The Field is White, Already to Harvest

This week has been really amazing. To start of with Tuesday we did service at the Degarmo's, I may or may not have fallen asleep... Then we got back Elder Ure wasn't feeling well, we went over to a members house and she looked at him and said "you look really pail Elder" I looked over at Elder Ure and he was really pale. so we decided that it would be best to keep him away from everybody. With the time I had at the Apartment I decided to just study. I finished the Book of Mormon, and a lot of really great things stuck out to me this read through. Ether 12, and 2 Nephi 4 are my favorite chapters at the moment. 

Wednesday was similar to Tuesday, Elder Ure was really sick so I just cleaned and studied. It was nice for me to get everything down for Certification this week, and this is like the first test in my life where I feel completely prepared. I had a lot of pondering time today; I thought a lot about the missionary I can be, as well as what the lord expects of me. It's been really great to just sit back and think about all the responsibilities and potential paths I can take.

Thursday was Zone Conference. President Hewlett gave a great talk on how one thing can ruin a mission and how we shouldn't allow that one thing to bring us down. This year is the Year for "Hope" Moroni 7 is the chapter that we are trying to read and follow out here on the mission. It was crazy for me to see this chapter because I just read it and It brings a new light to "Hope" for me. After Zone Conference we stuffed about 6 people in our car and talked for 10 minutes about the mission and just socialized, which was amazing for me because there are no missionaries around out here in the Boonies.

Friday we had Exchanges with our Zone Leader, Elder Davies. He was such a riot and a good time. He really helped me see more of what a missionary could be. We had a really great lesson with Heather and are just trying to get her to quit smoking. Once she's done with that she is fully prepared to be baptized. It's great seeing how the Lord prepares people to be taught. On rather sad side note, I guess I forgot to let everyone know that Britney is no longer on track for Baptism. She's ready to receive the gospel and knows that it's something more that just another church, but she's having some family problems and needs some more time to get life figured out. 

Back to the better part of the week, we found 3 new people with Elder Davies and Had a great Exchange.

Saturday we finished up the Exchange. Elder Davies gave us great advise and told us we were some of the best Elders in the zone. That really just made my day knowing that I'm doing the right thing. It was another day of biking and that hurt the legs a lot, (Woodville has some rolling hills) 

Sunday has been the best Sunday I've had on my mission. It started with Church. (2 hour church is still really great) Then we went visiting with a member to some less active members, they were really nice. once we got back we had an emergency blessing to give to someone out in Dam B, which really hurt our mileage, but "smiles before miles." and finally we went to dinner with a Samoan family who have been coming to church for years but aren't members. So we put the family on date for baptism and are planning to teach the lessons in the upcoming weeks. This just put the cherry on top for the week.

My companion found a really great scripture that sums up our last week. 

Hebrews 6 10-12

As always have a great day!

-Elder King