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..

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wow what an awesome week! Dylan got baptized and confirmed yesterday! It was so cool, the Spirit was so strong and he and his family were so happy! now they have all been baptized and are going to go to the temple to be sealed next year!! so excited! everything I have done has made it worth it to see their happy family. We were so blessed to be a part of this since he was so prepared. 

It doesn't get better than this -Happy Families 

Dylan is the one in the back next to Elder Decker and me

We found a few new less actives and part member families this week, when i first got here some people said dont visit them..not sure why but they are super nice and hopefully we can get the ball rollin with some of them! It is pretty exciting!

We also found this family of 4 who said we could come back and hopefully we can go over there tonight and put them on date! super exciting! 

our ward goal for this year was 12 baptisms and they are at 6 so they have 6 more to go, so that is our goal for December! It will take lots of faith and lots of work, but we know we can do it! 

I love the Holy Ghost and the power it has.

 

I am thankful for so many things. I couldnt even make a list that could include all of the things I am grateful for all I know is that we need to cultivate an Attitude of Gratitude and I am so grateful for a loving Heavenly Father who has given us His Son Jesus Christ and His atonement and for the blessings and joy that this gospel brings to peoples lives, they just have to try it and they can find out for themselves that these things are true. I love it. I am grateful for such good family and friends. I am so grateful to have been born in America, if you havent walked the ghetto streets of another country we have no idea how many blessings we have and the things we take for granted. We are blessed with so much, what a great time to ponder all of our blessings. 

I love you all and hope you have an awesome Thanksgiving!
Love you

Love Elder David Witt

if you get the chance on November 28, 2014 go to christmas.mormon.org and share that video

LEAF out distractions and focus on things that matter most

Wowzers its already November, it was November last time I emailed but hey It came up fast and before we know it it will be gone! anyway

this week was a good week

We went up to white sulphur springs, we cover that area too (there are like 20 people who show up for church and we meet in the community building, weird but it works) 

Anyway Michael Walth, is a husband of a member who was just reactivated and Is now taking the discussions, He is also on date for the 19th of December so that is some exciting news! The members taught the lesson and it was all over the place so it wasnt what we wanted..but it ended up being okay ha  

Dylan is doing awesome and is just progressing well, we are looking forward to his baptism in a couple weeks! 

Good news is Elder Decker and I are staying here another transfer so that is exciting! finally I will be in an area for more than just a couple of weeks! haha 

We have driven a lot this week for baptismal interviews and such for other missionaries in our district,(side note it is awesome to hear peoples testimonies when they are being interviewed, people are being prepared so well!) so we are limited on miles so we rode our bikes the other night (it was chilly!) and we passed by a members home on the way to dinner and felt like we should stop there after dinner. So we did (the member we ate dinner with put our bikes in his truck and we went and got our car haha) and when we got there she was super happy to see us and we had a great discussion about our Savior Jesus Christ and all of the things that he did for us. Then she gave us 2 referrals, one was her son a less active and the other was a friend who said she had had missionaries there before but wasn't too interested but it was quite some time ago. So that was awesome! We got a referral and helped her feel the Spirit more powerfully it was cool! 

When on exchanges a couple weeks ago Elder Decker and the missionary he was with went tracting, when they knocked on a door and the lady was not a very nice lady haha (of course this is a rare occasion..:)) but then Elder Decker felt prompted to ask if she would be interested in some service. Which she was. So we went over to her house this week and raked her leaves. and boy was this the BIGGEST leaf pile I have ever seen in my LIFE! in my life! But we finished and said well we dont have enough bags for these leaves so we will find someone with a truck to come pick them up in a couple days. While we were in her house she had us hang up a picture and proceeded to talk to us for 30 minutes about her life and we talked about the Plan of Salvation and such and we said hey we will have to come back over some other time and talk more and she said oh yeah that would be fine! SO it was cool to see her heart change. Even if she doesnt want to hear more, the positive impact it had on her was great, and the many people that drove by saw us too so service is awesome! 

our leaf pile

 her daughter came and we helped fill up bags the next day... bags for dayzz! 

oh yeah we posted on facebook some things 


my post was "LEAF out distractions and focus on things that matter most"

Elder Deckers was "dive into the gospel"  haha it was great

I love being a missionary, it brings so much joy and not only in helping others come unto Christ but myself as well. I love this gospel and the truthfulness it has especially when we apply it's principles.

Love you all and hope you have a great week! 


Love 

Elder David Witt 
день без улыбки потерянный день

This is the Lord's work

This week was a good week! Dylan is progressing well, We found some people in the trailer park we went tracting in so hopefully we will start to teach them soon, we have found a couple new less actives and William Bentley the less active we found when I first got here is progressing, hasn't come to church yet but he is reading and praying and such so it is cool!

When we were tracting we met Pastor Mike (Pastor of the trailhead church, breakoff of the Baptist church and other churches..) he said he has seen us raking leaves a bunch of times and he says he is proud of us, for some reason our minds didn't register it but we felt like we should go back and give him a book of Mormon, hey maybe he can use it for one of his sermons or something..? you never know ha 

It is getting chilly here. Some days it has been smoking and cold and smells like ukraine it is so weird and makes me feel weird, sometimes Ukraine feels like it was just a dream, it felt like it happened so long ago..

Happy Halloween thanks Sab for the Mustaches!

Elder Decker and I

Halloween was good, we went to the Mitchell's and passed out candy with bible scriptures on them and Mormon.org cards, maybe someone will read it and be interested, you never know. I love Townsend and Elder Decker and I are being blessed with so much work. This is truly the Lords work, why else would and could anyone do it if it wasn't HIS work? He is in charge and He wants these investigators to be joyful more than we can imagine. It is great! Love you and hope you have a great week!

There might be a Russian investigator I start teaching over Skype..we will see he is kinda weird but we will see if he has potential! love you

Love Elder David Witt

I forgot to mention we ate at a truck stop I white sulphur springs and the portions were HUGE!!! we ate them all and the owner gave it to us for free!

Elder Decker and I