I'm about to finish my 2nd week in the MTC!

omigosh the mtc is so fun!

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It's been a good week. We gave the last two zone conferences. I gave the same training 12 times and loved it each time.

It was interesting to see some missionaries grasp the skills and concepts and others who just let it all wash over their heads. I've learned on my mission the important lesson of being present. If you are somewhere, you need to want to be there. If you don't want to be there either change or repent. If you just sit through a meeting expecting it to be lame, you're going to be bored. But if you seek revelation you can receive it. Luckily I noticed that soon into my mission.

I guess it's like texting friends. If you want to talk to them so bad, why not just be with them. Do what you want but make sure that what you're doing is best. This is hard to explain and I don't know why I'm making you all listen to my rant. 

Craig is getting baptized on Saturday. I'm so excited. He's one of my absolute favorite investigators. I realized I haven't taught very many men in my mission.

This upcoming week is transfer week so we will probably be spending lots of time with President Neider. I'm excited to work on this and hopefully help him make all these things go smooth. 

Life is good here in Vegas. I don't have too much to write about. I got sunburned for the first time in like forever.

My life is so exciting and full of cool experiences but ... I just cant think of them right now.
Ya'll deserve better. 

Maybe sometime in the next two years I'll figure this thing out and send a half decent letter.

I love you all so much.

Sam

I feel like it was just yesterday that I was writing you all

It's been a good week.

Monday we had meetings.

Tuesday was a zone conference.

Wednesday was MLC. My last. And probably my favorite.

Thursday was a zone conference.

Friday was a ZTM. A zone leader was sick so I had to train at it.

Saturday was another ZTM that I was just there to evaluate. 

Sunday was church.

It went so fast!

I love all the things I get to do. I say it all the time, but training missionaries is like my favorite thing to do in the whole world. I really want to work at the MTC after I’m done being an RA.

It's been crazy with investigators this week. Everyone has been so busy with the end of school and with all our meetings it’s been hard to meet with them. So hopefully this upcoming week will be good and we can have more lessons.

I think Craig will be the last baptism I have on my mission. I think everyone else that we’re teaching will get baptized early July. I’ll be sad to miss them. But it's okay. I really love Craig. I've learned a lot from him and his excitement and faith. 13 days to read the Book of Mormon and his retention is incredible. He knew that Alma 13 was the chapter about the 'higher priesthood' that was cool. He will be getting baptized on the 21^st, more on that next week. 

I went on another exchange with Elder Sullivan. He's grown a lot. He's a really good missionary.

That's all I got.

I love you all so much.
Sam 

Hellllllo

So the baptisms didn’t happen.

It was a crazy week.

I’ll talk about the baptisms briefly

We were hoping for three.

1 dropped us Monday afternoon.

1 moved back in with her boyfriend on Tuesday

1 got drunk Wednesday and pushed it back

So none happened in Bermuda. BUT! OSCAR and ABBY got baptized in BV!!! It was so good to go back and see everyone (this baptism was at night) I love them both.

Sam, Elder Wendt, Oscar, Abby, Elder Rushton

Sam, Oscar and Abby

Craig finished reading the Book of Mormon. He loves it. He wants to start reading it again now!

Zone conferences went wonderfully well! I love my topic and I love learning with these missionaries.

This week we have two more ZC and an MLC so it’ll be a good one.

WEIRD STUFF THIS WEEK

-We have a lot of grown men and women cry to us which is a weird experience.

-I got a letter this week from a girl in a past area which was super uncomfortable. Summary: "Hi, how are you? Write me back! Bye." O_o

-We contacted a couple. The man was drunk and tried to take off his pants. The woman showed us her tattoo that ran from her upper torso to her hip. We left. X_X

I can’t believe it's already June. Life is good here in Vegas. I keep getting hotter and hotter. I don’t have much else to say. 

I love you all

:)

Sam