Hello everyone!!!
Once again, it's been a roller-coaster of a week! Lots a crazy things happened. But all in all it was a great week.
Well, first things first. We got our transfer calls last Saturday... (Drum roll please)... And I'm staying in Omak! And Elder Pullman is being transferred to Moses Lake, it's about two hours south of where we are, so it's actually not too far away. It's pretty crazy that it actually is happening. We've been together for as long as I've been in the field! So it will be pretty sad to see him off. But it will definitely give me the opportunity to grow and learn. Overall I'm pretty excited! As far as my new companion goes, no other missionary has ever heard of him before, so I literally have no idea what to expect. I'll be sure to tell you ALL about him next week.
We had a pretty cool experience with one of our investigators this week. We've really been wanting to get some fellowship for Gena and Chris. We thought about it for a pretty long time and we both decided that this one family in the ward, the Berthelson's, would be perfect! We had an appointment with Gena and Chris for them to meet the family. Brother and Sister Berthelson came and they also brought their son, Triston, along. When we knocked on their door Gena answered and she wasn't looking too well, she told us that they would have to reschedule because she was pretty sick. But then all of a sudden Chris came up to the door to see who was there, and the second he saw Triston, he freaked out! Turns out they are best friends at school and they hang out all the time. I thought that that was so amazing that the Spirit prompted us to choose the right family to meet our investigators. I'm so excited to continue teaching them, they're such an amazing family and the gospel is going to bless their lives so much.
Yesterday we had an amazing turn out at church--too bad we weren't there to see it! Haha since we cover two wards we have to switch back an forth between which one we'll go to on Sunday. This week we went to the Oroville Ward because we got a commitment from our investigator, Erik, that he would be there--and he was! He had a really good time too. But then later on in the day we heard that another one of our investigators came to the Omak Ward, and he didn't even commit to come that week! And there were TONS of less actives who normally never show up. Somehow the word got out that the missionaries weren't going to be there so they decided to come!
We got some disappointing new from one of our most solid investigator, Karen. Her granddaughter, Abby, called us one day and told us that Karen is going to Arizona, so we wouldn't be able to come over that night. Then I asked, "Oh, well, how long is she going to be gone?" Expecting only a few days or a week, but then she said, "She'll be gone for a few months." My heart kind of sank. She was doing so well and she was on date for baptism--she loves the gospel! I guess her conversion will just take a little more time.
Lately we've been having tons of success while finding on the Indian Reservation. Most people are just drunk and mean and think they're superior to all these ignorant Americans. But then we'll run into these people who are so incredibly and nice and humble. And they are very prepared to hear the gospel. One of our new investigators this week is one of these people. His name is Avery and he was very excited to hear about the Book of Mormon. He called the Lamanites his ancestors haha. I'm vert excited to teach him.
It's been CRAZY warm this week. And I love it. There was a point where it almost got up to 50 degrees. It's also been raining a lot, which I also love!
Thank you for all of your love and support. It's going to be a pretty nerve racking week with taking over the area and getting a new companion. I appreciate all the prayers I can get!
I love this gospel and I love this church, and I LOVE to be a missionary!
Elder Scott
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