Wk 74 - Good Bye Will

Companion: Elder McNaughtan
Area: Dublin

Saying bye bye to Elder McNaughtan 

Temple time!

Temple with Herbert!

Christmas Package!
Thanks Mom and Dad!

Day 1

Exchanges in Polaris.
Took a Pic with this tree cause the guy opened and was mad we were at the door 
so I just asked if we could take a Pic with his tree in the back yard!!
Haha he lightened up after that!

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interesting art!

Elder Valdez being Elder Valdez hahaha

Ducks at the apartment

Howdy howdy,

Hey everyone, well this past week and a couple of days has been crazy! Especially this week!! Hahah So after last pday we start Elder McNaughtans last full week! It was pretty crazy and I think it finally started to hit him as real. He's such a stud and he kept working though which is good!

Tuesday! Tuesday morning we had to help the housing coordinator move a trailer into storage! After that we ended up doing a lot of knocked and walking. We struck out that day, meaning we had three lessons planned and all three fell through! In the morning we made a video for the zone which only took about a half hour but it was pretty funny. We also had dinner with the Matthew's one last time before they moved back to byu Idaho because he finished his internship! That was. Good time, it was kinda weird having dinner with people only a couple years older than you! Haha 

Saying bye to the Matthews after the blessing!

Wednesday we had a pretty good day. We started the day off with comp Study because the rest of the day busy! We had to update a lot of stuff for reporting which was nice to get done. After lunch we went and knocked for a little while then ran to the Mission office to help them fill a trailer with packages and commissary for the north zones Christmas conference! Parents sure love their missionaries! Hahah Later on we had dinner with a young family named the Buttars. They had one little boy who was dying to fly his drone the whole time! Hah it was pretty funny! We had a lesson fall through and then we ran to Daylon lesson! Right before Daylons lessons we got a call from brother Matthew's asking for a blessing. They were supposed to leave for home in a day or two and he wasn't feeling good at all so we ran over there and gave him a blessing. He was feeling better right away! It was awesome! Then we went back to the church and had a lesson Daylon and Muhommad! It went pretty well! After we played then in basketball and beat them of course. Haha They're so fun to play. 

Thursday was quite a day! We went on an emergency exchange with Polaris! We showed up at their door right as they were leaving for the day! It was pretty funny! I ended up going with Elder Reed and were looking to work hard! We got dropped off in a neighborhood because Polaris is a bike area and we started walking! Pretty soon the best part of the day happened! Haha We hadn't had anyone willing to talk with us until we were on a corner deciding where to go! We saw this lady on a run! So in efforts to opening my mouth I just yelled and asked if we could give her a card! She stopped and was like what? So we ran across the street and started talking to her! Haha it was awesome! She was like give a half hour run and come to my house down their on the corner! Hahaha but we didn't have a third male so we asked if we could do it after lunch and bring some more missionaries! Haha She was like for sure! It was awesome! We ended up having a sweet restoration lesson and she was pretty excited and wanted to learn more! Her grandma ended up being there and she knew a lot about the church because growing up her grandma was a member. It was funny she kept baring testimony to her grandaughter just as much as we were! Hahahah so the day was sweet! We ended up finding 4 people! That was just the biggest miracle! We came home later that evening and got to go walk biscuit, the Stratfords dog! Haha That was good as always! 

Friday was sweet! We had our Christmas conference! We had all the South end of the mission there. There was a lot of missionaries! We did a service project where we made blankets and then played some games. Got our shoes polished and had some spiritual stuff as well! It was a blast! 

Christmas conference!

Elder Jaster and Dooley

Elder Olsen and McNaughtan!!

Saturday! What a blessing Saturday was! Early morning basketball with a bunch of non members! That's always good! We talked to a couple guys there and brought up the church they seemed like they might be interested but it'll take some time before they commit to meeting! It was sweet though. Saturday night was incredible. We got to go to the temple!! Herbert Ndeki the guy i got to Baptize in my first area. He was getting endowed and asked me to be his escort! He just gets happier and happier! He loved the temple! It was such a great experience! Love that man and I love the temple! It was awesome! 

Sunday Elder McNaughtan gave a talk in church on Jesus Christ and how He is the light to the world! It was a way good talk! Elder McNaughtan is a great guy! After church we had our apartment inspected and we passed! We keep it clean! Haha We had dinner at the Angelo's house! It was awesome they had grandkids there that reminded me of my crazy neices and nephews so I felt right at home! Hahah it was awesome! After we took Mitch to the Deiders! We read 2 Nephi 31 with them! Its one of my favorites! It teaches the whole gospel of Jesus Christ! They loved it. They are so solid and such an awesome family! I love going over there!

Monday to sum it up Elder McNaughtan needed to pack, so I did a lot of cleaning and contacting and got stuff done. It was a good day. We had dinner with the Hanks which was pretty good. After we had an insane night... So we were supposed to pick up three missionaries form the mission home to spend the night at our apartment. We got there and they big van and trailer was late of course. But turns out the neighbor had a bird fly into the house so President was over there trying to get it out and asked us to come help so while we were walking over there the assistants showed up with the big van and had me back the trailer in. Turns out the trailers lights were dragging on the free way and exploded and long story short the trailer no longer had lights. So President asked me to stay and re wire the trailer! Haha We ended up needing parts so we came back on Tuesday morning after President went to the store and Elder McNaughtan and I put it back together! We got it working like a charm! I think you'd be pretty proud dad cause it nearly looks professional now! Hahah the rest of Tuesday was crazy. We dropped everyone off and next thing you know Elder Valdez is my comp for a couple of days. He's from Mexico!! Just south of Texas! He's a Spanish missionary so we worked our Spanish areas yesterday! It was pretty cool! I didn't and couldn't really do anything... Hahah later that night at nine we got to the Mission home to pick Elder Olsen up! We got to see the transfer board which was sweet so I found out I'm getting another stud named  Elder Collier I'm stoked!

Splicing the wires!! Sadly I didn't take a Pic of the final project...

Well it's been a crazy week and I look forward to another crazy one! Love you all! Hope you have a great week. Remember the church is true and to light the world! Merry Christmas! 

Love Elder Smoot