Week 89 April 16 Awesome Week

Awesome week this week!

My new companion is Elder Blackham.  We serve in the Sloan Lake Ward. With two other Elders.   

He is from Mount Pleasant Utah and is 8 months out on his mission. Back home he played in a band called the Melting Rain look it up on Spotify. He is a super talented singer songwriter, guitar player and drummer. He plays a little piano too.

This ward is definitely interesting. It's really ghetto in most of the area but has some wealthier parts as well. I didn't go to the ward this Sunday since it was stake conference. Pres and sis Savage spoke.  We haven't had much receptivity from finding through our own efforts which has been really hard because we work like crazy. But we had a weekly planning session yesterday and had 4 potential investigators reach out to us. We set really high goals to show the lord our faith and in return he has blessed us with prompting people to reach out to us. We have a lot of  teaching appointments this week. Haven't taught anyone but I had an amazing experience. 

So at stake conference yesterday,  I was sitting in the back on the metal chairs (so comfy....) and I looked to my left and there sitting with her step mom is April Tavenner the one me and Elder Beck were teaching in Arvada. I looked on my phone and in the contacts was her number. I told her during conference to look my way over text and she came running over and gave me a hug and started breaking down crying. She has ignored the missionaries in Arvada because she  has been dealing with a lot with her family. Her mom wants to put a restraining order on her so she can't see her daughter. Such a hard thing to overcome. But she told me to call her so we could set up a time to meet. I had a strong witness that I know I was called to this area for her....unbelievable I would have never guessed....coincidence?? 

As far as the music goes it has been so much fun! So we are permitted 3 hours of practice time a day to write music and prepare for our firesides we are performing in the next month. So we talked to president he is not sure when but he said that we will be traveling from stake to stake performing firesides and sharing our testimonies. We have written one song already and 3 are in  the works. The first one is a funny one and that's what the Savages want. It's about a missionaries schedule with some commentary in between. It will make you laugh. It's so fun to jam out too when we come home at night. We just have a blast. 

Oh yes I went to the funeral.  I forgot to tell you I spoke and it was hard to speak but people told me that what I said was needed. They turned the chapel into South Sudan and a minister from the African community came and spoke. The church was packed. Sam still wants to get baptized  Elder Braegger said!   What a great experience for me speaking. I saw everybody from the old ward too. 

I performed at a convert fireside. Wish you could have been  there. Such powerful music. I was in 4/5 of the musical numbers crazy. We get our smart phones this week...so pumped!

Love you!!