super pumped about it finally being summer! Sounds like there </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">is all kinda of activities and events for you guys this upcoming week! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Have fun with girls camp, high adventure, and everything else! It was </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">fun to see Caleb ridding the old mission bike in Moab! </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">This week was a pretty good one. I got over the sinus and ear </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">infection so that was nice to get over. Work wise it was a little </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">slower considering we had a full day Zone Conference, interviews, and </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">an exchange with some Elders in our district. Zone Conference sure was </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">a reminder that the end is coming soon. It was my last one and they do</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">a little tribute thing to the missionaries going home and have us bear </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">a final testimony. And wow that was a lot harder then I thought it </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">would be.. there is a lot of emotions that go into 2 years. It was </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">good though, Sister Johnson talked about how this is really hard for </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">her because it feels like she's sending away her own missionary but </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">knows the emotions on your end of us all coming home. So it's mixed </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">emotions for all of us!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Well with bearing my death testimony in Zone Conference and the fact </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">there is only 3 weeks after this one I've been thinking a lot about my </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">mission. I'm glad I've had all the experiences and met all of these </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">people here. There has been some amazing times but also some really </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">tough ones. But I look back on it all and the biggest </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">overwhelming </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">feeling is that it was all so worth it. I'm so glad I had the chance </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">to serve here in DC. It's been an amazing 2 years and I can't believe </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">it's only a few weeks left. Sure love and miss you guys! See you soon!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Love,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Austin</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07976573474372583770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1486404212187938514.post-43925172891784955252017-06-08T16:35:00.001-07:002017-06-08T16:35:30.194-07:00June 5, 2017<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Hi all!!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">I know it is so crazy that it is June now! Sure sounds like all the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">end of the school year events are all going on. Sounds busy! The kids </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">out here still have like 2 more weeks, so tell them to count their </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">blessings haha. Also sounds like it's been quite the adventure putting </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">down that new sod in the back, I have to say I'm not too broken up</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">that I missed it:)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">So this week felt really short with how busy the end of it was. On </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tuesday morning I ended up calling the mission doctor because I was </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">pretty certain I had an ear infection on top of what was either a cold </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">or sinus infection. So the mission doctor set me an appointment to to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">see someone and we ended up leaving District Meeting early to go to it</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">and come to find out... both were true. He said the ear infection was </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">pretty bad, so as of now it's the only thing that not quite 100% yet. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">But I've been on an antibiotic that I still have a few days left to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">finish. Also kinda funny story at the doctors that only you guys will </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">really get. So know how Carroll's have like super low blood pressure?? </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Anyways so the nurse is doing all my vitals and steps back and asks me </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">all concerned if I have high blood pressure and I kinda laugh and then </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">realize she's serious and I'm like uhh.. no? Then the doctor takes it </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">and it was as he would say "elevated". So I asked if there is anything </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">that could raise it and he lists off "medicine like NyQuil, caffeine</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">but I know you Mormons don't drink that, and increased stress in your </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">life situation". And I was like, well shoot that's 3 strikes. I've </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">been pounding NyQuil, I was drinking a Pepsi no joke 5 minutes before </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">I walked in here, and I'm coming home from a mission! I then had to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">briefly correct the whole we don't drink caffeine thing. But yeah</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">so then we go to CVS the next day to get my prescription and I throw </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">my arm in the blood pressure cuff there and sure enough.. I was back </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">to normal Carroll low blood pressure. 107/64 with a pulse rate of 53 </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">bpm. So don't worry I didn't develop hypertension at the age of 20 </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">like the doctor thought.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The rest of the week was good, and Friday </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">was awesome with Mackedas </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">baptism!! It all went smooth and we had a pretty good showing from the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">ward! Elder Vance baptized her and then I confirmed her yesterday. