MY MISSION EXPERIENCE and letters to President

My Mission Experience E LDE R MI L E S MI L L E R April 19, 2022

 Elder Miles Jacobson Miller 5757 N Exeter Ave Meridian, ID 83646

 A C C E P T A N C E L E T T E R Accepted April 21, 2022 I am overwhelmed and grateful at the trust the Lord and you each have placed in me.. I don't feel adequate, but I am so beyond excited to love and serve the people of Trinidad. What a privilege!! I will keep preparing and I will use every single day until my start date to better represent the Savior. I know He will help me as I keep striving to become more like Him. I feel so blessed and humbled to be trusted in this capacity to help gather Israel.

 

MISSION AREA:  V E N E Z U E L A C O L O M B I A B R A Z I L F R E N C H G U I A N A ( F R ) G U Y A N A S U R I N A M E Puerto Ayacucho Cottica Valencia Ciudad Guayana Mitu Manaus Santarem Boa Vista Trujillo Puerto Cabello Acarigua Nieuw Nickerie Upata El Manteco Chaguaramas Barcelona El Tigre Maiquetia Calabozo Zaraza Altagracia de Orituco Tucupita Porlamar Brokopondo Kumaka Bartica Anna Regina Arauca Obando Puerto Carreno Fort-de-France Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni Iracoubo Pointe-a-Pitre Basse-terre Manacapuru Maues Alenquer Oriximina Caracarai Willemstad Oranjestad San Fernando de Apure Barquisimeto Maturin Cumana Linden Coro Punto Fijo La Esmeralda Ciudad Bolivar El Dorado Maracay Obidos Mabaruma New Amsterdam Fonte Boa Barcelos Tonantins Tefe Sao Cabriel da Cachoeira Novo Airao Itacoatiara Parintins Port-of-Spain Roseau Kingstown Bridgetown Castries Saint George's Saint John's Georgetown Paramaribo Caracas 0 45 90 180 Miles

MY MISSION PRESIDEN T(S) Start Date President Companion 29 Sep 2022 Richard Elmer Lamprecht Barbara Lamprecht, THE VAN GILLS

 

 ASSIGNMEN T HISTORY GUYANA GEORGETOWN MISSION 

 5 WEEKLY REPORTS October 17, 2022 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. One success from this week was learning more papiamentu and spanish everyday, I still don't know a lot but my knowledge is expanding. Another success was just meeting so many new wonderful people, they've taught me so much. A challenge of the week was just making the adjustment to a full-time missionary in the field. The MTC taught me so much but it is so different then here. Another challenge for this week was homesickness. I've never been away from home this long so finding ways to cope was a challenge but I've grown so much already. I look forward to talking to you more about it in interviews this week. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? Obedience. Even more so exact Obedience. I am new and still learning all the parts of missionary work but what I do know, I want to be exactly obedient with. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) No, they are a great strength to me. Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) No, thank you for your time President!

 6 October 24, 2022 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. One of the successes of this week was feeling like i was getting somewhere with the languages. Still is hard and still cant pick up a lot that is said but it is definitely expanding and i can see my vocabulary becoming better another success was my homesickness was better this week. I still felt it sometimes but overall was better this week. A challenge this week was overcoming so many cancelled appointments abd feeling like we found productive thungs to do when people cancelled. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? The gi+ of charity is something I want to be better about this week. Especially when it comes to my comp and just showing him that I am trying my best by the service I render to him. Even when that is secret service without recognition. I'll be better about that this week. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Still working throug my homesickness president. It was much better this week and it really helped to meet with you. Really gonna focus on just losing myself this week!

 October 31, 2022 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. One success this week was being part of a couple different exchanges this week and being able to see missionary work in other places in the island. A challenge this week was finding ways to be united as a companionship. I know I am still so new, but I look forward to when we work as more of a team and feel like I contribute to this area and companionship.

 7 What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? Diligence. Especially when it comes to language study. I know by being immersed in this language it will come and I have to continue and try, especially when I sit through two hours of church barely piecing together words and phrases. But I want to be better about my language study this week. It usually takes a back seat, but if I expect the gi+ of tongues in my missionary effort, I have to also put my best foot forward in my studies. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Pederson and Elder Hall in Saint Nic Elder Gonzales in Santa Cruz How did the exchange go? They were great, I was able to see missionary work thrive in other areas. They were great in including me in their lessons and teaching me as much as they could. I was open about how our companionship needs work, especially with my zone leader Elder Gonzales, I asked for ways to improve that, and he gave me some great pointers. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Our area is struggling right now. We really need to take it to the Lord as a companionship, to decide if dropping a few people is nescessary. This week we will try to make finding a big emphasis. Elder Lopez and I are still working on being united. We both want this 'white' christmas, and know it is possible for Noord, we just need to show our faith.

