Sept 14 and Sept 20

September 14
The Alaska companions left and now there is only four of us from our district here until tomorrow morning. I have had so many blessings here! The teachers really help us to know how to teach preach my gospel. What is difficult isn't using the material it's how to study it, and learn from it, and then listen to the spirit so he can guide us on how the lord wants us to teach the investigator. We have to learn to tie everything back to the gospel and guide everyone to Jesus Christ. Before I came out here I honestly thought the way missionaries taught was a little over bearing, but I see the wisdom in it. That the Holy ghost is the teacher not us we just help them know the basics and guide them to Christ and the holy ghost does everything else. Testify, Comfort, love, knowledge, understanding all of it comes from the Holy Ghost and we just have to be worthy vessels. Preach My gospel is an inspired book I know it now with how I have used it and the scriptures to teach investigator after investigator. We constantly here from other converts that what brought them to the church and kept them going was the spirit they felt with the missionaries and the support from their wards. I am so grateful I can do this work the same work Christ did when he was here. The same work many have died for. The same work that through the resorted gospel has blessed millions. they are trying to help missionaries to learn while they help the investigators to learn. How we can take what we will go through on our missions and help us be stronger people and I already see it happen. It is an amazing opportunity. Most of all I am grateful the lord saw fit to let me do his work.

September 20

I am here in wonderful Plattsmouth, Nebrask my VERY FIRST AREA! and Sister Hale is my trainer she is from centerville, utah! lol Looks like Utah may be a common factor with my companions. It's all corn fields here and soybean fields NOT EVEN KIDDING. It's beautiful though all green and trees and blue sky. It was FREEZING the last two days Sister Hale and I wore four layers mostly to keep warm while we went proselyting. We found an amazing family the Ramaro family and they have heard of the Book of Mormon before and went to a few church sites. They are wonderful! They are Catholic ( most people seem to be here ;) ) and Michelle( the mom) is really kind. There are two boys and two girls the oldest is a boy named Jake( he is a senior in high school) and the youngest is Adam( he is in first grade). We see them again this week pray that there hearts will be softened and that they will be willing to here and act on what we will teach! please. Also we have the Klinetobe family and a lady named Sarah and a man named Don. Mom these people are so awesome! Everyone here is really humble even when they are mad and they are being rude to make Sister Hale and I leave they do it in a nice way it's pretty cool. We are staying with the Bucksbee family ( which is really brother and sister bucksbee because there kids are all in there mid twenties and older) until we can get into our more permanent place. Sister Hale is a wonderful trainer and is really patient with me. The ward members are all REALLY excited to have us here and are being really wonderful with helping us out. Sister Hale showed me that actually most of our work isn't going around knocking on doors. It's helping the members in there missionary work and looking at referrals and seeing who is ready to listen. President and sister Kunz are wonderful and really kind. I am so surprised at how organized missionary work really is and how it goes so perfectly together. Of course it would because it's the lords work and the lord is organized but it was still a little surprising. How much detail is thought out is just really cool.