Week 4 (first week in the field!)

So when we got to the mission home on Tuesday, they made us sing outside in the
freezing cold before they would open the door! LOL the Mission President and his wife are the sweetest people though. We went inside, and then we had dinner, it was some sort of pasta, but very good. After that we had a sort of training where we were taught about driving safety. We then had Mission President interviews. But yah, after that we went to sleep. The next morning we woke up quite early and got dressed..  then we were ushered to a chapel just across the way where they gave us a little training, and then they told us our Companion and gave us our iPad.

From there me and Elder Barron left to go to Spanish fork. And guess what?? We're white washing the area!! (That means both of us are brand new to this area.) It's sooo much fun, I love this work with all of my heart.!! Our zone is Hobble Creek. But yah anyway my companion is awesome, he's been out for 21 months, and he certainly knows what he is doing. He is about exact obedience which is super nice. I was hoping for that.  We have had 4 member dinners so far. I LOVE the people here in Utah. They are all so nice and the LOVE taking care of the missionaries. 3 times so far people have paid for our meals when we have gone to eat out.  So I'm definitely well off in that area, the members love us! Several times now we have come home from lessons with our arms full of goodies, like cookies, chocolate, candy and food. I think they are just trying to fatten me up though. Haha, gotta love it. I have gained about 6 pounds so far. But yah basically our days have been pretty slow, we are white washing the area, so we don't have tooo many investigators. But were being diligent and asking for referrals from everyone. The lessons that we have had have been huge testimony builders for me. Several times now the spirit has filled my mouth, and spoken for me.

On Sunday we visited two wards and I bore my testimony in each. It's amazing how easy it is when you have the spirit with you, it really gave me extra confidence. We are over two stakes, Maple Mountain stake, and Spanish Fork YSA stake. So it's a lot of work, but definitely rewarding! So ya that pretty much covers my week so far, I'm so excited for the rest of my Mission, it has been AWESOME so far.!!!

Oh something AWESOME! They gave me and my Companion a new car, a brand new Chevy Malibu. 2016!!! It has built in wifi which I'm using on the road to email you!!!!!!!!!!! Ahhhhhhh!!! I love this car. It is the safest car ever!!

Seeing my friend Sammy Rios-Lazo from back home at the MTC last week.

Sunday at church with a family we ate dinner with last week.

Utah's beautiful mountains!

I love this picture of Christ with all my heart, it really shows how
much he loves us just by looking at us, I hope to be able to exemplify
that someday.