November 07, 2022 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A challenge this week was trying to find ways to interact with our friends when so many lessons drop and they are so hard to get a hold of. A success this week was putting a young man on date for baptism in December. He has a lot of work to do, but its a goal he wants to reach. 8 What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? Patience. It is hard to see the fruits from our labour now, but I have to trust we are planting seeds and that as we do all we can, the Lord will see our efforts. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elders Pederson and Stinson How did the exchange go? They were great. Learned a lot from them, they do a good job of sharing the load, which is something I really want to take back to my companionship. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) We have a very close family friend going into a open heart surgery this week. She will be in my thoughts and prayers. Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Thank you so much president for your email to me and your counsel. I needed it, and will really focus on what you said. There is light at the end of the tunnel. It's hard but I know I can do it with the Lord guiding me along. Thank you for all you do President! During the past month, how have you seen the hand of the Lord in your work? We had a very special experience this week in the home of a member who was struggling with their health. He asked us for a priesthood blessing, and he asked for me to consecrate the oil and for Elder Lopez to seal the anointing. It was very neat and the power of the spirit was in that tiny kitchen in Aruba that night. It taught me again that the spirit doesn't speak a language. I did part of the blessing in English while Elder Lopez did some in Spanish. The spirit was constant no matter the language and it touched everyone in the room.

 9 November 14, 2022 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this week was finding a man off a facebook referral and being able to teach him a powerful restoration lesson and him wanting to meet with us weekly and read the book of mormon every night. A challenge this week was feeling like we were using our time wisely with so many dropped lessons and too much attention to a family next door that are members and need recent convert lessons but it is a struggle to get them. I feel like elder lopez makes a big deal to get those lessons which is good but they always bail on us and it always leaves a gap in our night where I feel bad we arent productive. Also we did service every morning this week and while it is great and needs to be done, most days it takes over two hours and it just pushes all of our studies back into the day and I feel like we lose a lot of productive time. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? Patience. Especially while the work feels so slow, I can be patient and know that my efforts are going towards something even when its hard to see. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) President you wanted to keep us together, so I know there is more for me to learn from this companionship. It is a struggle at times and I often feel like the spanish barrier between us is used against me. Whether that is poor communication and checking with eachother on the phone. Teaching in Lessons, and just interacting with people. We are just at two different levels in the langauage. I know I need this though. Its hard and we haven't figured it out yet, but I'll keep trying because at the end of the day, God will never give me a trial he knows I cant handle through Him. Thank you for the prayers president. I am praying for you also. Have a great week.

10 November 21, 2022 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. This week a success was our finding efforts. We had a lot of cancelled appointments because of the rain, so we talked as a companionship, made a goal of people to talk to, and went for it. We met a lot of new people, only one or two for sure interested but, as we continue to find, we'll see more success there. A challenge this week was making sure our time was being planned efficiently. It's hard when lessons don't work out, and we need back up plans and ways to be productive when those lessons fall through. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? This isn't in the standards but it is something you emailed me about and something I want to take pride in this week. Being BOLD. My personality is more laid back and I can tend to just be a push over especially when my companion is eager to hold the reigns. I need to be bold and get out of my shell more. If thats communicating with my comp or in any setting, I am going to focus this week on not being shy to take a step into the unknown. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I really appreciated your training at the mission devotional on Tuesday president. I know its for everyone, but I felt like it was tailored to me and my companionship. Along with your email it helped me go into weekly planning wanting to focus on a few things with my companion. Thank you for all the counsel. I have also been studying preach my gospel chapter 9 and looking for ways to bring it up with my companion. You are right, I have been here for a transfer now, I know how things should look, I need to not be so passive with how I feel, just because I am in this greenie phase. Thank you for the prayers, I think this will be a good week for our area. Safe travels.

11 November 28, 2022 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this week is we are starting to have new friends. I think we are finally starting to get over the hump of only having friends that have been around for awhile and don't want to progress, to now having new and older friends who want to keep commitments. Another success is the language. It is coming, I can feel it. Teaching lessons and just interacting with the people has gotten easier, and in lessons I am starting to be able to say what I feel and less of the one liners I have memorised. A challenge this week was getting lessons with a lot of our friends. I am sure the rainy weather doesn't help, but we also have quite a few friends who bail on us last minute and then we are le+ figuring out what is most productive with our time. Another challenge is still working on how to become one with my companion. It has gotten better, but lessons could still be more united. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to show more gratitude this week! It is Thanksgiving week a+er all! I just am so blessed, and see so many of God's tender mercies everyday. I want to be better about stopping and appreciating them. So this week I want to focus on gratitude, for everything I have been given, and everything I get to be a part of. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Adams. In Noord. How did the exchange go? It was a great day. Elder Adams is a very good missionary. I look up to him a lot. We had a very productive day and it was the first exchange that I have been a part of that I stayed in my Area. So leading the area was really good for me I think. It was fun to work out the challenges that brought, but also helped me be confident and BOLD. We saw so many miracles that day, and even found a family that was taught

