August 31,2015

Hello everyone!

This week has been all over the place! A good thing is that we got two

new investigators! I love when that happens! One is a 10 year old girl

named Kendall, who's mom is less active but starting to come back to

church. I actually didn't meet her because it was while we were on

exchange (which was fun as always). The other new investigator is a 12

year old named Ethan. And both of them have a baptismal date set!

Another good thing this week: we somehow successfully stayed under our

mile limit for the month. That's a miracle! But this week wasn't

without its difficulties. The biggest one is that Crystal had to

postpone her baptism. Basically, her son was being an idiot, nearly

got himself killed, and she had to take him to Salt Lake, so she had

to postpone her baptism. Dang, that's frustrating! And it's not her

fault, it's just the situation being stupid. But we'll get her

baptized yet!

Something fun that happened on Friday was that our dinner appointment

was a ward Luau! That was REALLY fun! And I got to wear my Hawaiian

tie I recently acquired! It was really good to have. Some fun and

become more integrated with the members and get to know everyone

better. Plus, the food was fantastic! Kailua Pig is some of the best

pork ever! And it was an authentic Hawaiian recipe that several local

members pitched in to make. There was also a smoothie hut that was

really good. Anyway, it was just really fun, and I love Hawaiian

stuff. I got a couple pictures. Here they are:

Now for some more crazy stuff. It's transfer time! Yep, it's been six weeks already. And here's what's going down. Elder Spencer is being transferred to Mt. Pleasant. I'm staying in Enoch, but instead of getting a companion transferred from another part of the mission, I get to train a new Elder. I get my first "Greenie"! Also, the District is changing. Canyonview will now be in a district with Cedar North and Cross Hollows. Enoch West (my area) will be in a district with Enoch and Enterprise. Elder Bennett, my District Leader, is being transferred to Loa, and Elder Howard is taking his place as the new District Leader. However, that won't be in my District anymore, and for my District, President Center decided to call me as District Leader. Yeah, so that happened! So I'll be training AND being District Leader. That's crazy! I'm glad President trusts me that much, and because President goes by inspiration when moving us around and giving us assignments, I guess that means the Lord has that much trust in me, but holy cow! I feel really under-qualified. It'll definitely be a learning experience, that's for sure! Hopefully I won't mess up too much, and hopefully I don't get too stressed. So yeah, that's what transfers have brought this time. Crazy stuff!

Well, that's about all to report on this week. I hope everyone has a fantastic day and a great week! May the Spirit be with you!

-Elder Oswald