Merry Christmas from Kalispell Montana

It was fun talkin to my family on Christmas! My blog doesnt have to be private anymore because that was just a rule in Ukraine, now that I'm in Montana I'd love to share my pictures, stories and testimony with all of you.  

We had a baptism on Saturday for Zairene and Zamuel. They are from the Philippines they are super funny. It was a great experience!  

we also made this huge snow man--pretty sick

ugly sweaters 

The family from sandy, Utah handing out a HUGE gift to random people! so cool! i totally want to do this when i get back!

Another transfer- Goodbye Townsend

Whell this week was fun, 

nothing super exciting other than the fact i got a call the other day saying i  was being transferred to Kalispell, so that'll be sweet! West side!! 

I went to Boulder and 3rd ward this week for baptismal interviews, and so that was good. When I was in boulder we went to the lady's house who was going to be interviewed and her mom answered the door and said my mom just got here not tonight, and the Elder I was with said well she needs to have her interview then the mom said my house my rules and slammed the door haha we were like well this is weird, so we got a hold of the girl and she met us at the church and had her interview. it is crazy how much bitter persecution people get from their family for joining the church. really sad, but more blessings for them for staying faithful. The other lady was super solid and so prepared. She has her own physical therapy and works with kids, i was like sweet! that sounds like something maybe I would want to do. 

When we were tracting then we ran into this lady and we showed her  "He is the Gift" and before it was even over she is like I am going to share that on Facebook haha it was awesome, so she said we could come back so we did. she said she posted it on facebook and got tons of like. we taught her the first lesson and she accepted a date to be baptized! we also invited her to church she said she would be there but didnt come. but she is still awesome and hopefully will come next week! kinda a bummer that i am leaving because she is solid. 

We gave talks yesterday and I spoke about tithing and fasting, and I am so grateful for tithing and fasting and fast offerings and the blessings that come from them. 

I am SUPER sad to leave Townsend because I feel like the work is really starting to pick up now. I am nervous and excited to go to Kalispell but it will be fun! 

love yall and hope you have a great week!  

you know you're in Montana when...

they are herding cattle down the main highway haha 

с рождеством!!

Love Elder David Witt

Not my Cafe Rio cards...

We have been sharing He is the Gift like crazy! I love it! It is such an awesome video! People are so much more open to it now than any other time of the year I fell. If you havent seen it or shared it you should on YouTube.com He is the Gift  OR christmas.mormon.org  find our how we can discover,  embrace, and share the Gift. 

We went to White Sulphur Springs 3 times this week, 2 times for investigators and once for church yesterday. The work is moving forward there but not too fast so we might have to skype or something with the people up there instead of driving, but who knows. we for sure go up there once a week and then every other for Sunday, but maybe for Christmas we will go up more. who knows we will have to see. 

So a couple weeks ago it snowed quite a bit and so we woke up early and helped a ton of people shovel their sidewalks, then afterward we built this snowman. we wanted a bunch of the youth to come but they had after school stuff. anyway i lost my wallet the day before then that day i took my gloves off and i lost my ring..we searched all over with a metal detector and no cigar. I really needed to find my wallet cause both of my cards were in there, drivers license and my cafe rio cards (heaven forbid not them!..but really haha)

i prayed about it and asked Heavenly Father if i should even bother looking for them because the day before we had spent a long time looking for them and i didnt want to keep looking if it was going to waste time, so i went to bed and i had a dream that i found my wallet. and so there was a heat wave and all the snow had melted, so i had a feeling that we should go over to the Mitchell's to look in their grass (i had already looked and lots and lots of other places too) and there it was sitting in the middle of their lawn. I was so happy! then later that day it snowed a ton again and it hasnt melted since. So i had just a small window to find it and I did. I love prayer and am so glad I found my wallet.

This past week we got to also go to the temple with the youth to do baptisms because Dylan went. It was SO cool and he is so solid and awesome! And we found another part member family and this really nice lady. We were driving and certain things happened, filled uip for gas, had to go in to get the receipt, turned on the wrong street and out of the corner of Elder Keith's eye and said we need to talk to that lady so we parked down the street and walked up to her and we were like hey can we share a video with you? we shared He is the Gift and she said wow that is so awesome that you guys stopped and talked to me I have had a rough day and rough week so this is awesome thank you so much! and so we bore testimony of Jesus Christ and that He is in charge of this work and loves her very much. It was so cool to see how it all played out and how the Spirit works. I love it! it is literally the best. I love Christmas! 

Helena

Front:  Aller, Bateman, Elder & Sister Moffitt, President & Sister Kris J Mecham, Myers-Parraz, Storrs, Lasson, Draney

Back:  Witt, Sanders, Summers, Lynch (ZL), Keith, Decker, Memmott, C. Jones, Denslow, L. Johnson, Muir, Wiggins (ZL)

We also had Christmas Zone conference all centered around He is the Gift and it was really cool, thanks mom and dad for the letter(and that embarrassing picture just kiddin it wasnt too bad) I forgot to say last week congrats to Jackson for getting baptized! that is SO Awesome! 

good times at zone christmas conference 

Love you all and hope you have an awesome week! 

С Рождеством!

Love Elder David Witt 

#HeistheGift

this is our Christmas tree 

and this is elder keith 

I forgot to say last week we cut down a Christmas tree ha we went with President Saltzman and got one (kinda early but oh well) it was fun. Holy smokes it is already December! Love it! Kind of a little switcheroo, we were going to go on exchanges with the Boulder Elders but then the Zone leaders called and said make it a week long exchange, like whoa that is long haha then all of the sudden they were like well actually you are staying with each other til the end of the transfer. So I am now with Elder Keith, I have been in the same zone as him since Missoula and have been on exchanges with him. He is from Arizona, the Navajo nation. He has been out a transfer shorter than I have.

We found 2 part member families this week and have set up return appointments. in the first family the dad is inactive but the 2 kids have come to church the last couple weeks and his wife is not a member but probably will be here shortly. then the other family the dad is also inactive and has a wife with 2 boys, one boy is in college the other is a freshman. We shared the #HeistheGift video (which all of you should have already looked up and shared on your facebook.  Christmas.mormon.org) and it brought the Spirit so strong. we set return appointments and hopefully we can set them all on date this week! they seem pretty solid, we haven't been able to meet with that other family of 4 because they were busy with thanksgiving stuff. speaking of thanksgiving it was fine. not as good as mom's home cookin, I like the normal stuff not really new recipes  but it was good.

Dylan is doing well and I am loving Townsend. it got to the negatives this week but the sun feels good and it isn't as cold as last winter.

I feel like this letter is shorter than most, maybe not but hope yall have an awesome week and don't forget to checkout and share that video!

love you!

Love Elder David Witt

We also built a snowman and I lost my ring and wallet, I will send that picture and tell that story next week..