Since Tuesday I've been in a trio, or tripanionship! So in other words I am with two other missionaries. We
jointly cover both of our areas for the next week and a half until the
real transfer date. Covering four wards at one time is a little tough,
but we never find ourselves with nothing to do that's for sure. Also
with limited miles for our car and Kimberly (my area)
about seven miles from where we live in Twin Falls we are having to
really plan out our travels and walk places that are fairly close. So
right now I am living in Twin Falls, only a little over a mile from our
Mission Presidents house and the mission office as well as the Twin
Falls temple! Also we live right across from an Episcopal church which
has a cool bell tower with a cross on top. It makes a great sight for sunsets that's for sure.
The two Elders I am with are Elder Roth and Elder Johnson. Elder Roth was in the MTC with me! We have been out the same amount of time. It's
been cool discussing the last year and a half of our mission. He is
from Atlanta, Georgia but doesn't have any form of accent from there.
Elder Johnson is from Lehi, Utah. He has been out
three months less than Elder Roth and I. Elder Johnson was trained in
Challis at the same time I trained my former companion Elder Mace in
Salmon! We were in the same district up there, Challis being about 50
miles south of Salmon, but that was over a year ago! It is really nice
to serve with two missionaries who are considered "seasoned Elders." We are all able to teach lessons and contact people proficiently and it's fun talking about old times on the mission.
Rewind to last week Monday, Elder Cardon's last day. Monday evening we
were going around our neighborhood in Kimberly saying goodbye to Russ
and Maggie, and a couple of other people Elder Cardon had grown to love.
On the way in between houses we had two great experiences that came out
of no where! I'll just talk about one. We were walking past a house where two guys, Richard and Garrett, were unloading logs from their truck. They actually called us over! Right
when we got up there they started asking us about the Last Days and the
second coming of Christ. Richard was very educated in the Bible and
also World News and he started going off on all the crazy stuff that is
happening in the world. The conversation turned to faith and Elder
Cardon took the chance to speak up. He asked Richard if he had ever thought about modern day prophecy or read the Book of Mormon. Now this was a shocker to me because Elder Cardon has
never spoken up... EVER.. in a conversation until now! I was in awe as I
witnessed Elder Cardon teach this man Richard through the Spirit all
about the Restoration, the Book of Mormon,
how we can have faith that we will be alright during the Second coming
of Christ and have a sure foundation on our Savior. It was awesome!!
Richard accepted a Book of Mormon from us to read. He doesn't live in our area cause he
was just helping Garrett move these logs but we hope the Elders on the
other side of Twin can teach him more. It was amazing to see Elder
Cardon grow and be ready for that opportunity. It
helped me increase in my faith that "with God all things are possible."
(Matthew 19:26). I know that He was with Elder Cardon that night. After that experience another similar one happened! I love it!
All these experiences will be life long and I am so grateful for
everything that happens on my mission. It truly is the best two years of
my life but also for my life.
Love,
Elder Howard
Love,
Elder Howard
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