Zone conferences

Hey fam. Again this past week is a blur and was a busy one! Zone Conferences took up most of the week. They were all a success though. Its fun to be all over the mission and see all of the missionaries. Elder Ruhl and I gave a training each day. It was over the Gospel of Jesus Christ and how it is all one in Christ. Everything always goes back to Him! Our training was based on what Elder Bednar said in the recent missionary broadcast. Which is essentially having faith in Christ leads us to repent through Him which leads us to have a change of heart and follow Christ by being baptized. Which leads to receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost and enduring to the end with Jesus Christ. Its cool and no coincidence that everything in the Gospel always goes back to Christ. He is the center of everything we do. Everything and anything is possible with His help. I know i have seen that through my life and especially as i have been a missionary. Im thankful that i get to be a full time representative of Him for two years. 

I love you all, have a great week and make the most of every day!

Here are some pics from the week.

Tech crew at Zone Conference

W/ Elder Braithwaite

Me, Higgy, Ruhl

Missionary Practices at ZC

Other missionaries with our Pickles

Parable of the Pickle

W/ the greenies and trainers

Random Selfie on STs phone

Transfer week

Its been a busy one and the fastest one yet. Tons of fun though. Monday me and Elder Ruhl spent the night at President Thomass house so that we could get up early and go pick up all the new missionaries coming in. Tuesday we picked them all up and brought them to the mission office and later that day picked up all the missionaries going home and took them to Presidents to spend the night. Wednesday morning we took all the departing missionaries and did a session in the temple and then dropped the missionaries off at the airport. Its sad dropping them off! Thursday we had a meeting with all of the new missionaries and their trainers. Friday we had an all day meeting with the leadership of the mission. It was a busy week but its so much fun being around missionaries all day. 

Love you all have a great week!

Pictures:

Picking up all the new missionaries from the airport

Mission home dinner for all departing missionaries

Selfie at the temple

The Leadership of the mission

The McClellans (Senior couple) went home

Us and Elder McLegend

Pictures

Snow!

Hey fam, its been a pretty good week for us. Not too crazy but just enough. The weather was ridiculous over here. It was like a hurricane on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Lots of water. We taught a lot this week though and thats always fun. We have a couple of members in the YSA that we are teaching their friends right now and they are coming to church off and on. We started transfer planning with President Thomas this past week for this next transfer that comes up next week. I cant believe this one is almost over... They go by so fast now! 

Yesterday was another awesome Sunday. We woke up at our usual 5:30 to go to the marine base and teach the recruits. Two recruits were baptized yesterday so it was a great way to start off the day. Then we went to our YSA ward and i spoke on the significance of the Holy Ghost. The Spirit is so important in all of our lives. We dont realize just how much it really can help us! Elder Ballard gives some good advice on how to recognize the Spirit more in our lives he says:

“As an apostle, I now ask you a question: Do you have any personal quiet time? I have wondered if those who lived in the past had more opportunity than we do now to see, feel, and experience the presence of the Spirit in their lives.”

“Seemingly, as our world gets brighter, louder, and busier, we have a greater challenge feeling the Spirit in our lives. If your life is void of quiet time, would you begin today to seek for some?”

So thats what i invite all of you to do this week. Take some personal quiet time (with no phones or electronics) and ponder on what the Spirit is telling you and what you need to do or change in your lives. 

Another cool thing that happened just this morning is we drove up to Palomar mountain, which is in my old area in Valley Center, and saw the snow!! Who would of thought it would be snowing in Southern California.. 

Have a great week everyone i love you all!

The other picture is from Spanish Conference that we had this past week.

Pictures from Christmas

We got to talk about an hour and a half. He's doing great just a grown up man now! He will be home on June 7,in less than 5 months I can't believe how fast this 2 years have gone!!

Crazy busy dec 19, 2016

This week has been crazy busy. It feels like a month has been crammed into last week but it flew by. Tuesday night i got to stay in the mission home with all of the missionaries that were going home the next day. Then i got to drive them all to the airport and drop them off. It was really sad seeing missionaries go home! The rest of the week was busy. Ive been with President and Sister Thomas a lot more now and they are awesome. It is fun being around them. I dont have much time but the coolest part of the week was going to Edson Range on Sunday. We get to work with all of the recruits on the marine base. They are fresh in training and get destroyed during the week, so a lot of them (non members and members) come to church on Sunday cause they are in a humble place. It was a really cool experience. We get there a couple hours before church and pull the recruits aside and teach them. They are all searching for God and really seeking his help. Its cool how humble and willing they are. After the church services there are a bunch of recruits that come up to the missionaries and ask for priesthood blessings. So there are just a bunch of blessings going on in the same room at once and its awesome. Definitely the highlight of my week. 

I love you all, have a Merry Christmas and ill talk to you on Sunday!!

Here are some pictures from the week

Elder Ruhl and me at the temple

In the office with Elder Mcllelan

at the temple with the departing missionaries

Me and Elder Ruhl were on dishes at the mission home

At the San Diego temple light

Pres and sister Thomas took us to lunch

1/9/17 another week

A lot has been accomplished this past week. We went on exchanges with a lot of Elders. Including Wednesday night with Elder Major, Elder Gull and Elder Hadfield where we had a sleepover in the mission home. We all stayed the night there because Thursday morning bright and early Elder Major left for the airport to head home. It was sad seeing him leave and crazy he finished his mission! We visited Zone Training Meetings all over the mission this week. It was a really cool experience to see all the missionaries. We spent this past weekend planning for Zone Conferences this week. Elder Ruhl and I are giving some training to the mission and we are pretty excited about them. 

Sunday was definitely the highlight of the week. It started at 5:30 am but still a good day. Edson Range (marine base) kicked it off. We got there and taught all of our investigators and then had a fast and testimony meeting. Honestly one of the most powerful meetings i have ever been in. Listening to the Recruits get up and bear their testimonies is powerful. The rest of the day just followed. 

I hope you all reach out to those that need it this week. I love you all!

Pres Thomas elder Ruhl elder major me elder gull elder hadfield