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January 1-7, 2019


part of new area

We had a really cool week last week and found a lot of people.  We brought 7 to church yesterday so I was able to leave Elder Burton with a lot of work.  With it being Consejo de Liderazgo on Thursday, the district leaders are invited, so actually the guy I am replacing here is staying until Thursday and we'll be in a trio.


Well, cambios have passed by again which means I am entering the 4th quarter of the mission.  All the sisters from my group go home today and tomorrow so it's a new phase of the mission. I also got transfer calls on Friday and now I will be writing y'all from Antofagasta.  It's not as pretty as Iquique but a lot bigger!  My sector, from what I can see, is hills and tomas( shanty towns or slums) so that should be exciting.  I will miss Iquique and the people there.
I will be finishing the training of Elder Baines who is from elder Burtons group. I am now a stepdad to use the mission terms. It should be pretty cool cambio. Elder Baines is dope and is from Canada. He talks a lot about maple syrup, moose, and hockey eh. Just kidding!

It has been a really good week with my new comp.  We have been discovering the sector together.  We were working really hard this week and it has has been a little tough only because a lot of people are leaving on summer vacation. Also, the hills are killer and we hardly walk on anything other than dirt and rocks.  I love it.  Makes me feel like I am really roughing it like a missionary and I am sweating like crazy.
Today for Pday we played soccer with President because he lives in our zone and he goes hard. My legs are dead, haha.  Another perk of being in the zone of the mission office is that we can get the mail whenever we want, and sometimes we get rides to places.
So we had a fire week learning together (my comp is just six weeks in the mission) so we are meeting and doing a lot of figuring out. haha.  
This week was a whirlwind with so many things happening. We had to see the missionaries that were going home stay in our pension, then the new missionaries stayed in our pension, then we had to go to consejo de liderazgo and then some interviews and ended with a baptism.  Also got a package (family says its the last one) and just had a good time sweating under the summer sun.
We have a lot of new people to start teaching.  We tried more than anything to focus on finding and it paid off. 

Davis County Squad



My MTC group minus one








 I love my mission and I love helping people come unto Christ.  He is the way.  With the new year, I invite you to think of new ways to make it a more central part of life. Hope you all have a happy new year


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