12 years ago who want us to come back. I learned how an exchange should start and end and got many helpful tips from Elder Adams. We discussed how I can be more impactful in my companionship and how to keep loving my companion, even as we struggle. It was nice to discuss how we could make these next three weeks the best for both our companionship's. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I look forward to Zone Conference and being able to meet with you President. I have been so grateful for your counsel for me each week. Safe travels. 12 December 05, 2022 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. One success this week was getting an inactive member who hasn't been to church for over 3 months, back to church. It has been a process with him, but he came and he enjoyed it, and wants to continue and come. Another success this week was being able to meet with many of our friends, and start making scheduled returned appointments. I guess a third success would be Zone Conference. I was definitely spiritually and physically fed so well, and gave me a much needed boost. A challenge this week was getting our friends to keep commitments. Some progress slowly, but we really need them to start keeping commitments. Another challenge this week was trying to find unity with my companion. In lessons, we just don't share the load like I wish we would. But also unity at home, and just showing love and trust. But we will continue to work on that. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to be more diligent this week. Whether that be continually being there for our friends who are slow to change, or even with my studies. I want to go in with questions or ideas, and really dive all in and find answers. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I really enjoyed meeting with you this last week president. I look forward to those interviews. I will be prayerful about your counsel. I also really enjoyed zone conference and really learned some things I want to be better at applying. Safe Travels! During the past month, how have you seen the hand of the Lord in your work? I would have to say within me. I am literally his mouthpiece. I have a basic understanding of the languages here, but sometimes I literally feel like he is putting spanish, papiamento, or English words in my mouth. Just trying so hard to be in tune with the spirit and watching the Lord work wonders has been very humbling. Another way I have seen the Lord's hand is within Noord. I feel like the area is starting to pick up and we are finding so many wonderful people here who are ready. The Lord is opening the way for this area.

 December 12, 2022 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. One success this week was being a part of a really neat lesson where our friend was able to bare his testimony to his mother about why he wanted to be baptised (before she had said no to a baptism) but a+er the testimony he gave, she said ok. It was pretty amazing. He isn't on date quite yet because they are headed out of town here at the end of the year, but in January we hope to put him on date. Another success this week was being a part of a couple different exchanges and seeing missionary work in different ways with different people. We found miracles in both. A challenge this week was getting new friends we have found to get a scheduled return lesson. I get frustrated that it feels so last minute if it ever happens. We just need to keep pushing for our friends to make commitments. Another challenge this week was being unified as we taught. Some lessons are better than others, but I really want to share the load more. It'll help me learn much more too. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? Perseverance. It is easy to start biking home at 7:30, but this week most of our little miracles happened a+er that. Just finishing the day strong and talking to as many people as I can, is something I want to focus on in this coming week. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Restrepo Elder Adams  How did the exchange go? They were both great exchanges and I learned so much from both of them. You can tell Elder Restrepo has just been a good missionary. You can tell he knows what he is doing, and the way he interacted with me, still learning and adjusting was really kind. We had a lesson in Papiamento that he could have given and done a really good job with, because that is his main language a+er all, but the way he shared the lesson even if my grammar wasn't 100% was really admirable. He has served a great mission. My exchange with Elder Adams was equally as refreshing. He is young like me, but I admire the way he is trying to step up in his role as Zone Leader. I had already been on an exchange once with him (not totally sure why we needed another, but the ZLs said we did) but this second time I learned a lot also. We talked about how this next transfer is going to look different and our goals for the district and zone. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) My grandmother suffered from a stroke this weekend. That really took a hit at me. She is in the hospital still, and each night I read over updates from my family. They don't know for sure what it might look like for her. She also tested positive for covid, so that adds in another variable, and wanting to keep her safe. So that has been on my mind and in everyone of my prayers. Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I look forward to finishing this transfer strong and getting excited for a new one as well. Thank you for all your prayers and all you do. Safe travels this week President!

December 19, 2022 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. One success this week was getting one of our friends to church with her two daughters! It was great to see them there and we are excited to follow up with them on how it went today! Another success this week was being able to attend my first baptism on the mission. Even though I didn't teach him directly, I have done service for him and it was a special expierence. A challenge this week was finding ways to teach more united, and also getting secured lessons with our friends. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? Love and kindness. I am about to get a new companion in Elder Hall. I am so excited to just love and make the very best out of this companionship. I really want to focus on all I do with love this week, and really make it awesome right from the start. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) My grandmother is home and recovering. It is a huge blessing. She still has a long road ahead but we are all hopefully it will be a full recovery. Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Thank you for your email this last week to me President. It was exactly what I needed. It was hard to trust and just stay focused on the work, but it really has helped me feel better about what happened at home. As I wrap up my training I am eager for the new challenges and opportunities. I really am thankful for my greenie time. It has made me grow so much, and I am so excited for the next steps and to be able to work in Noord and make the best of it. Look forward to seeing you in Aruba this weekend! Safe travels.

 December 26, 2022 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. It was a great week! We saw many success this week, and were able to talk to a lot of new people. A success was finding three new friends and reigniting a few grey dots in the area. A challenge was finally sitting down and really figuring out our area book and determining it needs a lot of improvement and organization. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? This week I want to really focus on teaching with members. We will have a couple different opportunities to do so, and one will be with a less active member. I really want to focus on how that can benefit the member and the friend. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? 16 Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) My grandmother is recovering. I thought it was super neat when you told us about your mothers passing from a stroke at our christmas activity. Thank you for sharing that experience with us. It gave me a lot of peace. Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) We have both made the goal to really turn Noord around this transfer. So excited to make the very most of it. Safe travels this week!

