First week in Washington

 

Hello everyone! 

Well, I'm finally here in Washington. So what do you want to know first? My area? My companion? Well they're all great! 

Our first night we stayed in Kennewick. Sister Ware made a huge dinner for us. It was honestly some of the best food I've ever eaten. Only because anything other than cafeteria mexican food is a good option. President Ware is an amazing man. I've only had a short interview with him. But he is so kind and very inspired. 

So my area is the most northern part of the mission, it's also the largest. And it's covered by me and my companion. We're over two wards the Omak ward and the Oroville ward. We live here in Omak and then we go up to Oroville once or twice a week. They're both English wards. Omak is amazing. It's a cute little town surrounded by a bunch of lakes, trees and cliffs. And I absolutely love it! The people here are so amazing. Since our area is so huge, and it's only covered by me and my companion, we do a lot of driving. We had a zone meeting last Saturday and it was so far away we had to drive the night before to another companionship's apartment and spend the night just so we could be there early enough for the meeting.

My trainers name is Elder Pullman. He's a really cool and calm guy. And guess what, he's from Benjamin! So he went to Spanish Fork High. Small world, huh? But yeah we get along very well and I've learned so much from him already. 

I gave a talk in church yesterday. It wasn't too bad, we just had to talk about general conference. And it was in English. I actually have been speaking barely any Spanish here. Which I have very mixed feelings about. Because on one hand I'm able to communicate very well with everyone, but on the other hand, I can't practice my Spanish! But it'll all work out. 

There is much work to be done here in Omak! We are always very busy keeping up with everyone. And we already have two people on date for baptism! Elder Pullman and his last companion received a mormon.org reference and it was from an older woman named Dorthy. She had been investigating the church on her own for about a month. Then she finally requested the missionaries. In between Sunday sessions of conference they invited Elder Pullman and his companion for lunch, the first thing she told them was that she and her husband (Steve) had received a witness that President Monson is called of God and they wanted to be baptized. I just met them last Saturday and they are amazing. Steve used to be a Baptist minister and Dorthy used to teach the anti-mormon class at their church. They've certainly come a long way! He actually just lost his job too which is really sad. But he's relying on the gospel and his faith in Christ to help him. They also came to church yesterday, and they brought their daughter and Dorthy's sister. After the meeting we asked them how they liked it and their daughter (Beck) had tears in her eyes and she said that it has been a long and painful journey for her, but she knows that she's in the right place. So we set up an appointment with her this thursday! Steve and Dorthy will be baptized on the 25th of October. 

Well I'm absolutely loving it here! The people are amazing and there's so much work to be done.  

I love and miss you all! 

Elder Scott