This week was a good one.  We've had to do a lot of stuff for the zone and certain companionships so we really didn't have much time to focus on our own area.  But I will list some of the highlights of this week!

Number one is that this was the first week of school which is super exciting if you're in the YSA ward.  So everyone is back now and school started Wednesday.  Tuesday we planned a lot and organized the booth we were going to set up at the school fair they have on the first day of school.  

Wednesday was an exciting day where we had a booth on campus from about 11-5 and it went really well.  We bought a canvas board and wrote the question "WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?" in the center really big. We bought a bunch of sharpies too and  we would ask everyone to come write their answer to the question.  Of course they all did because they like giving their opinion.  haha  After they signed the canvas we had a survey there with a few questions and a place to leave contact info.  So we were able to get over 100 contacts that we split between the three companionships!  It was a super good time and really successful!

Second was that we had interviews with President Orton Thursday.  It was such a process to set up the interview schedule and all the stuff for President this time but the interviews themselves were really good for our zone.  My interview was pretty much about everyone in the zone and not myself.  haha  We have 20 missionaries in this zone and it can be so hard to stay on top of everyone and for some reason this transfer has been quite the time of trials for everyone.  But it was a good thing.  

Friday we had a good district meeting where we talked a lot about our areas and then we focused on Faith and God's Will. It was a really good meeting.  

On Saturday we were able to go to Newport with the other YSA Elders for a baptism.  President and Sister Orton were there as well.  It was just a good time to go out and see the Newport Elders and the Waldport Sisters and see how they're doing.  

Then mostly because of the conversation I had with President, we had an extra meeting with just our zone so that we could refocus on the important stuff.  We talked about the blessings we have and why we should be grateful.  It went well i thought.

Other than all that, hopefully we will have a little more time to focus on our own area this week.  It can be a lot of fun with all the students so hopefully it'll be good.  
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This week has been quite the week! We had some good activities at the beginning of the week doing game night for FHE and playing sand volleyball for sports night. It's always a good time to be able to spend some time with the investigators and members to do something fun. 

We were able to have some great lessons this week with both of our investigators with baptismal dates as well as others that we are teaching. Every week we play basketball with one of our investigators, Jacob and this week we found out there is a ball group that plays every Thursday at the stake center so we went and played with all of them. We found out it's not just members that play but non members too so it's a lot of fun and a really good way we can talk to these guys!

Friday through Sunday was the more exciting part of the week so I'll give you a play by play of that! Friday we had new missionary training and district meeting which went well, not anything out of the ordinary. We talked about finding new people to teach and talking to everyone so when elder Henley and I went to go find people on campus that afternoon we didn't let anyone cross our face without trying to share our message. We talked to this girl and walked with her to the back of the football stadium where she was going to go in to work. We were able to share a good amount with her and in the middle of us teaching her, Zach Nyborg whose the Athletic Director for the football team and a member in our ward walks by. When we were done talking to her he asked us if we wanted to go on a tour of the stadium and there was no way we were going to turn that down. So we got to see everything, from the locker room to the coaches offices and equipment room. It was pretty dang cool! He's an awesome dude and always tells us if we need anything to let him know.

Then also friday our investigators Jacob and Anissa texted us and asked us if we could go to the OSU football game Saturday night with them. So I figured we might as well ask president Orton if we could go. So I called president Friday night and plead my case and for some crazy reason he totally wanted us to go! We were amazed and so excited! I thought about how awesome going to the game was going to be and for some reason I just felt like I should give my ticket to the new missionary we share our ward with because he was seeming pretty down recently.

 

Saturday morning we played soccer and after that I told Elder Clem he could have my ticket which was straight sad for me but I just couldn't go and feel great about it. I figured elder Henley and Clem could go with our investigators since they still knew both of them.

Saturday afternoon the Chinese sisters had a baptism and earlier that week their investigator Chelsea asked me to baptize her. So I was able to do that and it was really an awesome thing! It went super well and right after she was baptized she bore her testimony and it was so beautiful. It was one of those moments where you are just reassured of the truth that you already know. It was a blessing to help in that.

That night we went to dinner with elder Clem and Knell before they were going to go to the game and at dinner elder Henley said he didn't want to go and I could go. I think he just wanted me to go more than he wanted to go so it was so nice of him.

Elder Clem and I were able to go to the OSU NCAA football game on Saturday night and it was so sick! They lost but we had some great seats, got to hang out with our investigators more and had a great time.

Sunday I gave a talk in church on prayer. I prepared a lot for it and had way more to say than I had time for but I felt it went pretty well.  That night we had the YSA devotional by Elder Bednar.

 

This week had some highlights and a lot of blessings. It's good to be in Corvallis.

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This week was a change from the past because last Monday was transfers.  Elder Henley and I are staying here as zone leaders but we now share our YSA ward with another set of Elders and another set of Chinese sisters.  It's so much fun sharing the ward with these new Elders because they are straight homies.  We've already had some good times around campus talking to people and whatnot!  The first OSU home game was Saturday so we were able to talk to a lot of people around there! A lot of drunk girls talking to us and being really weird. haha

We've had some really cool lessons.  One, for example, was with Desty who now has a goal for baptism and then right after the lesson she came with us to a different baptismal service out in Newport!! It was really cool!  We also have Sam who is getting baptized the 16th so that should be super awesome!

Sunday was fast Sunday and also my birthday.  It was a pretty good day.  The bishop's wife made me a cake and the whole ward sang to me at break the fast.  

Crazy thing of the week is I was stung by a bee for the third time in the past month and every time has been while we are driving and it flies in the window!  Sad thing is that now that there are three sets of missionaries we only have one dinner appointment this week! :(  Super Fun!

Anyway, this week I'm giving a talk in church and it should be just another good week!

Stay Solid
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