 January 02, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. This week a success was putting one of our friends on date! It is for the end of January. He wants it but has a lot of work to do in order to be ready. It will be an exciting process to get him there. Another success this week was getting another friend to church this week. We can tell she likes to be there and feels the spirit. A challenge this week was figuring out how to be productive and get the most out of this holiday weekend. We had a lot of lessons bail, but now that christmas is over, missionary work should be back to normal. Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this week was being able to really clean up our area book. Another success was making new friends and making goals for them. A challenge was definitely working around the holidays and not getting frustrated with it. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I think Diligence this week. It was easy to get a little lazy this last weekend because there wasnt a whole lot to do, but I just want to be diligent this week. I need to reignite my fire, so Diligence is something I will strive for this week.

17 What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to work on following spiritual promptings this week. There are so many everyday, and I feel like sometimes I am just shrugging them off. There are miracles out there that I want to be better about finding. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Olsen How did the exchange go? How did the exchange go? Elder Olsen is a great missionary ! He is so bold and will talk to anybody. He helped me learn to be more confident with myself. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Excited for this new year to come around! Hope your family is well! Merry Christmas President and Happy New Year! Thanks for all you do! Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Thanks for all you do President. It was a great week and I am growing so much. Lots of work here still to do. During the past month, how have you seen the hand of the Lord in your work? I was able to be a part of Ronnies baptism down in Saint Nic this last week and it was a very special experience. Made me excited for my friends. I was able to teach Ronnie once on an exchange and to see his light now is pretty special. Really is the best christmas gi+ we could ask for.

18 January 09, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. We saw some miracles this week! Our friend Benjamin came to church! He is on date for the 28th of the month and we are beyond excited for him. He committed to obeying the Word of Wisdom. It isn't ideal for him to continue selling his tobacco, but I believe in time, line upon line, he will become and do what God needs him to whether that be selling the business or retiring. Another success we saw this week was continuing to make new friends. One of the members who is in our area who we are trying to reactivate has a sister who has started to meet with us. Its pretty neat to have the inactive member teach his sister with us. Also we have two other friends who we believe are close to being on date! What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? With the new key indicator being members in lessons, I want to work on that standard this week. I am very new at having members in Lessons and I really want to find the best way to have them help us in the lesson with the friend and with strengthening their testimony. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Pedersen How did the exchange go? It was a good day, we talked to a lot of people. Elder Pedersen is a great missionary who isn't shy to talk to anyone. I learned I can be better about talking to everyone and staying out of my shell. It was a great exchange. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I had a great week President. It was just fun to be a missionary last week! What did the trick was staying busy and finding the joy/fun. Plus it made the week fly by too. I look forward to zone conference in the coming weeks. Thanks for all you do for this mission! You and sister Lamprecht are in my prayers!

January 16, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. This was another great week! We put another one of our friends on date this week. His name is Jason and we are so excited for him. Another success was seeing three of our friends at church and our inactive friend john there as well. Its so neat to see them all take the sacrament. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to be better about dilligence this week when it comes to my language study. I do it but I am not getting out what I want to. Im going to make a new plan this week and follow it. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Tafisi and Elder Adams How did the exchange go? They were great. So fun to be able to work with other missionaries and see different areas with different approaches. Elder Tafisi taught me a lot and said I could be more confident and bold. Seems to be a recurring theme haha. But I do feel like I am getting more confident. Elder Adams and I saw some pretty amazing miracles during our exchange. Long story but a lady came to us, and she became a new person and came to church the next day. Super neat. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Looking forward to meeting with you this week President! I have a few questions that have to do with our area, but other than that I am doing great! Safe travels this week President! Thanks for all you do.

January 23, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A big success of the week was being a part of zone comference. It is always upli+ing and I learned so much. Id say a challenge this week was getting the most out of missionary work the days we had because we lost all thursday, and sunday with weekly planning. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to be better about the christlike attribute of faith. We have a couple friends who are in the process of figuring out if baptism really is for them. I keep doubting them and I need to just have the faith to keep fighting for them. Also to have the faith if it just isnt in the cards for them right now and trusting in the Lord. Itll be a big week, and I need to put forth an eye of faith. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Strasdas How did the exchange go? It was good. Fun to crack Elder Strasdus brain a part for any tips and tricks to missionary work before he heads home. I learn a lot from him, but what I loved the most was just his joy. He is always so happy and just loves being a missionary, thats something I want to improve in myself. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Thanks so much for our interview this week President. It was a huge help to me and a confidence booster for sure. Ive already started to dive into Alma17-26 and am finding so much that were the motivating factors behind the sons of mosiah. Maybe Ill share more about it with you next week when I finish going through it, but already Ive found what is a big part is love. Each of those missionaries showed a huge amount of love. Love for the Lord, love for the people,love for their brethren(my companion) and love for the area. Its all about love. I hope you have a great week! Your in my prayers!

