Feb. 14, 2012

but this week has been really good for us in the sense of missionary work here in star valley. This week we weren't really able to pick up 6 new investigators like we had hoped for but we did pick up 3 and we are going to be able to pick up 1 more this week. but we are also going to have a baptism on this weekened which is going to be pretty exciting. it was pretty much just a free baptism for us. we haven't even taught this girl, but she had been taught by missionaries before us for several years and the only reason why she wasn't baptized was becuase her parents wouldn't let her be baptized btu she has finally turned 18 and has just decided to to it anyways and i guess her parents are still pretty cool with it, which is really good.

but this week i almost got sent out of star valley. but anyways it is called emergency transfer, and it wasn't my fault!! haha but what happens in the mission is that you usually have a possibility of being transferred every 6 weeks. but sometimes missionaries (like me at one point) need to go home or either they can't get along with their compaion and they can't stand each other anymore, but anyway there were 2 companionships in the mission that weren't getting along and rather than just switching them around they decided to involve us, so the AP's called me up and said that i was going to be transferred. and so i said ok. and then i thought about it a little bit and i thought this is not right becuase i have only been here for 4 weeks and have been having really good success with Elder Ortiz and the member out here really like us and all sorts of good stuff. so i called President Olson and told him everthing that was on my mind and about how i shouldn't be transferred and he said, well those sound like pretty good reasons to me not to be transferred. let me get back with you. and so an hour later i found out that i wasn't going to be transferred. but anyways. i am really liking here even though it is cold. but everyone is super nice to us and we are having good success.