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">She's so awesome. She's really shy but she's getting more comfortable </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">around us. One time in a lesson I gave her a thumbs up and now that's </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">just her thing with us, she just will smile and give us a thumbs up a </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">lot and then basically whisper back to us when she talks. And then Saturday </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">was also way cool, Elder Vance got called to go back to an</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">old area to baptize someone. And it was like an hour and 40 min drive </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">there! But it was super cool because if was a Mom and her two sons, so </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">it was a weekend of baptisms!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Well that's a wrap. This weeks will be pretty busy with my last Zone </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Conference and interviews with President and Sister Johnson! So crazy </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">how fast time is flying, love and miss you guys!!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Love,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Austin</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07976573474372583770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1486404212187938514.post-68399184487339360342017-05-31T12:30:00.001-07:002017-05-31T12:30:11.649-07:00May 29, 2017<br />
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Well sounds like it was a low key, but good week for you guys. That's how I would describe our week out here. </div>
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It's crazy to think that exactly 2 years ago I was here in DC with you Mom and Dad! Man how time flies. It's been weird to have a super clear memory like that this weekend to think about how much has changed in those two years. Like us running around trying to figure out how to get places, or ride the metro, or find places to eat. And now DC is like my second home. I can't wait for a few weeks to have you all here and get to show you the DC I've now come to know and love so much. </div>
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Well this week has been good, but a little slower since I got sick <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_733574431" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Friday</span></span>. It's just a head cold with a bad sore throat and hacking up my body weight in mucus. Some other missionaries had it before me so it's going around. Judging off their recovery time I should be all good within the next day or so. But we were still able to have a good week with the people we are working with. Mackedas baptism is this week! We are super excited for her. It's been so awesome to teach someone who's been so prepared by the Lord but as well her family. She knows basically everything about the church and then we fill in the gaps. Like we taught tithing and her only questions was "which guys in the suits can I give it to?" Ha, classic. </div>
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Well that's all I've got.. the more emails I write the harder it is to make them long and detailed. But things are going great, I hope you guys have a great week! Love you!!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07976573474372583770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1486404212187938514.post-64465014822401554332017-05-23T20:07:00.001-07:002017-05-23T20:07:57.325-07:00May 22, 2017<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Hey Fam!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Sorry it's a late email getting to you! Like you said in your email, I </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">was in Arlington today! It was such a great time, really just hanging </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">out with all the missionaries going home in the next little bit was </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">tons of fun. I just kicked it with McDonald and Florence most the day. </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">We started out and stopped by places like the Kennedy's grave, the</span></span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Arlington house and finished out at the amphitheater and the Tomb of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">the Unknown Soldier and watched the changing of the guard. I'll add </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">the pictures for you to see.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">It was another great week out here. Like I let you guys know last </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">week, I'm staying here in Montgomery Village to finish out my mission </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">which I'm really excited for. To answer your questions- yes I'm still </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">serving as a District Leader for this transfer, and MyPlan is still </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">going good. This last week was the Study of what they title "Remember </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">and Become". So you think a lot about what you have learned on your </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">mission and what you hope to build on from what you've learned. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">As far as the work, Mackeda is on date for June 2</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">! And then we have </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">a new investigator (that members boyfriend) and his name is Mike! He </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">is so solid and we expect he will get baptized soon! He's so solid. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The recent converts are all doing well and things continue to be going </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">well here!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Another highlight for the week was Why I Believe where Eric Weddle </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">spoke! Super cool to hear an NFL player talk about his conversion to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">the gospel. And then of course get to see all the mission buds.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Well I sure love you guys! Have a great weeks!!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Love,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Austin</span><br />
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Well it is good to know you all are alive and well after the Skype! It's always weird to send an email less than 24 hours after seeing each other. So this one will probably be pretty short. But I agree, it was beyond the hi light of the week to talk to you guys. It's always so nice to see how easy it is to jump back into our relationships as a family even after this much time to just jump back in. </div>
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It's so crazy to say goodbye and realize that the next time I see you guys it will be in person! You asked about My Plan, so it is each week we work on a different section and we just do it during our personal Study time. I've really liked it so far, the church did a really good job with it and I really like the message it sends to returning missionaries. I think it's helped manage the emotions of coming home some. Tonight I'll get the call of where I'll be for the last transfer. It is so crazy to realize I'm starting my last transfer. Now just to see where I'll be for it!</div>