 January 30, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this week was having all of our recent converts at church this week! 4 of the 5 is one family who haven't been to church for over a month. It was so good to see them there, and the branch did such a good job loving them. I hope it reignited their faith and desire to go to church. Another success this week has been getting over my cold. It really through me off at the beginning of this week but I feel much better now, and am so grateful. A challenge this week was finding time to be out and about among the people. I am probably in the blame for the beginning of the week, with my sickness we just took it slow and let me recover. Then later in the week we had a few things that flipped up our days like a baptism down in pos Chikito and a couple different activities and meetings in the branch. It cause our studies to be done late in the day and less time to be out. But yesterday we took two different meal appointments that couldve been moved. I feel bad about that one, we don't get fed o+en and so I didn't see it as a huge deal at the time, but looking back at the day it consumed any time we could have had to have our lines in the water. I'll be better about that. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? Charity! I've been studying it recently and really want to have that be one of my focuses this transfer and always really. Like faith, it is an action, and when we act in the pure love of christ, that's how we find the most joys. Like we talked about in my interview President, I want one of my motives to be charity! Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I am excited to bring Elder Turley into Noord! I don't know him well yet, but he seems like a great missionary. One thing I do know is that we are similar in being a little on the toned down side. We are both going to have to step up and be bold. I know the Lord needs me to grow in leading out. I need to step up this transfer, and although it's outside of my comfort zone, it'll be so good for me. Have a great week President! You and your wife are in my prayers!  During the past month, how have you seen the hand of the Lord in your work? There are many things I can put here, but one has been seeing the Lord's timing with our friend Benjamin who was supposed to be baptized on Saturday. He has had a few different things that have caught him up and he just wants more time, but learning to accept that and trust in the Lord has been hard, but a blessing for sure. In this time of waiting with Benjamin, we have been blessed to run into another friend who is eager and ready to follow Christ. It is just very neat to see the Lord prepare The people he needs prepared, exactly according to his time and plan.

February 06, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this week was the church attendance of our friends. We only had one non-member friend there which wasn't what we had hope for but 3 of the new members this week came, and we had 3 inactives that we've been working with that came. Another success that happened this week was our finding efforts. We are meeting lots of new people and we are both looking forward to some starting lessons next week. A challenge this week was oir bikes. 3 days this week we had bike problems which were frustrating and slowed us down, but they all could've been worse. Another challenge this week was just figuring out how to work with a new companion. It wasn't bad, but its just different. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I think patience is something I'd really like to work on this week. I get myself all flustered with bike problems and things that aren't the end of the world. It just stresses me out and makes everything harder. I think finding patience in the trial as well. Like long-suffering, waiting out the hard times in faith, patience and hope. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Excited to make this transfer great! One super quick thing that was a blessing to see in my language was this sunday at church I was sitting next to our friend Mara and she is new to Aruba from Columbia so she doesn’t know Papiamento so I translated the papiamento testimonies into spanish for her. It was definitely tricky and I didnt hit everything but it was super neat I could get the message of each testimony off to our friend. The gi+ of tongues is so real and it was fun to be able to see. Thanks for all you do President!

 February 13, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this week was our finding efforts. We continue to find new friends that is helping us shuffle through our teaching pool. A challenge this week was finding these new people but then most of them being very uncommitted later. It makes the finding plan make a lot of sense. We try to talk to everyone along the way and we find friends that way but the only high quality(well everyone is high quality) but friends who are invested are from those top two or three points on our finding plan. So figuring out how to have all our lines in the water this week was tricky but we are working on it! What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I really want to be better about referrals this week. I have never been very good about it and that is the most effect way to find. But I think it also starts with building stronger relationships with the members so they want to trust us with their friends. I am going to make a bigger effort with that this week. Who did you participate in exchanges with? I was with Elder Nyfeler this week i Noord. How did the exchange go? It was a great exchange. We had lots to do and it was busy busy. Elder Nyfeler cracks me up and he is such a good example. It was fun to get to interact with him again because its been since we flew together to the mission. I learned that there is always something to be joyous about, even the little things. He is very good at that. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Thank you for your email to me this week president. It meant a lot to me. I know there is something for us to find this transfer. I am excited to go find it! Thank you for all the prayers and support! Safe travels!

February 20, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this week was seeing three our progressing friends at church which was so fun. One of our friends who is on date came for the first time. It is tricky with her because woth her work she can only come once a month. We have told her about sacrifice and she has said she will talk to her boss about getting a few more sundays off it ia just hard because that job is stability for her. Another success this week was facebook! I friended someone this week, I messaged them throughout the week, and we have an appointment set up at the church this week for the first discussion! I have been trying to figure out how to make facebook effective for a long time so it was exciting to see this friend pop up. A challenge this week was it being carnival weekend. A lot of our friends couldnt meet with us and tbe short days this weekend through us off a bit. So we are happy this weekend has come and gone. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? Patience is something I want to be a lot better at. Especially when it comes to my thoughts. I get so worked up about friends sometimes or.even my companion. It is a christlike attribute I want to develop this next week and study it. I could be so much more patient. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Doing well! We are still searching for the one this transfer in Noord. We had a pretty neat miracle this last week with someone chasing us down on our bikes to hear our message. They are out there for sure, just have to keep looking. Safe travels this week! Thanks for everything you and sister Lamprecht do for us!

