Enoch West Stake

Hello all of you wonderful people!!!

This week has been amazing! I met my new greenie on Wednesday and he is from Chester, Idaho. Yep, like an hour away from where I live. So that's been kind of fun. 

Enoch is about 20 degrees cooler than St.George, plus we have a car. This means that I am basically living the life of luxary. The saying, "You never know what you have until it is gone" has taken on so much more meaning. Biking in the heat of St.George in an apartment without A/C has made me greatly appreciate being here.

Not only this, but Enoch is full of work! Our first full day in the area, we talked with someone the previous missionaries had been teaching. We just casually asked them if the other missionaries had talked to them about baptism and they said, "Yeah and we decided we wanted to be baptized on August 31st"!!! I had to turn to Elder Hanson afterword and tell him that things do not normally go this well hahaha. 

We are very excited to be in this area. Everything around here kind of reminds me of Idaho. There is farm land just outside the city and everyone here likes to hunt. I was sad to say goodbye to my last area, but I am very excited to continue moving. The members in this area are so kind to us. I think my mom has already recieved five pictures from nice members who have had missionaries out on missions. I know that, even if I end up hating this area, my mom is definitely going to love it haha!

Well, that's about all for this week. There is not much more to add. The work continues to move forward and I am very happy to be apart of it. Thank you all for the birthday wishes! I hope you all have a great week!

Love,

Elder Francis

Pictures:

A rare quarter I found this week.

Some pictures members took of Elder Hanson and I 

Transfers and my birthday!

Hello everyone! This week has been amazing!!

First of all, we have transfers tomorrow. I am heading to Enoch! For those of you who don't know, that is right next to Cedar City Utah. I am really excited because I am going to also be training! I have not met my greenie yet, but I am sure that he will be awesome! 

My birthday was also this week. The big 2-0. I was able to have a great birthday celebration with the family shown below. They are a recent convert family. It is always hard to say goodbye to an area, especially when I have been there for 4 and a half months. I know that this is the Lord's work and that I will be able to find people to help in my next area as well. 

I would like to talk about my experience with calling my brother on my birthday. He left from the MTC today and I got to talk to him yesterday. As I talked to him, I was able to share with him my experiences and help prepare him for his mission. I was able to bring peace to him as well as help our relationship grow. The change in the communication policy has made my mission so much better. I was never one who felt homesick, and so, when calling home, I get to focus on bringing my family closer to Heavenly Father through my experiences. 

Sorry for the short email this week! We are super busy with packing and getting ready for transfers. I love you all, have a great week!

Also, my new address is 315 E 3600 N Enoch, Utah.

Elder Francis

Pictures:

A family bought me donuts for my birthday cake and threw me a birthday party.