Exciting Baptisms coming soon

the weeks are flying by and they have all been so good. 

We taught Quindee again this week and when we finished the lesson we said, well Quindee that is all of the lessons haha and she asked, Do I have to pick a date right now? haha so she did and she is getting baptized next week! Super exciting! She is way solid.

We went on exchanges this week, I stayed in our area and Elder Buntrock went to first ward area. All of the appointments we had fell through or they didnt answer their doors haha so I did quite a bit of finding with the missionary I was with. It is crazy how much finding we do in second ward area, but we have so much more work going on in Lakeside branch and YSA, hey it's all the same work though. Like we are teaching a bunch of YSA people, no one super solid (except Quindee of course) but it is still exciting, lots of teaching appointments.

Sherry is one of our investigators in Lakeside who is super prepared. She was going to get baptized years ago but couldn't overcome some things and this time around she is ready to give those up and be baptized. We taught her a couple times this week and she is doing well! the members in Lakeside are super missionary minded and awesome fellow-shippers. We are going to finish up the lessons today and then have her baptismal interview on Thursday then her baptism on Saturday. it is pretty exciting!! she is awesome!

So we taught Vlad this week on skype. He speaks English very well, so it was mostly in English but some things were said in Russian so it was fun to practice. I have forgotten so much it is kinda frustrating, but that's alright I'll just study it in college. Back to Vlad though I am not quite sure where to go with him because the city he lives in is about a day and a half journey to the nearest church... maybe he will move or something so he can be closer to a church ha

We had sushi for lunch the other day and I am not a huge sushi fan but it was really good this time, we also had euros..the pita tacos with lamb meet..just tryin new foods and liking them ha its been good. 

We have also been making family mission plans with the members we eat dinner with just goals they have to help the work progress, whether it be with non members, less active or active members. we help them set "SMART" goals and then taker a picture of it so we can follow up. It seems to be working pretty well and tons more members are doing work, its cool.

We also had interviews with President this week, he is going around the mission and doing interviews. He is so awesome and so inspiring and such a great example. You can truly tell that he loves the Lord and the missionaries and this work. He is awesome.

Transfers are coming up but I think we both might be staying, but then again you never know. I guess we will find out next week.

Love you and hope you have a good week!

Love Elder David Witt 

they have an outdoor hockey rink in town, it was pretty cool.

Epic P-Day

hey what's up? We had a ton of stuff going on this week, not all of it was awesome haha 

Highlights 

snowshoeing was super fun!

Quindee was askin questions about church and stuff so it was good, she is doing super well, hopefully she will still get baptized ion the next couple weeks. 

we had a dodge ball tournament with the YSA, it was so fun!

my team won..it was good ha there were tons of non members there and a few of our investigators so it was sweet to see them there! 

MLC was this week and the power that was in that room was incredible. It helped my testimony with the reality of this work. it was a neat experience, talking about policies we will adopt and such. Mostly it was on planning, things we should all already be doing. 

and other things that happened 

we went on exchanges with some missionaries whop haven't been out very long. they havent been very responsible, so we helped them with a few things. it was good. I remember blaming my trainer for doing stupid things but it wast worth it, so much more effective for both the missionary and the area and the people in the area if you just get to work. 

lots of our appointments or people that we found last week fell through ha so we did lots of finding this week. It was good to have such a good start of the week on Sunday cause I think we are being tested to prove our diligence and obedience. I dont have any doubts that it will pay off.  

There is this guy named Vlad who added one of the sisters in Helena on Facebook and she said I dont know any Russian but I know someone who does. So I added him on Facebook a while ago and he said he didnt want to meet because he was already skyping other missionaries. but he just messaged me on facebook and said he would like to skype, because he lives like 3 hours away from the church building in Russia, so we are going to skype him this week so we will see how it goes haha

hope you all have a good week! love ya!

Love Elder David Witt 

the field is white and ready to harvest....will you help or watch?

Some of the people we put on date dropped us, that's alright because we found a couple new people. we were tracting and were sharing the because of him video, one dude joseph let us in, so we taught him the Restoration. he really liked it and seems pretty solid. had other plans so he didnt come to church but hopefully he can come next week. 

Quindee our YSA investigator is doing awesome, we are actually going snowshoeing with her and her boyfriend today haha I am super stoked. 

basically this week was super solid but yesterday was the best day. We go to K2 (Kalispell second ward) then YSA we also cover Lakside branch but we go to the other two since lakeside is during K2 anyway we went to K2 and sacramemnt meeting was super good. it was all about missionary work. Elder Buntrock and I bore our testimonies and our WML spoke. I talked about no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing, I know this is the Lord's work, he is in charge and nothing will stop His work from progressing. ya'll already know I've seen it first hand where persecutions have raged, mobs combined, armies assembled, calumny defaming, but the truth of God is going forth boldly, nobly, and independent. Nothing can or will stop this work from progressing. Also shared my testimony about the field being white already to harvest and we can help harvest or watch. either way it is going to be done, but if we help we and our families will be blessed. Someone else speaking talked about two sister missionaries who were just put together, they were thousands of miles away from home yet they both backed each other up and were in sync and were able to testify of the truthfulness of the gospel. What a well oiled machine this work is, because it is so true, we have traveled far from our own homes to share a message to someone with someone both of whom we have never met before, yet we are able to help this person feel the Spirit.  

