Hello From Salmon, Idaho! So
as I said I am five hours north of Twin Falls. Out in the Boonies! There
are approximately 3,300 people here of which 30% are active members,
50% in-active members, and the other 20% are here to escape the world.
we are in a Valley at about 4,000 ft elevation. It has snowed here
already but melted super fast. it ranges from 20-50 degrees everyday! My
companion, Elder Van Zalinge from Texas, and I live in a little cabin
next to someones house on a ranch. We really don't see them all the time
but their son Levi is there all the time! He is a character. He was
born with mental disabilities and is about 35 years old. He thinks he
has dominion over us and steals our food. He is a blast though! Finding
people to teach is super hard! Mostly because the trend here is to
disappear for a couple days at a time. We have a total of seven people
we are teaching of which three we saw this week because of them
disappearing, us spending 14 hours in a car and General Conference.
I
had an amazing
opportunity to give a woman in the hospital a Priesthood Blessing. Her
name is Verla Hutchinson and she was probably 80-90 years old. She lost
her husband, a brother and a son-in-law in the span of a month. I was
the one to give the blessing and it was amazing. During the blessing,
words flowed out of my mouth that I know didn't come from me, but came
from the Holy Spirit. I felt a portion of the Love Heavenly Father and
Jesus Christ
feel for this daughter of God. By the end of the Blessing Verla was
crying and I was too. We both felt the Love of God and the comfort of
the Holy Ghost. She said "I knew you two young men would come because
God told me you would" We are going back to check up on her this week.
Driving
to and from Twin took 10 hours, and then Arco for a Zone Teaching
meeting took 4 hours. and with General conference being 10 hours that is
24 hours out of our teaching time! This week I know we will teach more. So don't worry next weeks
letter will be more exciting! Miss you all and love you!
-Elder Howard (ehoward@myldsmail.net) Email and Write me! Elder Ethan HowardSalmon, ID 83467
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