How are we doing on this wonderful winter morning? Is it as cold where you live as it is in Sheridan Montana? It has been in the negatives again, and we are experiencing a pretty good storm right now. I'm so glad I have the weather protection for it out here.
So, this week has been quite different than normal. I'll explain, but I'm sure the subject of this email is pretty self explanatory.
To start, this past week was Transfers. Elder Barlow got shipped off to Thompson Falls, and I am staying in Sheridan and Whitehall. And by the subject, you can probably tell that I am training again. Yeah! I'm so excited. Because such, we spent a large chunk of time cleaning up the apartments, in preparation for the upcoming exchange of Companions.
So, Thursday was the Big Day. Transfers. I said Goodbye to Elder Barlow as the zone leaders took him to Helena, and I waited with Elder Williams for them to return. We had some fun getting important things done, like a car wash ( the one in Whitehall is closed for the season, so this chance was a nice opportunity), and we also did some street contacting and store contacting. Around 2 PM, we finally got the great moment. My new Companion, fresh from the MTC got out of the zone leader's Truck. We took his stuff back to Whitehall, and let him get settled in before coming back to Butte for our meeting later that night.
So, we had the Transfer Meeting Thursday night. It was a great meeting where the zone leaders and President Steinfedlt speaking on working together and being one in purpose with Members. It was an awesome meeting.
The rest of the week always seemed to be packed even with the little planning we did, which was kind of cool. We did a fair bit of service, had a couple great lessons, and had a fun time letting Elder Reese get to know the leadership just a little bit. It has been pretty packed hard core. Which is awesome. It never has been this booked since I came here, so I definitely enjoyed that blessing from the Lord.
So a little about Elder Reese, and why he is so special. (Because I'm sure you are wanting to know more about this)
Elder Reese is 18 years old. He graduated from High School just before putting in his papers to go on a mission, so he is fresh from High School. He is from Tacoma, Washington. He has 1 brother, but no sisters. And this is his first time away from home. So it's a super exciting time in his life. He is a great missionary that wants to learn a lot, and I'm super excited to work with him over these next 6 weeks.
Quick story, in this area, we have for a vehicle a 2016 Nissan Frontier. It is a mini pick up truck that has 4 wheel drive, but almost no power in it at all. Anyway, we are heading along this dirt road to a members house right? As we are starting to go around the corner of the long, and I mean really long, driveway, I quickly stop to put the truck into 4 wheel drive, because there are 2-3 inch drifts on the road and the truck tends to have trouble getting over them. Well, as I'm going through this driveway in 4 wheel drive, the truck still starts to slide on me. I'm doing all I can to counteract the sliding, but I inevitably drift and come to a stop gently on the side of the road. With the high winds blowing as hard as they were, we were quickly buried in about 1.5 to 2 foot bank of snow on my side, and a 6-8 inch drift on the passenger side, and it was quickly rising. Even with all our efforts to safely exit our trap, we were stuck. A 4 wheel drive truck stuck from 2-3 inch drifts in the road. We phoned for help and waited for about 1 hour for help as we constantly were trying to dig our tires out. It was an experience I'll never forget. I guess I can say now that I've experienced a Montana winter.
So, I just remembered that we saw a great little miracle this week. Even though the week was kind of crazy. Everything has kind of fallen into place over the last few days. For example, us being so busy. Or another cool miracle was that as we were going throughout the week. We were given a huge handful of referrals in the Sheridan area, and the Whitehall ward has a few in the making as well. So I'm super excited to see how we can build off of the improving conditions of the area.
Another cool miracle we saw was in Kris. We are still working towards a interview date with President Larsen for Kris. He has been a hard one for us to catch at a good time. But we'll keep trying. Anyway, Kris is continuing to grow and prepare. He settled a lot of our fears regarding the commandments, and how much he still needs to be taught before the interview, so that was a great mini blessing that we enjoyed.
So overall, this week has been pretty crazy, but also exciting. There have been a bunch of mini miracles, and that just goes to show how much God cares about what we are doing and that we can understand our progress as time goes on. These next 5 weeks are going to be very exciting, and I can hardly wait to get started.
I hope all is well wherever you are. I am doing well, but I'd also love to know how you are doing. But anyway, I'll talk to you all next week.
Love,
Elder Sherwood
Pictures:
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| A huge icicle Elder Williams and I found. |
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| The icicle |
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| Popping Elder Barlow's old basketball. |
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| Companion selfies |
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| Companion selfies |
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| Last photo with Elder Barlow |
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| Me and Elder Reese |
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