Email Letter - June 18, 2012

Hey there everyone. Sorry I'm on the late side today, things just turned out that way. This week went alright. We went down to Redding a couple of times for our weekly district meeting and then again for Stake Conference. There wasn't a visiting authority but it was still excellent. The themes that really showed up during the conference, in the adult session and the general session was changing yourself to be more like Christ, parenting, and true conversion. It was interesting because none of the topics were really assigned, at least that's what the Stake President said, and there were a lot of people that shared the same scriptures as each other and things like that. It was pretty cool to see how the spirit really worked with the people that were speaking to help them prepare messages that the congregation needed to hear. It was impressive.
Something I've noticed about here in Trinity county is that no one has any sense of comittment. This week alone we had about 6 appointments that when we showed up the people we were planning on meeting just weren't there. It was super frustrating. To me that is the worst thing that could happen because we just wasted 30 minutes of the Lord's time traveling to your house and you aren't there. Not only that but the members that came to help us, their time too. It has been rough, now that summer is here. Everyone is out on the lake all day. So no matter what time of week, or day, no one is really home. It's hard to be productive because of that.
Other than those couple things though life is good. Elder Bennion and I are happy and working together well even though the work is going slowly.  Really what it comes down to is having the patience to trust the Lord to help you find the people that need the word and are prepared to hear it. And that's what we've been working on the most lately as a companionship. Maybe that's why nothing is happening. You can't pray for patience and expect it to come right away right? Oh well, we're looking forward to this next transfer and are excited to be together for at least another one barring some conflict either between us or one we have to facilitate. In any case, it's going to be a glorious transfer! I love you all, take care and have a wonderful week!