February 27, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this week for me was the devotional on Wednesday. I needed it, and I learned so much. A challenge this week was so many cancelled lessons. All of our lessons with members fell through this week which really hurt us. I felt like we made the most of the week, just a lot of lessons that didnt happen was hard. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I think I have wrote this one before but patience and positivity. I get so flustered when we are sitting down with the member who is going to help us teach and our friend doesn't show up or vice versa. I just am going to be better at rolling with the punches and only worrying about what I can comtrol this week. Who did you participate in exchanges with? I was on an exchange this week in Noord with Elder Tafisi How did the exchange go? The day itself turned upside down on us with three canceled lessons, but later in the day we did a finding activity where we ran into a inactive member who came to us and really seemed engaged. It was neat because when he saw my name tag he got really excited and said it was an elder Miller who baptized him. Pretty neat experience even as simple as that, being in the right place at the right time. I learned a lot from Elder Tafisi though, he is a very good missionary and doing a great job as a DL. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I look forward to my interview with you President! Safe travels and thanks for all the work you put into this mission! Praying for you and your wife.  During the past month, how have you seen the hand of the Lord in your work? This past month we have worked hard with one of our friends named Mara.her situation was so hard and it always took every last option to be able to meet with her. But.I have seen the hand of the Lord so much in the way he has prepared here. We found a kind member to bring and take her home from church every week this past month and she has a great connection with the branch. About a week ago we had a lesson with her and she told us she would be moving to a better living situation down in Pos Chiquito. Sad to lose her, but the first thing she wants to do when she gets down there is get in touch with the missionaries and go to church. It really has been so neat, especially because she found us. Im hopefully she will be baptized in the month of march.

March 06, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this week was putting our Friend Rubenita on date! Another success was finding many new people to teach that were women, and that led to the challenge of looking for members who can help us in lessons. Last week it was a struggle to find help but this next week we should have more help. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to be very thorough this week. I want to make sure every option ia explored for making lessons work, and I want to make sure I dont take the easy way out. I want to be thorough with my companion and just love instead of tolerate, and I want to make sure he feels comfortable in this area. So I know that is not specifically in standards but I hope it is ok if I add being thorough. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) It is crazy to me it is the last week of the transfer. I am excited to see what we can make happen this week here in Noord. Have a great week! Thanks again for all the help last week!

March 13, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. It was a great last week to the transfer! We saw so many little miracles and were able to see many recent converts and new members at church. We found three new friends that I hope become solid investigators! A challenge this week was kind of an interesting thing, we were at a lesson and explaining why the ordinance of the sacrament wouldn't be administered this last sunday at zone conference, because it would be our friends first time coming to church. It was just hard to explain why we do it almost everyweek but this one. It makes sense numbers wise and length of meeting I assume, but It was tricky explaining it. I would love to hear how ypu might explain that? What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I think Patience will be a big one for me this week. There is going to be so much new for me this week, and I can just see myself getting flustered that I dont know what is going on. So patience in taking it all in, and figuring out how to work best in Bonaire. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I am so excited yo work with Elder Pederson. He is a great missionary, and I am so ready to just get lost in Bonaire and see how much we can accomplish! Thanks so much for your talks at district conference. They were impactful. Have a great week!

March 20, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. This week was a really good week! First week in Bonaire and I am learning so much. Our days were full and we found many new people who we are excited about. A success was really trying to connect with the branch this week, and I feel like I did that. A challenge this week was our members at lessons. We had them lined up the day of, and then they didn't follow through. We will work on that next week for sure. 28 What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want Boldness to be a big thing for me this week. With the way I teach our friends and with my companion and not just hitching a ride. It is so important, and I want to make an emphasis on it this week. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I am excited to get more of a grip on this area this week! So much good is happening on this island! We have a baptism this weekend of one of our friends. It will be so neat. Thanks so much for your email president. I loved your thoughts on the sacrament. Sometimes living by faith and trusting in our living day prophets is all we need! Thanks for all you do! Have a great week!

March 27, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. It was a very good week! We found so many new friends that we are both excited about. We were able to put two of our friends on date, and to top it all off we had a super special baptism this weekend of our friend Mackenley. I was so happy to be a part of that baptism. There was a special spirit there. Maybe one challenge this week would be the languages. I am learning new things everyday but at a spot where I am not progressing like I want to. I need to be patient with it, but sometimes it gets me frustrated. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? This week I really want to be better about being outgoing. Sometimes it is easy for me to just settle in on only me which sounds so selfish as I am writing this. I want to be better about looking to help others, or simply interact with others first, instead of in my own head space. If that makes sense. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I am excited for this week! Zone conference, our interview, and General Conference this weekend! Spiritual power house this week! Safe travels president. Excited to see you both! Thanks for all you do! During the past month, how have you seen the hand of the Lord in your work? Oh man, it's hard to just pin point one. Mackenleys baptism this past week was so special to be a part. Another experience this past week is really coming to mind though. We went to visit a recent convert who has been really struggling since his baptism. His mother has died, his wife le+ with the kids and he can't sleep. Just a sad situation. While we were there he vented to us and we let him get everything out. He was super emotional, and for awhile we didn't know what we should do. Elder Pederesen and I both shared testimonies of Jesus Christ and His sacrifice to swallow up this members pains and afflictions. He kept saying how he was told if he was baptized all his problems would go away. It was so hard to tell him that was wrong. We asked him if he would like a priesthood blessing. He said yes and it was a super powerful experience. I remember the spirit that flooded that dark and messy home. This was my second time meeting this man, but during that blessing over and over again I felt God wanting him to know how much he loved him. He wasn't able to come to church yesterday, but he is doing a little better which is a blessing to see. Wo apparent that the Lord is there for him even if he can't feel it.

