Week 71 - Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day! 

Super sketch houses while blitzing the sister's area...

"It is what it is." - Bishop Bluth

This past week was awesome. Our zone found the most new investigators than we've ever seen while serving up here. We literally have to talk to everyone and find in all situations to find any new investigators up here. All but 1 of the baptisms I've been able to be involved with came from members. That's how big the role of members are.

 I used an Xbox controller for the Mormon Messages, it was strange.

On Thursday President wants the ZL's to train at Zone Conferences this week. Last Zone Conference they did a workshop where each zone rotates 3 times to be trained on different things. Elder Netane and I are training on "How the ordinance of the sacrament manifest's God's power in investigator's lives." Pretty slick. Our training is done and we have zone conferences tomorrow! The last ones before President Pasey arrives. Our zone is also singing tomorrow! We arranged a version of 'Bring the World His Truth' which happens to be my all-time favorite church song. We arranged Elder Netane to play the ukulele and a piano version, I'll do a duet with Sister Halle for part of it. Should be sweet! Can't believe President and Sister Killpack go home two weeks from TODAY!! Holy cow. They will be missed. President Pasey will be welcomed.

Our Gila Valley Zone (Thatcher and Pima Stakes) - one of the coolest zones ever. We all get along and all have a mindset to work as much as we can. What an awesome zone.

Last Monday we taught a girl named Naomi about the BOM and she seemed pretty interested! It was a great way to start off the week...but she never showed up again and apparently isn't interested...lame. 2Nephi2:11

Commodities!

There's a member named Max who we're working with trying to get on a mission - he talked to us about seeing people/ghosts wearing suits and scaring him growing up. It's crazy. The gospel literally takes care of any problem anyone has.

While planning one night, Elder Netane had a prompting to go knock the old-sketchy apartments right next to Hawaiin Snow - a Thatcher hot spot. There was a green light outside, which in Tucson means they sell drugs, and we came across a guy named Isaac! Suuuper friendly dude. We talked with him shortly and turns out he's a member! Sweet! We went back the next day and taught his roommate about the BOM and got an appointment for tomorrow night! Sweet!! Not everyone is a member up here, regardless of what some say.

Super sketch houses while blitzing the sister's area...

Another new investigator we found this past week, his name is Dillon! He's 18 and chill. We found him (while walking in the 107 degree sun :D) chillin' on his porch having moved here a couple weeks prior. They are baptist, but he pointed out some good questions about the Godhead, prayer, and other stuff. Hope things go well for him! TBA..

Aaron is the dude who owns/runs Radioactive Crossfit down here. He's a boss. Hah. Pun. He let's us go to Crossfit 3 days a week at 6:15 so we can be done early enough for studies. All we do is help him with some service on Friday's. We offered to help him paint, so on Saturday we did! Found out Aaron is a JW and a very nice dude. People know us around the gym now and one night on our way home for the night about 9pm, they were having BBQ, so we dropped by for literally 5 mins., and everyone seemed surprised when we showed up because we were missionaries who did Crossfit! They came up to us and acted surprised because we put up a good fight for WOD's. My comp. and I were talking afterwards about how cool it was that they showed their respect to us. They made us a plate of food. AWESOME people. We did a workout called Fran. It killed us. You're a representative no matter where you are, or what you're doing. It's a very eye-opening experience and goes to show that there are opportunities everywhere. Sometimes, your influence from the gospel can go a long way.

Doing a little service for Coach Aaron!

The search for investigators for other areas continues! 2 of the referrals we've passed off in the past couple weeks are still working with the missionaries! One of them was a lady that only spoke spanish - it was hard brushing off our UN-pocito Espanolo, but my comp. and I both felt we needed to get her address and pass her off to the spanish sisters. 

We let the sisters use the truck, so we got bikes! Beach cruiser for the poly...ahem..

In the oncoming month or so, there is craziness all up in herr! We'll be training at Zone Conference, the 5th Sunday lesson, a lesson to the WML's in the Stake, the Sahuarita Stake Youth Conference here at EAC, and other things as well. It's awesome to train when you're prepared because the spirit moves the discussion. 

This next semester, the MG YSA 1st Ward with Bishop Bluth will more than likely be getting their OWN set of missionaries, which will be us if we're still here. I just have to say how awesome Bishop Bluth is. He and his wife are so inspired in so many different ways. They love having us over Sunday nights to 'council and discuss' about many different things. He's become a very good friend of ours. Those two are incredibly good people.

RT (random thought - not "retweet") I felt I should share:

"Sitting here in the YSA sacrament thinking of how God prepares things before heavenly results. Our area is being prepared RIGHT NOW, just like how families are being prepared by those who accept the gospel within their families, even just one or two of them. God is always preparing people, places, and opportunities for us to progress."

My brain doesn't seem to slow down any more. There is always something for us to do, and there's no such thing as a dead area. wootwoot!

Thank you again and again everyone. Some days we wake up and are just in a great mood (like today) and we know that it's not us, but it's the prayers of people we know back home. Thank you to everyone who is a boss. This church is true, Joseph Smith truly did restore this church which now is accessible to every single one of God's children. My heart is in God's work, and I'm always excited to see what happens each day. A miracle you will remember for the rest of your life could happen at any moment! How rad is that.

Love y'all. Stay real reality.

PEACE!

-Elder Dallin Hales