Letter #40: Super Short Week

This week really did fly by… probably because it was one day shorter haha. But yeah…

I honestly feel like nothing really crazy or out of the ordinary happened this week. We have been teaching a lot of people just trying to get them to start keeping commitments and coming to church. It is fun to teach people and work with people to take the steps that will help them come closer to Christ and experience all the blessings that this gospel really does bring. The happiness, peace, and joy that comes from the knowing that God is our father and he truly does love us and to trust in him and know that he knows what is best for you.

I just love being a missionary… It is amazing. Sometimes when I get stressed or am having a bad day, I just take a step back and realize that a) I am in paradise b) people call it the best two years for a reason c) I am so blessed with so much d) as long as I give my all, God will be more than satisfied.

Our investigator named A_______ passed his baptismal interview this Sunday and will be baptized on next Sunday at like 12:30. A former missionary who is living with him is going to baptize him. It is crazy. It has probably been the easiest baptism ever in history. We go to teach him and we say “Today we are going to teach you about tithing” and he tells us “That is where you donate 10% of whatever you have to donate to the Lord because everything we have is from him so giving 10% back is super easy.” He literally knows everything we believe and believes it all. We literally have to do nothing. He is just so prepared.

So I will tell you a little bit more about my companion. Elder Passey. He is the oldest of 7 from Grantsville Utah, super funny and sarcastic, but he is really obedient and works really hard. He has great Spanish been out for 15 months. We get along more than great. We joke around a lot and we have been making working a lot more fun. He was a cross-country runner back home so in the mornings I die trying to keep up with him. It is really fun though.

This entire transfer has gone by crazy fast. So this is the last week of the transfer and we have transfer calls on Saturday. I feel like it was only a blink of an eye.

I love all you guys and hope you have a great week!

-Elder Bryce the Younger