April 03, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. Oh boy, what a week! A success thus week for sure was zone and general conference! They were both spiritual powerhouses for me and I am excited to study the training and talks more! A challenge this week for sure is the living situation we did a lot of moving this weekend which I am grateful for but once we were all moved over, the water and power were off because we didn't sign a form and their office was closed on the weekend. So today hopefully it all gets figured out. So we have been making the ridds living room work for the past couple days. Another challenge is because of all the craziness, we haven't been able to do missionary work really in our area for a week. So I am excited to get back to the normal routine. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? Patience is big for me this week. I need to just wait out this adjusting time with faith and not let it fluster me. Patience in all aspects too with my companion and our area. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Hall How did the exchange go? It was a nice exchange. Definitely the shortest exchange I've ever been on because of our flight but with the time we had it was nice. I continue to learn a lot from Elder Hall. He is becoming a great leader and we were able to talk a lot about overcoming pride for both of us. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) General Conference was a miracle for me President! In almost every talk I could find some kind of reference making my prayers more meaningful and building my covenantal relationship with my Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. So many things I can put into action. Thank you so much for your council this week. It felt very personal and I am grateful for you President. Also thank you for your email. We will make sure to teach our friend with your council and those amazing quotes in mind. Thanks for all you do! Safe travels this week!

 April 10, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this week was finding two different families who are ready to recieve the gospel. It was so neat at one house the Father had all his kids come out and listen to our message. They've been searching for the true church and we are excited to see them progress. Another success this week was putting our friend Almonte on date for May. We are still searching for our April baptism but fun to see another one for May. A challenge this week was filtering through our friends. We are finding a lot of people which means we have to be good at dropping and picking up. Sometimes it is tricky to know but it keeps our area clean. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to remember more this next week and the rest of my mission that I have been set apart from the world. I really loved your counsel for the elders in the mission this week. I realized that I am not doing a good enough job standing up and being bold when things like that happen. I want to be a better leader that way this week. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Happy Easter! Thanks for all you do! Excited for another week! Safe travels!

April 17, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success tg8s week for sure was seeing our hatian family of friends at church yesterday! We have only taught them twice but they came and it was so neat to see one of the sons wearing one of the ties we gave them. It worries me a little because the children just moved to Bonaire about two weeks ago from Haiti and only know how to speak Creole. For our lessons we do a joint effort with Florida Elders who speak Creole. But I hope church was still a nice thing for them even if they can't understand. We are working on finding someone to translate for them next week. I know Itll work put how it needs to but it's hard because I know there are protestant churches all around (the mom went to one before) that have a hatian preacher. But we will keep praying for them and finding a way for them to grow at church bèst. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I really want to focus on teaching with members this week. We have been very mediokre with that this transfer and I know SO many members who could benefict from coming and helping us. Just going to put a bigger emphasis on it this week. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Thanks for all you do President. This last week the Zone Leaders brought up how we should follow Safeguards better by staying in the same room as your comp on pday when you call your family. I feel like that's a way to interpreted the Safeguard but it doesn't make a lot of sense to me. In Bonaire we have one phone so someone is in the Clark office on a computer and the room is so small. It would be very chaotic i think and just hard. We have been all staying in the tiny church but just different parts as we communicate with family. The missionaries here are on the same page. Elder Pedersen and I called the zls and told them our concerns. They said they were communicate with the APs. But just wanted to let you know its on my mind. Whatever you think is best, I will follow. Just wanted to know how you read it. Thanks again! Have a great week!

April 24, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this week was our finding. We have really filtered through some friends and are finding new people to teach. Another exciting success this last week was one family of children we have been teaching had there parents in the home fot the lesson and they sat down too! It was so neat, now we are teaching the whole family! One more success from this last week, even though it is not in my area, this week the Noord Elders called us and told me that two friends who I had taught Rubenita (If I remember right, late last year you were at church in Aruba and it was her first time coming) and Joanne (who is super neat and now reactivating her inactive brother, are both getting baptized this week. One of them was a miracle and read 3 Nephi 11 and knew she needed to be baptized a+er awhile of not meeting with the Elders. I've tried to picture those friends in white for a long time and I am so excited to zoom in to the baptism this coming Saturday! What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? Listening- sorry these things aren't really in standards but I was listening to a devotional by Elder Bednar this last week and he made a comment about what I am doing while my companion is speaking. He said part of having the spirit work through me in lessons is by listening intently while my companion is speaking so I will know what needs to be said next. I wouldn't say I am totally checked out while he is talking, but I want to be better this week about being invested in what they say too. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? 33 Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Thanks so much for your email back to me last week! I will be sure to follow your council on it. These past couple of weeks we have these inactives in our area who are okay with us coming back to their homes for more lessons and we did as Elder Nielsen said to first teach the Restoration and let them feel the spirit and we have done that. We have been back a few times a+er that and have tried to have lessons about covenants and the sacrament but what do you think we should do. Is it a good use of our time to continue going back if they haven't been back to church yet? Should we be very straight up with them now and invite them back to church or is there something else we should be doing or teaching? Thanks for all you do President! Excited for this new transfer! Safe travels this week! During the past month, how have you seen the hand of the Lord in your work? I have been much more specific in my prayers about families. We are teaching two solid amazing families right now and it has been so neat to teach them. The gospel is truly for families and I have seen that while I've taught them. Everything in the gospel can be related back to families and they learn so much better together. It is an answer to my prayers and the Lords hand is all over it.

