June 23, 2015

Dear Family,

It has been scorching here!! Elder Mikesell and I have been tracting a ton in the 100 degree weather and I don't think I've stopped sweating for the past couple days! But this is what missionary work is all about! When you think of being a missionary these are the things you think of! Sometimes I wish we could go swimming though haha. I miss watching those home movies with you guys and laughing! I miss that barrel of Hot Wheels I got that one easter too!;)

Anyways, this week was pretty good! We had a lot of our appointments cancel but it happens! Yesterday was our busiest day! We were able to meet with a family called the Nava's. They kinda dropped off the world for a while but yesterday we were able to go over to their house and teach them about the strength of youth pamphlet, because there are 3 teenagers in their family who aren't making the best choices in their lives. We gave them the pamphlet and they said we could come back tonight to talk more about it so we have that! We also taught the Scott family again, but the only one who was at the lesson was the mom, Ash. We taught her about the Plan of Salvation and she loved it a lot! She committed to read the Book of Mormon and pray about it and she said when she gets an answer she will be baptized! So next time we are hoping to set a baptismal date with her and the family! We were also able to meet with Tyler and Steven again! We taught them the Gospel of Jesus Christ lesson and they both kinda bore there testimonies on faith in Jesus Christ and stuff like that. It was super powerful! I think it's super fun to teach people who are around your age because you can talk about the same things that you like and you understand things in the same ways! Also they are kinda looking for themselves and how they want to live their lives so they are very open! At the end of the lesson they both said that they appreciated us talking with them and things like that. Tyler said the prayer at the end and in the prayer he let Heavenly Father know how happy he was to have met us! It was a great experience!

Anyways, I love and miss you guys and I'm grateful to have the best family in the world! Thanks for everything you guys do for me! Keep serving the Lord and doing what's right!

Love Elder Summerhays