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Things are going really good here in Mo-Ville. Like I mentioned on the Skype call, Latif blessed the Sacrament for the first time yesterday and Mackeda came to church. On top of that a member brought her boyfriend and we are going to start teaching him! Things are going well as we continue to work with George and Susan as well as Tiara and a few others. The work is going awesome here, I really would like to stay here with Elder Vance, but we will see. </div>
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It was so great to see you yesterday! I'll probably be a little later next week responding with the trip to Arlington, but I'll make sure to take some pictures! Love you guys!!</div>
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Well looks like I'll be finishing my mission is Mo-Ville with Elder Vance. We are really excited to be stay here together and see what we can pull off with these last few weeks. </div>
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Love you all and thanks for all the support!</div>
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So for our DC trip last week we met up with Elder Cowan and Elder Blood (I'll attach pictures) but I'm excited for you guys to get here and to show you around DC as well! It's going to be a blast! I'm excited for Sunday!! As far as a call time we have dinner from 4-5 with a family so <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1536999490" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">5:30</span></span> my time would be perfect! I'll see you guys then:) </div>
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So I started MyPlan this week (so to answer your question yes we use it), the church made it so you do it for you last transfer and just work your way through all the stuff, and it's got me thinking about all the smaller details of pulling together plans for home. Like work and everything, but I know most of that can't get solidified until I'm actually home. So we can talk some on Sunday and then catch up the rest when you pick me up! <span style="font-size: 12.8px;">But it's funny you brought up MyPlan cause I was gonna mention it in my email. I got the email that started me on MyPlan this past week. It's such a cool thing the church is doing and I really like the message they are trying to send to missionaries. That your mission was great but you need to move on cause there are bigger and better things out there. Which seems crazy to be told cause it seems like your whole mission you are told that this is the most important thing to be doing and nothing else will come close. But really God is all about progression so of course there are better things in store. That's how your entire life should be, continuing to progress and continuing to Become who God made you to be. And that's the whole purpose of MyPlan, so I'm excited to keep working on it for the last few weeks I'm out here. It sure is weird reading it and it congratulating you on being in your last few weeks and how you'll soon be a returned missionary. Sure settles in the fact the end real is coming fast!</span></div>
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Work wise this week was a little slower one, Mackeda still is doing great! We taught her the Plan of Salvation and it went well. She's getting her work schedule changed so she can come to church. We had to bump her date to <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1536999491" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">June 3rd</span></span> because of her not being able to come to church. But you are right, with her Mom already a member this is like a lop over the center of home plate, it's been easy teaching her. </div>
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Biggest event of the week was our good old Bible bash with our dear friend Danny. The Spanish Elders knocked into this guy and invited them back so they sent us the appointment and we didn't know what we were getting ourselves into. This guy was prepared to throw down. He didn't have any opinion of himself really so he just quoted all this stuff from the internet and didn't accept our answers for anything. But I thought we did a super good job in trying to teach him and defend what is actually church doctrine. It was Elder Vances first good bash so it was good for him to be a part of, and it had been a little bit since I had one that big. It's been kinda nice to serve state side where you have to learn how to explain, correct, and defend church doctrine that's not just the basic PMG lessons. So all good learning experiences!</div>
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Well I'm excited to see you guys on Sunday! Crazy that it's the last Skype call already!! I love you guys lots!!</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I'm writing this email as I sit on the metro down to DC. Like I've mentioned before things have change with policy with when we can go sight see in the city so we can go every 6 months and we decided to do our trip now. So this is my last time in DC until I'm here with all of you!:) It will be nice, I've missed the city so much, but I'm glad for the 8 months I served there. So my letter might be a little shorter since I don't have as much time to sit and write. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I'll get back to you about the Mothers Day call, probably after church for you guys works better for me. So in the evening for me and late afternoon for you guys. I can't wait to talk to you guys, times coming to a close so fast out here! Love you all! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">This week was super good! We had interviews with President and Sister Johnson</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_716641412" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 12.8px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Tuesday</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">and they went awesome. It was so weird to realize it's just one more and then a departing interview left with President. But I had really good talks with both of them. And then President basically said I'll either end here in MoVille or go back to DC3rd. But we all know how transfers go so basically anything could happen. </span></div>
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We also had Zone Conference this week which was pretty good. It was great to see a lot of the friends because we do multi Zone combined since we do Zone Conference every transfer now. It was another weird realization when Elder Florence leaned over and pointed out we only have one more now..</div>
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Lastly and defiantly not least we had Latifs baptism! It was such an amazing service. Elder Strubell got to come back and see the baptism which was nice to have him there and get to see him! Latif was crying as soon as the kids gave the talks on baptism and the Holy Ghost. Bishop baptized him and then we came back and they had asked the missionaries to sing Called to Serve...and it was absolutely awful haha. We told them we can't sing and they said they didn't care. Some ward members I guess had some mixed reviews to bishop about our singing but hey we all said in the first place we didn't want to sing and couldn't so we aren't mad hah. Then both Bishop Ure and President Arnold bore testimonies about how amazing it was to see this all happen. They have knows Latif for nearly 10 years and they said they would have never guessed he would have been baptized even 2 months ago. They said it truly is a miracle. We are so excited for Latif and the family, they are amazing. </div>
