May 19, 2015

Hey Family,

It sounds like you guys had a pretty good week! Mom girls camp sounds pretty stressful, but I'm sure you're doing an awesome job! Happy birthday to Ann this week too!!! I hope you had an awesome day and pigged out at Spaghetti Factory! 

This week was good! We were able to OYM  a ton of people and testify to them about the Gospel! I love tracting and talking to everyone that we see, it makes you feel like a true missionary! In the zone we have been focusing a lot on finding so we have been trying to lead by example and talk to the most people! It has been good and our zone has been much more motivated this week! We have a baptism coming up on Saturday of a girl named Rhianna! It should go well, but we have heard that she has been on date in the past and she has cancelled right before the baptism so we are hoping that doesn't happen. We have a lot of return appointments set for this upcoming week so I will tell you how they all go next week! 

Sorry my letter is kinda short we have a super busy day today! I love you all and hope you are all doing good! Stay safe, and keep doing what's right!

Love Elder Summerhays

May 12, 2015

Hey Family,

It was so awesome to FaceTime all of you guys! I love seeing your faces and hearing your voices and hearing about all the stuff that's going on back home! It's just another testimony that I have the best family ever!! I'm grateful to have each one of you in my life, and for your awesome examples to me!

This week went pretty well. Like I mentioned in the FaceTime, we found a new investigator named Chris Gomez! He is a super good guy and we are excited to teach him this Thursday! When we OYMed him he said that he wants us to come at a time when his family is home so that they can all hear the message of the Restoration, so that was pretty cool! Also this week we set a baptism date with one of our investigators named Jim Millard. He has been investigating for a year and he has gone through a lot of missionaries. At first when we asked him what his concerns about being baptized were, he said that he doesn't get why we don't celebrate Christmas on the Savior's actual birthday... We basically said that it wasn't too big of a concern and it's not even a big deal at all (but in a nicer way obviously) and we asked him if there was a bigger concern he had. Then he went on and on about questions he had and things he has struggled with while investigating and we answered some of his questions but told him that the only way that he is going to know is if he asks God by himself, with a sincere heart and real intent. So he is working on that and so far he is doing good towards his baptism date of June 13th!

That is most of what happened this week, besides the stuff that I talked about in the FaceTime! I love you guys so much and miss you all! Keep choosing the right! I'll talk to you all later!

Love Elder Summerhays

May 5, 2015

Hey Family,

It sounds like everyone had a pretty good week! Liv got to go to prom, that's awesome! Hope she had a good time! Ann made cheer again, that's sweet! Hopefully Bam and Bar are doing good! First off, I am super excited to FaceTime on Sunday!! We are going to be doing it at a members house, and we will just have the members text you guys when we are ready to do it!

This week Elder Mikesell and I went on a lot of exchanges! We went on three different ones with some of the Elders in our zone. Some of those were because missionaries were struggling but others were just regular exchanges. We also got to go on one with the Assistants to the President so that was fun. I went with Elder Snow who was Elder Harral's trainer's trainer... So he is my trainer's trainer's trainer! He is a funny guy, it was awesome!

Elder Mikesell taught James and Jacob and their family this week while we were on exchanges! The taught them the whole Restoration lesson and invited them to baptism at the end, but they said that it was too fast and they will need some time to think about it. So we have another appointment with them this week and hopefully it will go well! We were also able to teach one of our investigators named Amy New! She has been struggling because her sister just passed away. So we talked to her about the Plan of Salvation and the Spirit World, and it was a really powerful lesson!

We also started this new thing that we call "Chalk the Walk" where we will go to a park every Saturday and draw some principle of the Gospel on the sidewalk with chalk, and then write a question at the end of it and tell people to text us their answer! We are hoping to find some new investigators from it haha!

Anyways, my week was great! Thank you all for the emails and the support and prayers! I am so grateful to have the best family ever! I love you guys! Talk to you later

Love Elder Summerhays