Writings from West Virginia: A New Mission President!

Hello everyone! Happy 4th! Happy birthday Dad! Fun stuff!

Sooooooo what to talk about first. After leaving the library on Monday, we went to... back home. It was a real take-it-easy day. Elder Fielding took a nap and I read a comic book about The Bible and the "Big Book of LDS Secrets" which is a textbook for a class at the Y called "Church History in the Fullness of Times". It has some really cool, deep doctrine stuff in it that slips under the cracks (mostly because it isn't pertinent to our eternal salvation, but that doesn't mean it isn't cool to learn about!) Like for example, during the times when Joseph Smith led the battalion, the company found the remains of a skeleton with an arrow sticking out of his chest. Joseph said he was one of the last Righteous Lamanite Chieftains. Zelph or something like that.

Tuesday we said good-bye to an investigator and his less-active wife. They moved up to Pensboro, where they just took the Missionaries out of. Shoot. They were progressing so well. We helped them move on Tuesday for two or so hours, then he took us out to dinner where I ate.... A SALAD (Contain your gasps, Mom, I know you're so proud.) and a philly-cheesesteak. Yummy yummy.

On Wednesday we helped MORE people move. This time it was in, rather than out. The W. family. They hired a moving crew of 4 people, mostly to speed it up and move their 900 pound gunsafe. Elder Fielding and I luckily got there right as they were putting it into place. Dodged a bullet (haha).

Also, if there is ever something wrong with the world; civil war, famine, nuclear war, zombie apocalypse, whatever, I'm totally going to their house. They have tons of things to defend yourself with, a lake, tons of food storage, solar panels, and their house is on top of a mountain surrounded by an electric fence that is constantly running at a high voltage. Total fortress, in the middle of nowhere.

Thursday! We met President and Sister Salisbury! The highlight of the week! They are so awesome and so excited! We drove up to Clarksburg for the "Meet The President" thing at The Clarksburg Stake Center, so all of the Clarksburg Zone and Morgantown Zone came to see him. I got to see someone I came out with who is currently serving in Masontown. I forgot to get a picture. I'm bad at that. :P

President and Sister Salisbury are super nice and sweet. They have a son currently serving in The Philippines, and he gets home next August I think. Apparently he's coming here for a couple weeks, then going back home to Utah.

On Friday we went BACK to Clarksburg for Zone meeting! This time it was just the Clarksburg Zone. Elder Chavez and Elder Hadfield, our Zone Leaders, taught. They talked about accountability and other things, like getting to know your investigators. Elder Fielding taught District Meeting right after Zone Meeting. It was awesome! He talked about the order of things that should take our importance when teaching. Obviously progressing investigators come first. He also talked about how Member Referrals are what get baptisms, because they already have a friend in the Church that way.

After that, we came back to Buckhannon and spent The 4th at the Family C's house with a couple of his kids and grandkids. I learned how to play Cornhole! (Look it up, I want one when I get home. ;D) You basically are throwing beanbags into a hole in a wooden board. Sounds boring. Great fun though!

So, not a lot to report on this week. We taught a less active and her husband, K&J, they had some concerns and we worked through it, and J. came back to Church!! Hopefully she keeps coming. They are thinking about switching Churches, so we are pushing them hard to read and pray. They are so close to their answer, they just need to keep going.

We are meeting with N. and then R & A this week. We'll see how that goes. Hopefully well. Teaching The Restoration!

I love you all! Keep praying for me! Prayer works! I'll talk to you all next week!

-Brax