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Then to top the week off last night was Why I Believe and the speaker was one of the missionaries who was in the Brussels Airport bombing. Super amazing kid and testimony. </div>
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Well it was very busy and full week, I'm glad I was able to be a part of all this that has happened. This truly is Gods work and because of that we can expect miracles to happen. I'm so glad I got to play a small part in this miracle that's going to allow a family to be sealed in the temple. I can't think of a better cap stone to my mission. There's still time to go though so it will be fun to see what else happens. Love and miss you guys!!</div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Like you said the work is always better when you have a great companion. And goes even better when you have a good companion AND a good area! And that's what life has been this past week, Elder Vance and I are still doing awesome and the area is doing even better. We had 5 Investigators at Sacrament</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_597105469" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Sunday</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">! Granted it was Easter but it was still great to see so many of them come out to church. We are prepping for Latifs baptism</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_597105470" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">this Saturday</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">and we are super excited for him and his family. We had a really cool experience with the Bahamou's (Latif's family)</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_597105471" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Friday</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">night. We went over to finish up some of the last lessons and we taught about the priesthood. During the lesson Amber started to get a migraine and she has </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">fibromyalgia</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> so she was really hurting and asked for a blessing. After the lesson we gave her a blessing that was just powerful, there aren't words to describe it and the spirit that was felt. The priesthood is so real. The next day at church Amber said that the pain was taken away after the blessing as well it was kinda the cap stone of Latifs learning where she feels the switch got flipped and he gets it all now better than before. I know God continues to be a God a miracles today, this whole story of Latifs conversion and the small parts like that night all are a living testimony of that. </span></div>
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Well that about it for the week, can't wait to let you know how the baptism goes this week. The work is going great and time is flying. Love you all so much!</div>
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I know it is crazy it's already April. The months just seem to keep clicking by. Sounds like you all had a great week and enjoyed General Conference. That's so great you were able to attend Alyssa's endowment, what a great time to be with the family. I'm glad you were able to enjoy Conference with all the normal traditions. I'll admit it crossed my mind a few times that I'll be home for the next post Priesthood at Goodwood. </div>
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It was a great Conference weekend out here, good one to end on . So for the <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_561604674" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Saturday</span></span> sessions we went up to the Stake Center where it was broadcast. Between sessions we went and grabbed some Cafe Rio for lunch:) Any time we are able to be up in that area we have to take advantage of it haha. Then we were at the Stake Center for Priesthood session. Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_561604675" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Sunday</span></span> morning we went down to the Visitors Center. There was a good handful of missionaries there and the Johnsons as well. They had some family in town so it was fun to see them in Grandma/Grandpa mode with some of their adorable grand kids. Plus Elder Cowan was there that morning so I got to sit next to him and catch up some. To finish it out we went and watched the last session at a members house. It was nice to finally sit on a couch for a session haha. There was a lot of really great talks this Conference, I felt like there was a lot of focus on the Plan of Salvation and recognizing/listening to the Holy Ghost. I'd have to say some of my favorite talks were the three you mentioned as well as Elder Ballards. Plus his joke at the beginning reminded me a lot of when we was here visiting the mission and just how personable he was with us. </div>
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Here was our favorite of the week though, so we got a call from a member that we have known pretty good since we got here and she told us her non member husband had agreed to take the lessons. Little did we know that earlier this week they were on edge of getting divorced. So we meet with Latif (he's from Morocco) and had an amazing lesson. He's been basically watching the church for 8 years and it's just now is finally his time. He asked some really good questions and he's now on a baptismal date for <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_561604677" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">May 6th</span></span>, which might get moved sooner! When we asked if he would give the closing prayer he agreed and then asked for help. Which almost no one does cause of how the humility you have to show to do that. Plus he came to priesthood session! They have already started talking to us about getting sealed and everything in a year, so looks like I might be needing to take a flight out to DC next spring! (Temple will be closed so it will actually be Philly). But we are super excited to work with the them and see them come together to be an eternal family. </div>
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Well to answer all your questions about the area then I'll get to the week. So in our mission all of our areas/zones are based off the units we are serving. So since we are serving the Montgomery Village Ward our area is called Montgomery Village. And then all our zones are based off Stake boundaries, so our zone is the Seneca Zone which is just all the missionaries in the units of the Seneca Stake. Same goes for all the previous zones, so when I was in Silver Spring Zone it was all the missionaries in the Silver Spring Stake. </div>
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This week was a pretty good one. The people we are working with are great except for one thing. We can't get them to church to save our life! I don't know if it's because it's at 9:00 am or what, but it's been super rough to get them to church in this area. But Tiara is doing good, she texted us Sunday morning and wasn't going to make it because her baby daughter was sick. But we still were able to have a lesson with her last night. Right now it's just the challenge of getting her and her boyfriend married. As well as trying to get Jeff (the boyfriend) engaged with the lessons. He always has an excuse and then says next time when we invite him for the lessons. But I guess he has told Tiara he wants to be baptized with her. As far as other people, Dipo had fallen off the face of the earth until like 2 days ago when he finally picked up his phone. So we are gonna go see him tonight and see how things are going. </div>
