Valentine's Day

 Hello there everyone!

Man well it's been an interesting week! It's been really great though. Really looking forward to this next one. 

Well I had to say good bye to Elder Pullman. After being together for three transfers it all came to an end. It was very bitter sweet saying good bye, he was a great trainer and I'm going to miss him! My new companions name is Elder Helzer, se's from New York City. He's been out for about 18 months and he's super great, his last few areas have been completely, 100% Spanish. So he's literally fluent in Spanish. And I've been learning tons from him! Even though there's barely any Spanish work here in Omak, he's been helping me a lot with the language. A lot of the time when it's just us two we'll speak Spanish to each other, at first I hated it. But now I'm really appreciating him and helping me learn this language. I'm still pretty awful at it haha, but I know that it will come around! 

It hasn't been nearly as hard taking over the area as I thought it would be. Since we're in such a huge area there's pretty much always something we can be doing. We're always able to keep busy and I'm very grateful for that! In fact it's been pretty fun taking over the area. My confidence in being a missionary is growing a lot. 

I had a great Valentines Day. I didn't even realize it was Valentine's Day until we walked into our Zone Meeting and it was written on the board. Haha I guess it goes to show it's kind of a lame holiday. But I had a great day! 

We had Adolfo come to church again yesterday. I can't really remember what I've mentioned about him. But we've been meeting with him ever since I got here, and it seems that within these last few weeks he's really been making a lot of progress. The only big problem with him is that he's been drinking and smoking for over 50 years. He wants to quit. But it's going to be hard. We're going to do everything we can to help him though. Please include him in your prayers. 

We had another amazing lesson with Gena and Chris. We talked more about the importance of the Book of Mormon and how they can come to know that it's true. The Spirit was very very strong with them and we even committed them to coming to church. Unfortunately they didn't make it and we're not really sure what's up with them. We have another appointment with them this week. So PLEASE keep them in your prayers as well! 

We've been meeting with a recent convert who moved here from Wanatchee a few months ago. Yesterday he introduced us to his girlfriend who was interested in learning more. We had a super good talk with her about the Restoration and the Book of Mormon, and she even accepted baptism. The only thing is that she's living up in British Colombia right now, so she's in another ward boundary--so we can't really teach her anymore! But the thing is, it doesn't really matter because as long as she eventually does accept the gospel, it doesn't really matter who gets to teach her. So I'm so happy for her! 

It's been crazy warm here. Midday it's usually in the 50's. I love it! 

I'm so very grateful for this gospel. This week I've really learned to rely on prayer to help me. Prayer is something I've been doing all my life but now I've learned to rely on and now I wouldn't be able to live without it. I'm so grateful for a loving Heavenly Father who hears and answers our prayers. 

I love this church, I know it's true. And I love to be a missionary!

Love you all!

Elder Scott