Well, President and Sister Ware are dead! In mission terms that is... And President and Sister White are here and they are great! We had a meeting last week with them and they're so awesome. President White is a former cop and he was also an insurance fraud investigator. They're from Mapleton and their youngest daughter even went to Maple Mountain. He's VERY different from President Ware, but in a lot of good ways. They are exactly what this mission needs right now. It's pretty sad that I'm not going to serve around them for much longer though.
We got our transfer calls last night. And I am staying! Elder Malcolm is getting transferred though. But he's not going far just going from West Richland to Richland. So that's pretty exciting. I also know the missionary who is coming in. It's Elder Beal. We served around each other in Kennewick and we had a blast together. So I'm really looking forward to serving with him.
4th of July was pretty fun. We were invited over to this huge steak dinner with this part member family. So that was really great! It's always a struggle to talk to people on big holidays because most people are either out of town or they're not interested at all in talking to missionaries because they have other things going on. But we were still able to meet some good people and share the gospel!
We finally had a lesson with Megan again. We had a very powerful lesson on eternal marriage and families. We read through The Family: A Proclamation to the World and had an amazing discussion about what she wants for her family and how the gospel can help her to achieve those goals. So she's coming along great. She's still struggling with quiting smoking. But she has a very strong desire to quit.
I can't believe that this is my last transfer. I'm really glad that I'm staying in this area. This is going to be a great place to end my mission. Despite it being very small, the members here are great and very supportive and I'm very optimistic about this next transfer. I love this gospel so much because it's all about new beginnings and clean slates.
Here's my scripture for this week: Articles of Faith: 8&9
"We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.
We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God."
I love you all! I hope all of you had a great 4th of July!
Elder Scott
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