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Like you said transfers are next week, so crazy! This one has gone by so fast! It really is crazy how fast this is all going, like this week is my last General Conference. I am so excited to be able to hear from our church leaders. Each of the last conferences I've been out here for have been so amazing and I know this one will be too. </div>
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Enjoy Conference weekend as a family! Sure love you guys!</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Hi all!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Sounds like it's been another great week at home for everyone! That is </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">so crazy it's been so warm back home! Like you said we got hit with </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">some snow this week and supposedly it killed a lot of the cherry </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">blossoms. But the mission got asked to help with the parade again so </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">we are super excited for it still!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">So awesome to hear the plans are coming together! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">So I think most everything has been pulled </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">together on my side of things, I'll hear from the mission office in </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">the coming few weeks where they ask me what airport I'll want to fly </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">into so I can tell them I'm having a Parent Pick Up and then they will </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">contact you to get the plane ticket transferred to you guys. President </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">already knows you are coming and he is super excited to meet all of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">you! So as far as I know we will meet up Wednesday, July 12 </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">at the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">mission office or home and then we will do all our DC stuff for the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">next few days. Sunday we are going to church, I'm all for the DC 3 ward since we are staying in the city </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">and it would be quite the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">experience for you guys! Then go early to Why I Believe where we </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">would have me get released then we would take off after the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">devotional. Rumor on the street the July Why I Believe speaker is</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">going to be the 76ers CEO who just got baptized! So it's gonna be a </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">good one!!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Sounds like life is going good for all the siblings. Still so crazy </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">that Lindsey is driving! And I'm sure Hailey did a great job at her </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">dance recital! I had to laugh at Caleb saying he sneaks watching March </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Madness in class, sounds about right haha. We do our best to stay up, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">some members will text us scores of games. One of those is President</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Arnold, the Stake President! </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">That is so crazy you met Elder Haggard! I served around him in DC a </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">little bit and got to know him. He's a really good guy, we found out </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">about the Payne connection a little back so that's fun you guys all </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">got to meet! And that's awesome you got to see Karen again since I'm </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">sure it's probably been since I left that you saw the Payne's.</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Well this week was kinda packed with miscellaneous things. Tuesday </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">it </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">snowed and they told us we couldn't drive our cars so that slowed us </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">down a little. Then Thursday </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">we had an all day multi zone zone </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Conference. Which was of course a great time especially since </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">McDonald, Florence, Cowan, Zocca, Jenks and the whole gang was there.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Then on Friday </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">we had interviews with President and Sister Johnson. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">They are so awesome!! I love them tons and can't wait for you to get </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">to meet them. They are both so excited to have you guys here and get </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">to meet you, they both mentioned it as we talked. The longer I'm here </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">the more interviews just feel like a nice 15 min me time with my</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">mission parents. They really are kinds like a second set of parents to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">me. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Other than that life is still going good in MoVille. Tiara came to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">church and it was awesome! She really enjoyed it and said "everyday Sunday </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">I don't have work I'm going to be here". And the ward was </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">really good at reaching out and making her feel welcome. Plus Bishop </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">is helping tons and is going with us this week to meet with her and he</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">boyfriend to talk about getting them married. So that's all going </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">good. Plus we had Why I Believe last night which is always a good </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">time!!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Well, love you guys tons! Miss you too. Hope you all have good ones!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Love,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Austin</span><br />
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Another solid couple we are working with is George and Susan. Problem is Susan lives a few weeks in Philly then comes back here for a week and goes back and forth for work. So we meet with George mostly, but we got to meet with them both this last week. And as we were reteaching the restoration they asked some awesome questions and they are solid! Then George expressed some concern because he's been investigating another church and before we could say anything, Susan chimes in and says "well just so you know when I get back living here full time in a couple weeks this is the church I'm going to go to. This is Gods church." So awesome. But then.. they didn't come to church either! Ugh.. struggle of the area at the moment is getting people out to <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_455862922" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">9:00</span></span> church. </div>
