Monday, July 8th, 2019

 Hello All!

Its been an exciting week with the new Mission President and his family! They are amazing people. 

We had Zone Conference this week where President Neilson introduced his family to us. When Sister Neilson was talking to us about how good examples we are as missionaries she mentioned how she saw two Elders at Walmart and how they didn't see her, and how great they were acting, and she pointed right to us and said it was those Elders. It was kind of surprising, and it made me want to never do anything dumb again because people are always watching. I'm grateful she didn't see our shopping cart race or us juggling the produce. Just kidding, that didn't happen.

We had MLC this week with the new Mission President and it was really fun because we had a quick Q and A session where we could ask him any question. For those that don't know, he was the head of the Church History Department. We asked him about what he contributed to the Book "Saints", and he told us how he had to approve every word in the Book before it was published. He calls the Book his Baby.

Happy late 4th of July! Our 4th of July was alright. The best part was the ward Breakfast with the Brass band performance. Very well done. It rained all day so all the fireworks were delayed, which was a bummer, but not really because they would have all happened after our curfew anyways. 

We had our 1st Interview with President Neilson this week. I'm super excited to work with him for my next 3 months. I'm really excited to see what kind of church history insight I can get.

I got to go on an exchange with Elder McKinley this week. (An Elder that went to the same high school as me) It was a super hot day, and super humid. The highlight of the day was getting let in by a guy that was a professional chiropractor. He gave us water but he was not interested. He saw Elder McKinley pop his neck, and he was like, "Can I give you an adjustment?" And I was like, "He would love on." It was pretty fun to watch him get twisted and turned in funny ways. There were a lot of pops!

Love you all! 

Oh yea, I forgot to explain the last picture. After playing soccer at the church, it just so happened that it was a complete waterfall outside. It was raining so hard, so I decided to cool off by standing under the church gutters. It was nice!