Hey Everybody!

 

WOWSERS! What a crazy awesome week! I don't have a lot of time so I'll do my best to highlight the awesome things that happened this week. Bear with me, it's going to be fast! :D

 

Alright, starting with last Monday...actually Sunday night. We received our transfer news...I found out that I would be staying here in Montana del Sur for my 5th transfer with my hijo Elder Giles. I was pretty excited but, honestly, seriously shocked that I would be staying another transfer...I thought for sure I was a goner. But, Monday just threw a huge twist into the situation. In our district, we refer to Leadership calls/Tranining calls as "The Suspicious Phonecall" from President Beck. Well, at about 10:30 in the AM, I received the "Suspicious Phonecall" when President extended me the call as the District Leader of the Phoenix District, in the Phoenix Zone, in the Arizona Phoenix mission (We take pride in our Phoenix....ness :D) I was...Surprised, scared, but a little excited seeing that it was something that I have never done before. I accepted the call and, as always, kept it quite until the Wednesday transfer meeting.

 

Tuesday was a bittersweet day. We had our last District Meeting with Elder Bingham. We took pictures and worked hard the rest of the day.

 

Then, Wednesday, Transfer Day, came. And, Holy Cow! The best way to explain what happened is to put it into a list:

 

1-Elder Grayson, the old Spanish Assistant, was replaced by Elder Crandall, our old Zone Leader and he (Elder Grayson) took Elder Bingham's place in Aguila (East...wait, there was a split?)

2-Myself as District Leader

3-Elder Bingham (my dad) as our new Zone Leader and

4-Check this out...SISTER MISSIONARIES IN PHOENIX SOUTH!! We have 3 Hermana's coving the West half of the Aguila ward thus breaking history for the Phoenix district. My mind was BLOWN AWAY!!!

 

The rest of Wednesday just went by like a blur....I was seriously in shock the whole day. Sisters, old Assistant, District leader stuff.....Man it is crazy AWESOME!!

 

But, to tone things down a little bit, we had some incredible things happen in the work the past few days. Elder Giles and I checked 2 referrals we received only to find out that ALL 4 people involved are right ready for baptism. It was pretty...incredible to say the least. We should be setting their baptismal dates this week so we will see how things go!

 

I'm sorry I've got to cut this a little short but, I just want to add a small spiritual thought to close off this post. My last transfer was really rough for me...for a lot of different reasons but, I seriously felt like I was fighting the powers of Satan every day. Discouragement, disappointment, sometimes just 100% consuming frustration with everything. I want to say to all of you, maybe there is someone that regularly reads my posts that needs to hear this, to NEVER give up. I was reading a conference talk by Elder Kevin W. Pearson of the Seventy the other day. He talked about Faith in Jesus Christ. There was one thing he said that really stuck out to me. It was, "If you want to have more faith, be more obedient". From the moment I read that line something clicked in my head. My goal setting changed, my studies changed, even my shear desire for talking to people changed. I want to testify that Obedience is the first law of heaven. But, more than that, I want to tell all of you that we have a loving Heavenly Father. He wants us to succeed, he wants us to be happy, but he also recognizes that we need to taste the bitter in order to appreciate the sweet. I know God lives, that Jesus is the Christ. I know the great Plan of God is in affect and is for every person that has, is, and will walk the face of this earth. I know the Book of Mormon is the word of God. It testifies of the divinity of Jesus Christ and I know that when a person reads it words, they draw them self closer to God.

 

Alrighty my friends, know that I love you all very much and I hope that you are all safe and sound. I pray that Heavenly Father blesses you and keeps you in your endeavors this week. Remember, there isn't any challenge that we can't over come. But, I hope you enjoy the pictures and, until next week, Nos Vemos!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"So Long, Farewell": Our last district picture with Elder Bingham. However sad it was, it was still a great experience to work and serve with him, especially as his companion. But, I got to be honest, this next transfer is going to rock!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Lesson Time": We watched Finding Faith in Christ with one of our investigators. Well, long story short, they had this awesome remote that they called "Tiny" that we just had to get a picture of. It was pretty sick :)