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Other than that the area was really good too. The director of Visitor Centers around the world was in the mission this week so they called a full MLC including the District Leaders. It was fun to attend MLC again and get to take part in the meeting. Plus of course was getting to see all the friends! Great to see Elder McDonald, Florence, Cowan, Jenks and everyone else! Such a solid group at those meetings!</div>
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Well hope it's a great week back home for you guys this week. Time is just continuing to go so fast. Love and miss you guys tons!</div>
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My back has gotten progressively better, the mission made me go get it checked out this past week, and it's just some muscular strains. So nothing seriously, and by the start of this week I think I'm near 100% again. Sounds like it has been a good week, first off HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Lindsey!! So crazy you are turning 16 and driving! I left and you were in middle school, now I'm coming home and you're going into your junior year. </div>
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I'll send a picture of what our area boundary is. So in our mission you almost always are assigned to just one ward. So we serve the Montgomery Village Ward, so yes our area is called Montgomery Village. Or everyone here just calls it Mo-Vill.... this place is amazing!!</div>
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First off the Stake President is in our ward and he is super missionary minded. His goal before he is released is that through missionary work and reactivation, that we add 2 wards to our stake. So he is super awesome and wants to work with us. He called us on our first day to welcome us to the ward! Like who does that?! I've never had that happen before. As well Bishop was talking to us and talked about how they had just cleaned out the membership records and because of that felt like they were doing the work to show they Lord he can trust more members to this ward. And guess what? He has!! Since getting to this area it has been miracle after miracle. Elder Strubell and I just get in the car sometimes and look at each other like "what just happened??". Last week I talked about all the referrals that feel into our lap, and it kept happening this week. We showed up day one with a few okay Investigators. In a week and a half we now have 1 baptismal date, 2 progressing Investigators, and 3 others we are working with. Plus the 4 people who have gotten baptized in the last couple months. Keep in mind that this is the smallest ward boundaries in the Stake. Plus we had 2 more super solid Headquarters referrals this week. The work is just falling into our lap at the moment, I'll share one experience from this week to show that.</div>
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So yesterday we were sitting in sacrament meeting and we get a text from Pres Arnold (Stake President) asking if some people who had just walked in were our Investigators. We told him we have never seen them before and he texts back to tell us we need to go talk to them after because him and bishop both don't recognize them. So after the meeting we wait like 15 minutes to talk to them because SO many ward members are going up and asking who they are and introducing themselves. (Go Mo-Vill ward!) Then we talk to the Mom and come to find out they are looking for a church and a member in the ward had mentioned ours so they came to come check it out. Now we have an appointment with a family of 4 tonight. It has been amazing here. We have dinners this week with both Pres Arnold and Bishop so I'm sure we will plan out even more how to keep getting the work going here. It is amazing to see what happens when the ward is engaged and cares about missionary work. <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Also don't forget that even though you live in Utah there is still missionary opportunities to be found. We all can play our part in the work.</span></div>
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Well that's a wrap, I'm glad the plans are getting more in place for this summer. <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I love you all so much, and miss you guys! </span></div>
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Well it has been quite the week! The mission had a huge transfer with a lot of people getting moved. But so far I have really loved Montgomery Village. The area it self is pretty small, but there is quite a bit going on here! It is also super diverse here, we have an investigator from Nigeria, recent converts from Sierra Leone, I met a member from Sri Lanka and countless other places. It is amazing! I'll get to all of that later..</div>
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Sounds like it was an awesome week back home! I am so glad that the approval came through and you finally got to tell the kids about the trip to pick me up! I'm glad everyone is so excited, I know I am! The Johnsons are super excited to get to meet everyone. Also I saw the Morgan's yesterday, they attend the YSA branch in our building up here. I just can't get away from them haha. But they said they want to do at least lunch with the family when we are here. I said we would for sure do something with them! Awesome to hear about Alyssa's call! Sounds like she is really excited for it and sounds like it will be a great mission. Kinda sad I'll miss her with getting home after she goes to the MTC but she will do great! </div>
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Okay so more for this week. So first and foremost I'll get this out of the way...so I threw my back out really bad this week. I feel like such an old man! So I went to put some clothes in my dresser <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1045666757" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Friday</span></span> and it just felt like someone stabbed me in my left lower back. So I collapsed and it took a couple hours to the point I could get back up. It was terrible! So we got slowed down pretty bad. I shuffle like an old man at the moment and Sister Johnson has told me we have to limit our walking so we can't go tract or do much besides walk from the car to appointments and go to set meetings. Other then that I have to lay on the floor of the apartment with a heating pad on it and do these back stretches. So it's been frustrating, especially with white washing the area here. It felt like we were really going to finally get things going. But the Lord has looked out for us. He knows we want to work so despite not getting to go find people ourselves he's done it for us. Since getting to the area we have got 6 Church Headquarters referrals, 3 investigators who have moved from other areas to ours, and a guy who stopped us when we walked out of our apartment and told us he use to meet with the missionaries and he wants to start meeting with us again. Incredible! Truly the Lords work, and he will make sure it keeps going even if I currently have the back of an 87 year old!</div>
