Josh's Journey

On Tuesday we did service for a guy who had a stroke recently. We put a bunch of old stuff in their truck so they can take it to the DI. They had a machete that they said I could have but I forgot it when we left :(. Later we had a lesson with F, M, I, and L about the plan of salvation. After we had a lesson with R about the birth of Jesus. After that we went to the G's and had some cider and black forest cake. Wednesday was transfers. We went to the mission office so Elder W could pick up his new greenie. I got picked up by my new companion Elder S and we went to my new area in Roy. We went to our apartment and I unpacked a little before we went to set up for a baptism for a kid named B. It went smoothly. After we went to a rehearsal for a ward Christmas party. After we went to dinner and had an amazing quiche with garlic zucchini.  Thursday we did lots of service. We helped a guys start to build a shelf then later we went to a senior center and set up Christmas decora...

Tuesday we had District Council and we had a discussion about how to study effectively. After that, we went to the bike shop to pick up my bike but it wasn't fixed even though they told me it would be done on monday :(. We then had one of the most Utah Missionary Problem moments imaginable. We went to Panda Express because we had way too much food money and we got our food and someone came and paid for us without telling us. It was like you've go to be kidding me. Later we had a discussion after dinner with a family that started off talking about the Restoration and ended up talking about how we can do everything God commands. One of the new changes in the handbook is that we have longer messages after dinner. The longer discussions definitely gives the Spirit a chance to give people the messages they need. We had a lesson with R where we read about the story of Alma the Younger's conversion. Wednesday morning my nose was bleeding a ton which was reminiscent of my c...

Tuesday morning we had district council and afterwards we gave Elder C a blessing. He has Bronchitis and aint nobody got time for that. After lunch we went and helped set up the Gs Christmas lights. we also got a Christmas tree from a member who got a new one and didn't want theirs anymore. Wednesday we went to the food pantry and sorted food for a while. Then we ate and watched more the Face to Face with Elder Gong. We had the Stake Youth Activity that we have been working on for a while. We talked about things that we wish we knew before our missions and then answered a bunch of their questions. That was a lot of fun and some people said they really appreciated the things we said. Elder C's Bronchitis turned into Pneumonia and so Elder G went with me to a lesson with a girl named Gracie while Elder W stayed with Elder C. We talked about who Jesus Christ is and about why he is so important to all of us. After dinner we talked about the Restoration with the family ...