Week #90

Hey Mis!

Sounds like a blast in Italy. That's super cool you're in Italy. I say that every week, but it's true haha. You go back home in June right? What are the plans after Italy?

I had a pretty good week. We had MLC again with Prez. It was pretty sad, but we're excited for the new president, President Youngblood. I got to see Elder Aitchison again, that was really cool! And Elder Hatch and Elder Ramirez, some of my former companions.

Later on in the week, I got super sick. Like my stomach just turned into a rock. It wasn't good haha, I was out like the whole day. But other than that, we had some more awesome lessons with the Merrills, and with Alicia and her son too! They're all moving along towards their baptisms, I'm super excited!

That was pretty much my week! Nothing else too exciting. I hope you have a great week!

Love you Mis!

Trev

Sent 5/29/17

Week #89

Hey Mis!

Italy sounds so fun! I'm jealous. Each week seems super eventful for ya! I love the pictures too.

I had an awesome week! I LOVE Elder Cook. He's super hardworking, I've really enjoyed being his companion so far. We had some really cool lessons this week. The Merrill family wants to get baptized sooner! The Young Women's president is taking them to girls camp this summer, and they're doing a Temple trip at girls camp. So, the Merrills want to go to the temple with them, so they bumped up their baptismal date to June! So we're super excited. We also had an awesome lesson with Alicia. We set a goal for her baptism for Aug. 5th, and she's super excited!! The zone has been doing pretty well too, we've improved a lot this week!

Not much else happened, but it was a pretty good week. Have a great week!

Love you Mis!

Trev

Sent 5/22/17

Week #88

Hey Mis!

Sounds like a fun time in Italy! It was great to see you and the whole fam on Mother's Day, even though the wifi was weird at first. I had never Skyped in a Tesla or a bathroom before, so check both of those off the list! Haha. Seems like the family is doing pretty well, that's good to hear!

My week was great! We had a baptism this week!! Jordyn got baptized!!! She invited a ton of friends and family too, which was cool. The YW in the ward sang a special musical number too which was awesome! Also, Summer and Skye, two of the people we're teaching, attended the baptism, and even participated in singing the musical number!! It was awesome. It was funny cuz my old comp, Elder Hatch, taught Jordyn when he was here, so he FaceTimed into the baptism. It was funny though because he didn't FaceTime in until I stood up to be one of the witnesses for the baptism, that's when he called hahaha. That's Elder Hatch for ya, incredible timing haha. He's a goon. The rest of the week was good too. We ate dinner with the stake president, Pres. Hedger, and he came out teaching with us after. He's a really cool guy! I told him how Dad is an attorney, and so we talked about law school and stuff. He thought Dad must've been pretty smart since he went to Cornell for law school, and I told him he couldn't tell if he actually met Dad. 😂😂

Yep, still roastin' Dad, even 2,000+ miles away. We took him to see the Merrills, and it was an awesome lesson! Super spiritual, and Pres. Hedger unleashed some deep knowledge in the lesson. It was super cool. On Sunday, after church Elder Dodge and I were updating some things in our area book and preparing for transfers this week, when I saw two people that looked familiar in the chapel. I looked closer, and it was Bro. and Sis. Van Orden!!! They were like my favorite people I've met on my mission, they were in the Castle Ridge ward. Since I've served there, the wards got realigned, and their new ward meets in the same building as ours!! Haha, it was super cool to see them. Their ward has sisters, so they gave us their son's phone number to get him out teaching with us cuz he doesn't go teaching anymore. So I'm pumped!! Haha. Also, transfers are this week. I'm staying, and getting Elder Cook! He's been out for slightly less than a year. He's coming from Parker, he was one of the DLs when I was a ZL out there. He's a good guy, so I'm pumped!!!

That was pretty much my week. I hope you enjoy Italy! Have a great week!

Love ya Mis!

Trev

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Week #87

Week #86

Hey Mis!

My week was pretty good. We had a couple lessons this week with the Merrill family. They're doing awesome! The mom and daughter came to church, and they loved it! The dad joined us for a lesson for the first time, which was awesome! He's not quite ready for church yet, but he's doing really well. We also got to do some service for the Merrills. We did some yard work and pulled weeds for them, it was cool to finally do service, cuz 99.99% of the time, people reject our offer for service. 

Jordyn also passed her baptismal interview! We rescheduled her baptism for the 11th so some family could attend, so I'm pretty excited! 

I went on a couple exchanges this week. One with Elder Kensinger, one with Elder Bissett. They were both interesting exchanges. I don't want to put too much negative in my email, but neither exchange was my favorite. It was a good learning experience though. 

This coming week will be good with Jordyn's baptism, and we're also teaching Primary!! Which will be interesting haha.

Love you Mis!

Trev

Week #85

Hey Mis!

CONGRATS ON GRADUATING!!!! I'm bummed I missed it, but I was there in spirit. I'm super happy for you though!

My week was busy. We had interviews with President Snow. It was fun to sit down and talk with him. This was the most relaxed interview I had with him. It was interesting. I think part of it was that he was having a long day, and part of it is that he's almost done. Either way, it was cool to see that side of President! 

I went on two exchanges this week. One was with Elder Beaumont, from South Carolina. He's a good guy, and we had a lot of fun and got a lot of work done! I also exchanged with Elder Gerloff. He used to be my zone leader back in the day, so it was interesting to see him in a role reversal haha. 

As for the week, there was a youth fundraiser dinner and auction at the church. It was cool, because the YW's president got our investigators involved! Summer and Skye who we've been teaching helped cook and serve! And they LOVED it. It was a super cool activity. Jordyn is doing well too, she's getting baptized this Saturday! We're excited. Other than that, my week wasn't super eventful.

Have a great week!

Love you Mis!

Trev