Then we went to YSA and sacrament was equally awesome. The first lady spoke about failures, Lincoln, Ford, Eddison,Abinadi, and said we never know what kind of seeds we plant or how even though we might not think we are succeeding we just need to keep going and trying and do our best and it will pay off.  Then someone from the High Council spoke, he spoke about his mission and how they had been tracting all day, and they almost left but decided to finish the street so they did and when they knocked on the door the guy was like wow you got here fast come in. turns out he thought they were the cops, but then the real cops showed up and investigated the burglary. The cops left but the missionaries were still there and talked to this dude. they came back and taught them and baptized them. This high counselor later finds our that this couple they baptized had kids who all went on missions, served in the stake presidency, got their parents baptized and all of these people have joined the church, and he didnt find this out until 20 years later.

It is awesome that our little part that we do can be magnified and affect thousands of people. We just need to not be afraid to do our part. 

Then afterward we talked about the oath and covenant of the Priesthood and the reality and power it is. I am so grateful for the Priesthood power and that those who hold the priesthood are literally one in a million. and it is our duty to exercise that priesthood. We only have to do a few things at our end and Heavenly Father promises us so much and ultimately everything He has. Everything.   

started off yesterday with listening to Praise to the Man(go listen to it) and ended it with reading the Book of Mormon with one of our investigators. I am so grateful to know that Joseph Smith resorted Jesus Christ's church back on the earth and that the power and authority to act in God's name (the priesthood) has been restored. This is definitely the Lord's work, nothing will stop it. He is in charge. He loves us and wants us to be happy, He wants all of God's children to be happy, to receive eternal life. The Book of Mormon testifies of the truthfulness of that through the plan of happiness. and I know the Book of Mormon is true, that is really is scripture and when we abide by it's precepts we can know our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.

I love you and hope your new year has been great thus far. 

Love,

Elder David Witt  

Let it SNOW

Day 1

We were driving to an appointment with Travis, he lives at home and is working we live downstairs he lives upstairs with his mom and dad h e is like an older brother, anyway, we were riding with him and we were going the roads were icy and like 400 m in front of us we saw a car pull out on a side road onto the highway and get plowed by someone on the freeway. travis is an EMT so we pulled over he checked them out, we directed traffic and thankfully everyone was okay, then we kept going we were super late to our appointment got a little lost but it was cool because we felt like we should help this person shovel their driveway, turns out it was an old lady who was using a broken shovel, Travis drove his truck in the driveway making little ruts and then elder Buntrock and I shoveled a bunch out too, it was a huge driveway and would have taken her FOREVER. so it was cool to do service, she was super thankful, then we finally made it to our investigators house, Harley, he is in YSA and is coming to church, not on date yet but probably soon. 

Then later that day we went with another member to see someone who said we coulkd come back, turns out she wasnt there but her brother was. her brother let us in and he said we could teach him. We taught him and he loved the idea of families and the restored gospel and knowing for ourselves. He committed  to be baptized at the end of the month. super Solid dude. 

Day 2

New Years Eve, it was fun we hung out with a family who has a bunch of little kids, so it was like hanging out with all the nieces and nephews haha it was alright. we played this game called curses, super fun and funny. we should get it and play it sometime. 

day 3 

it's a new year, no one wanted to talk to us hahaha but we got an online referral from someone requesting a Bible, so we gave it to him New years eve and he said we could meet the next day. (which would be day 3) We met and taught him. he was super excited to have a change in his life and to have a better relationship with Heavenly father and Jesus Christ. He was also pumped about YSA. He also committed to be baptized at the end of the month. 

day 4 and 5 

lots of finding, not too much success. We did find at least one person every time who said we could come back though. We also had zone interviews with someone from the mission presidency, so that was good. President and Sister Holmes are super nice.   

day 6 

had a wonderful fast sunday going to K2 then YSA, we gave Zirene and Zamuel the Holy Ghost, super cool super powerful. so grateful for the Holy Ghost and the blessing He is. We then taught someone who is in Lakeside branch (we cover 3 units) had dinner (after having break the fast with YSA) and taught the restoration to someone who had been wanting to be baptized but couldn't quit smoking. she is ready to be baptized at the end of the month and really wants to quit smoking. 

day 7 

we are still alive. we got snowed in. we literally had to dig our car out and make divots so we could get traction to get out of the driveway. We finally got out and were driving to go to the library and we got stuck twice, took us forever to dig ourselves out again. it doesn't help my traction on my shoes is awful so it makes it even harder to push haha  it is comin down here. like 2 feet of snow it is great. 

 buried in the snow 

diggin us out 

making a snow angel 

my companion

love you all and hope you have a great week!

Love Elder David Witt