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Sister Johnsons says she thinks I've had a subluxation.. she explained it but it kinda went over my head. Basically all I know is my back hurts haha. But we might be going in this week to get it checked out, so I'll keep you in the loop of what we decide and what happens. </div>
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This area is going pretty good! They have had 3 baptisms already this year, but sadly that was most of their investigators, but we have been having a lot of success so far. Last night we taught a new investigator who was an online Bible referral who came here from Nigeria only 3 weeks ago! <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">His name is Oladipupo, have fun pronouncing that haha. But we call him Dee-Poh for short. </span>He is super solid and said he knows he will get an answer when he prays about the Book of Mormon. We are going back this week to see him. It was a great way to end a frustrating week of not getting to work the area as much as I would have liked. But I 'm really seeing that everything will work out and we will still meet the needs of the people in this area. </div>
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Well I can match your uneventful week.. until we had interviews, but I will get to that later. <span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Well most of the week was spent like we normally do, knocking on doors! But we did finally get to run into a referral from the neighboring wards Elders. So we taught him.. only to find out that he's not too interested in the church cause he's gay. Dang it.. so close. </span></div>
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But I'll get to interviews now cause that's the good stuff. First off President and Sister Johnson are the best. Both of them expressed how much they missed me, since now they don't see me as often as they use to. Made me feel good haha. And Sister Johnson just wanted to chat so I swear our "interview" aka talk with Mission Mom was like 30 minutes when they are suppose to be under 15. She just wanted to talk and talk and I had no problems with it. It was great! Plus it's so weird, I'm now at the point where it's okay for them to ask me what my plans are after the mission haha. So I guess I really am getting closer and closer to this summer. </div>
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Even though this transfer has been one of the toughest for me, just no work and knocking on doors all day everyday, I truly feel like I've grown and learned a lot. I feel like I've learned to live and rely on the atonement daily now. How to use it in my life on a daily basis. I truly can say our Heavenly Father is mindful of us when we struggle, if not more when we struggle. So we will see where the mission takes me next, not too much time left so gotta make the most of it. </div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">I am heading to Montgomery Village Ward which is around Gaithersburg MD. I got re-called as a District Leader and I'm with Elder Strubell (t</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">hink back to the old football days with Coach Rice. It's that Strubell. He then went to Westlake. So I've served around him and he seems like a pretty good guy!)</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">. From what I've heard it's a pretty good ward and stuff is going on there so we will see! </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">I've heard it's a slower area, but nothing like this. So it will be good! I'm excited to be a District leader again, I only got 1 transfer before I got called as a Zone Leader so it's cool get a chance to serve as one again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Well this week we were able to see some progression in the area. Small! But still progress. It's been a lot of work but we are seeing little bits of pay off. So there is an 11 year old girl who hasn't been baptized that we finally have got on a regular meeting schedule. Her Dad was baptized a few years ago and sadly it's her lifelong member mom who's been holding off on her being baptized. She's such a sharp little girl, it's fun to teach her and hopefully we can get her family more active in church and get her baptized. </span></div>
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Also we tracted into a family this week!! It was incredible. Like tracting actually works (sometimes).. as most of us know it is like the lowest yielding form of missionary work. But it worked this time! So we met Jess who's mid 20s and has 2 little kids and one on the way. We asked if she had a few minutes for us to share a message about Jesus Christ and she said yes! So I asked her what role religion has played in her life and her response was she was trying to get closer to Christ and that she was spiritual not really religious because they were looking for a church. But wait! It gets better!!! So after what turns into a full on 20 min lesson on her porch she asks us "can you come back and teach my husband too?" Uhhh.. yeah. Yes. We can do that. Then on top of that says "probably Monday nights are best, we decide those nights he will make sure he's home for dinner with the family". REALLY?? They are Mormons and don't even know it! So we are really excited to get back with them hopefully this week!</div>
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Transfers are next week so we will see what happens, we have interviews this week so maybe President will let some things slip and give me some idea of what will happen. I got the package this week! It was great!! And I even hung up the banner before you asked. Hope you all have a great week, love and miss to all!</div>
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Yes I'll make sure to say thanks to Sister Joyce for ya! She has a missionary out right now so I think it's some sort of motherly guilt that has her taking such good care of us haha. I saw the Morgans at church yesterday since they were up visiting the YSA group of midshipmen and we had a good time chatting about the new Ward boundaries and the changes in the Stake back home. </div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Freaking Tom Brady, I hate that guy. Gotta respect how good he is though, that's an amazing come back. The evil empire continues to reign. And isn't that the first Super Bowl to go to OT? Oh well, back for the next one! Was there any good commercials this year? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Well our week was just like the past ones.. lots of door knocking and lots of walking. I've taken up singing "Pioneer children sang as they walked, and walked, aaaand waaaaaalked..." Well more like muttering it under my breath when we get to a good sized hill haha. I found a quote in the BOM institute manual while I was studying last week that I've tried to really focus on. It says, "</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 12.8px;">most people are about as happy as they make their minds up to be" -Abraham Lincoln. So I've tried to do that, even though the work is really hard here, just be happy and decide to be. But I think I might hint at President that I wanna go back to DC to end my mission. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 12.8px;">I just really wanna feel like I sprinted through the finish of my mission and at the moment it feels like I'm running in sand. But we will see what happens.. