Blessings for the nude and afflicted!

Had a pretty loco week this week!

Elder Jarnin and I started last week with a little of a boring p-day, as it was transfers so we aren't allowed to hang out with any other missionaries that whole day. But this day should be way more fun! We have a new SLT(Sister Training Leader), a new ZL(Zone Leader), and a new DLB(District Leader Buddy, Like me! - not a real calling btw-) in our zone! Should be fun today to meet all these people!

Stoppin for a visit

On Tuesday Elder Jarninja and I were trying to visit a less active man on the top of a mountain, and then he wasn't home, so we got a little distracted. We ended up climbing up this huge hill so I sledded down it in my "water resistant" pants. Not as resistant as I would have liked.

Elder Jarnagin with a bird's eye view.

Then, later that day, we saw Mike! Mike is a very interesting fellow. He was baptised like a year ago and then got very heavily into drugs. He realized how much they messed him up, so he want's to change, however. We see him literally every day to help him along his path to recovering from his addictions. He has already kicked the big stuff, now we're just trying to help him  quit weed and tobacco. But anyway, on Tuesday night we went over there and he answered the door without a shirt on and we're like, it's fine, it's Mike, he's weird. But then he goes, "Guys I'm having really bad withdrawals and I'm overheating, so I have no clothes on." And I said, "Like down to your skivvys or NO clothes?" and then by a swift opening of the door he confirmed that he really meant NO clothes. So Elder Jardin and I got a face full of Mike, but it's alright, we are troopers. We came in and proceeded to give him some doctrinal comfort, and then he asked me to give him a blessing. So, ladies and gentlemen, at approximately 2030 hours on a Tuesday night in April, I gave a priesthood blessing to a fully naked man in a beach chair in his living room. Gardnerville is fun!

I went on exchanges on Friday with Elder Mills in his area. I didn't realize how much I love all o my investigators until I had to spend a day in someone else's area not teaching my peeps! But it's ok, they kind of all cancelled that day anyway so I didn't really miss out lol.

Some local wildlife.

Some funny stuff happened on the exchanges too. Like we were at some less-actives' house and they gave us this really hot salsa that was really good. Then after that we booked it to our dinner across town. When we got there, we started dinner promptly and after the prayer they apologized because we were having fajitas but they were almost out of salsa. Then Elder Mills goes, "Don't worry, I have some!" and pulls out the recently acquired spicy sauce and places it on the table to the confusion and amazement of the dinner hosts. We all started laughing and I told the hosts to not think he was weird, we just happened to get some from some less-actives and he had just forgotten it was in his pocket. Classic Elder Mills.

On Saturday, we had a church tour with Mike and he really liked it. It was funny because he had all of his Social Workers there to watch him and they were all in awe by the Spirit as we entered the Chapel.  He said he felt all warm inside when he was in there. Spirit++!!

A gift for our little visitor Stewart from Elder J's mom

A cool weird small milagro happened this week, too. Elder Jarganin and I were walking to a less active Spanish family's house and we were like dang we aren't going to have time to walk all the way there to set up this meeting, and then go back to the church in time (we had a meeting with out Ward Mission Leader there).  So we turned around and just decided we would have to come back another time. (It turns out we had missed the turn for their house a long time before that but it's ok, no one has to know). We were walking for about five minutes and we came across a Spanish man, and yes, it was Brother Rivera, the very man we were trying to see! He comes up to E' Jarnagin, and says, "Hola, son Mormones? Quero ser Mormon tambien!" (Are you Mormons, I want to be Mormon too!) Elder Jarnagin doesn't know who he is yet and says with a look of wonder on his face, "En Serio? perfecto!" (Seriously? perfect!) Then Bro Rivera says, "Pero ya soy."(But I already am) Then he figured it out haha. It was pretty great and we set up the appointment and everything!

Not much else went on this week! I am having a great time here in Nevada. Love you all and have a great one!

Adios.