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I've really tried to focus on the fact we all serve in our own ways to help in the Lord work. No one will serve in the same way, I've thought back a lot on the things I've been blessed to be able to do so far. I talked to Ismael on the phone last night for a few minutes and that was a huge reminder of the good things that have happened out here. Most of all I've seen myself grow a TON since I first got here and and was being trained by good old Elder Coombs and I've thought a lot about a line in my patriarchal blessing that says I would be led and guided by righteous examples before and during my mission. I'm sure grateful for guys like Coombs, McDonald, Jenks, Cowan, Florence, and all the other friends I've made out here who help me through the hard times. I'm excited for what these last few months hold in store. I know just like life the mission has its ups and downs, but like the quote from Abe, we can decide to just be happy though it all!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Yes the birthday was a good one!</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 12.8px;">Elder Gregsons birthday was actually the 26th so we had back to back bdays! Pretty cool! </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">We had a full mission Conference on it! (Changes they made with the schedule just give us more flexibility with getting out the door sooner if needed. Basically just give us more agency haha. Only bummer is now only 30 min lunches) But it was great to see everyone! I of course sat with Elder Florence and McDonald. Plus a ton of other guys! After the broadcast we went and got lunch, so that was great! And that evening we went over to the Joyce's. Like you said they took real good care of me. She really did make the apricot cake! Her boys were pretty hesitant until they tried it and they really liked it haha. It was so great it was</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> a big reminder of home! And yes I got the packages, thank you so much!! The Navy zip-up is awesome!! And thanks Mom for ruining my diet I had tried to start last week..</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span></div>
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This email is gonna be really sparse because that is this area .. sparse. Literally all we do is tract all day, everyday. So not much to write about it. It's so slow and no one wants to listen<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">, they are all rich white people who are either Catholic, nondenominational, or don't want church. Plus the area gets tracted out every 6 months so they know who the missionaries are. </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">I feel my mission going by so fast and I feel an urgency to do everything I can and it's tough when I feel like not much is going on here.</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> So it's been a really rough week, its been hard. B</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">ut the Mission has been promised by Elder Ballard that if we talk to 20 people a day we will see our teaching pool increase. So we just work hard, be obedient and rely on the promised blessings. </span></div>
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Okay enough pity party- I'm actually super excited for my birthday, we have a worldwide mission broadcast that day and the mission is watching it at the Visitor Center! So it's like a whole mission party! So I'm gonna go get lunch with all the buds after it! Then the Joyce's are having us for dinner that night! I'm pretty stoked. The Joyce's are great, and the ward really is full of awesome members, so we get taken good care of. The Joyce's have <span style="font-size: 12.8px;">two sons age 17 & 15 and I just hit it off with them! The 17 year old had been in a kinda grumpy teen phase and we clicked and she was just amazed how much he talks with me. I told her I'd get him out in a split with us before I leave the area.</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Plus this week we have Zone Conference which is combined with SS Zone, so I'll get to see some old friends from there!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Thanks for the birthday stuff in advance and thanks for the thoughts and prayers. Things are hard, but that's how we learn. I was frustrated early this week that I haven't had a "fun" transfer for a while, but I realized that's not how I'll learn plus not really what the mission is all about. So we will hit the pavement this week and hope to see some miracles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Wow.. like you guys assumed I was kinda shocked to get transferred. It was rough, I really liked that area and we had a lot going on. We were teaching tons, had lots of investigators, and the area was doing so great! This area... not so much. So I am in Broadneck, MD. It's the peninsula right above Annapolis. We share the building with the Annapolis Ward so we see all the midshipman so I'm gonna see Tanner Munsen (Granny's ward if you don't remember) next week! Also the Niumatalolo's are in my ward now! It's a lot of more wealthy white people. The work here is pretty dang slow, we only have one investigator. And without ZL responsibilities it's a lot of time tracting.. a lot. So when I first got here is was a struggle, it was really rough.</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 12.8px;">But it turned around a lot on Saturday with the Apostle Visit. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">My new companion is Elder Gregson, he's from Pocatello, Idaho. He's just finished being trained so I'm kinda helping him still get in the mission. Plus he got trained by a brand new missionary as well so there are times it feels like I'm training. But he's a really good kid, he's got a really good heart, and wants to work so it's gonna be good. The ward and area kinda remind me of White Plains, slow work but super awesome members! Sister Joyce is the one who texted you and we had dinner the first night with them. She is already my ward Mom. Each ward I've served in you have a favorite family who becomes kinda your second family and the Joyce's kinda became that right off the bat. </span></div>
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I don't know how I forgot to mention this, but Elder Rasband and Elder Ballard came and did a combined mission visit with us and DC South. Its like the rarest thing ever to have 2 apostles come and visit. But the conference was so amazing! It really helped lift my spirits. They challenged us to raise the vision for missionary work in the Nations Capitol and to grow the church here more than it has ever before. The biggest thing I felt from them was just their love for us. It helped me realize kinda like you guys said, it doesn't matter where I'm serving but how. I just thought hey, even if all I do is knock doors all day and no one wants to listen, I'm still doing exactly what the Lord needs me to do here. That said, I know there are people out there for us to find! I've really felt the thoughts and prayers from home this week. Thank you, I really have the best support system back home! Also after that I got to go over to Anacostia for Valerie's baptism! Ahh it was so awesome! So great to have seen here from the start to now being baptized! She was excited to see the missionaries who have taught her and all be there to support! That's what the mission is all about!</div>
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<span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I look forward to transfer calls tonight, I feel like no matter how certain you felt before when it gets closer and closer you have no clue. I would love to stay here, but I guess I'll wait a few more hours to find out. I hope you all have great weeks this week, sure love and miss you guys everyday!</span></span></div>
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