May 01, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this week was putting an emphasis on finding. We were able to find another family this week! We are teaching three families and those lessons are always so neat. It has strengthened my testimony of this gospel being the perfect fit for everyone, but specifically families! We look forward to teaching them this week! Another success was being able to watch the baptism of Joanne Quandus this last saturday. She was a friend I had taught back in Noord Aruba and there was such a special spirit. Definitely a 'hoorah for Israel' moment. A challenge this week was finding a way to be out among the people. There were a few national holiday celebrations we went to but had little success finding and just odd things that changed the dynamic of our missionary work. We are excited to get into a groove this next week. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to be better about leadership this week. I am excited to get some training from you this week and just really give this district my very best. Sometimes I catch myself going through the motions or following the crowd instead of stepping up or being the example. I am going to be more conscious about it this week. 34 Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Thanks for all you do President! I love the time I have here in Bonaire and am so excited to see what is instore for this next week! Hope you and your wife are well! Safe travels!

May 08, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this week was seeing our church building packed yesterday! The fullest since I have been here and only four were touristy. Every seat was taken and we were still expexting about 8 more friends to come who never came. I know it isn't the best setup for the church to be jammed pack but the way us missionaries see it is pretty fun. Another success this week was service. They aren't new people quite yet but we served one man who we had met a week before, he came to church this Sunday and we haven't even taught him yet, but then a couple we had met at this service also expressed interest in learning more. A challenge this week was finding. We have set a goal to talk to more people but also find through members much better too. We have some potential friends though that we are excited about. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? Teaching with members is something I want to be so much better at. In my whole mission I have never once even called in a member to a lesson even for a short testimony. There are just so many ways to include them and I have seen the progresión of my friends who have had members at lessons. I am excited to focus on that this week. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) 35 Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Last night we were able to call in to Rubenita Youngs baptism back in Noord. It was so special and the spirit was so strong. That conversion story started back in my first few weeks in Noord when we decided to talk to a man at his fence and Rubenita came around the corner. So neat. I am so grateful to have been a part of it. She will be such a strength to that branch. Actually I still remember one of our first lessons with her at the church and we had asked brother Muers to come with us and a+er the first lesson he pulled me aside and said, "Elder Miller she is going to be the next relief society president". I need more of brother Muers faith. But really was a highlight of my mission yesterday seeing that ordinance. Thanks for all you do President! Have a great week!

 May 15, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success of this last week was being a part of the baptism of our little friend james! He was so happy and it was so neat. Another success was seeing 6 of our friends at church this last week! We were hoping for 8 but it ended up being okay because there were no more seats in the building. A challenge this week I would say is finding still. We are trying to put more of a focus on member finding and we havent been able to find too much through it yet but we are going to meet with more members this week. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? My language studies havent been as impactful as I would like them lately so I am re-committing to them. I need to find ways to mix them up so they are more exciting. Also want to study more in the Book of Mormon in the languages. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I am doing well! There are so many good people here on this island amd we are starting to seem some hearts change! Hope you are well! Safe travels! Thanks for all you do.

May 22, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A big success this last week was the baptism of our little friend Kevin! It was just super neat and a miracle really becuase a+er the ordinance his mom came and found me and said how about a year ago kevin didnt want anything to do with the church or getting baptized. We are so happy for him! Our finding also improved this last week too! Through the members is still something we are working for but we are so close with one member and his friend! A challenge this week was a lot of canceled lessons. Always seems to be 10 minutes before too which is hard but I need to be patient with it. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? Diligence in having backup plans throughout the day. Recently with quite a few canceled lessons we find ourselves scrambling to find contacts to go to when it would be more effective to have a premade plan of who to visit. I think that will help us a ton especially as we focus on the members. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I am doing great President! I am excited for zone conference this week and my interview with you. Bonaire is growing and it is so neat to see and so grateful to be a part of it! Thanks for all you do and safe travels to Aruba!

May 29, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. Zone Conference was so good, and so needed! It got me so excited to come back here to Bonaire and start working with the members here! Another success was all we were able to accomplish this weekend a+er getting back. We saw a lot of good, already started making progress with our members and saw a lot of our friends start keeping commitments! A challenge this week was meeting with everyone we wanted to with a short week because of travels but we are working with it and have a full week ahead of us! 37 What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? Diligence I think. Last week of the transfer and I want to give it everything I got. I love this island and the people/members here and I really want to finish strong and get as many things set up as I can. I don't know how much time I have le+ here in Bonaire, I hope more, but what ever transfers bring I want to be super diligent and persistent this week. With the members! Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Hall How did the exchange go? It was so good! I love Elder Hall! He is a stud missionary and is always motivating me to be better. I learned ways to make our companionship studies more productive and times where I would love to pray like before lessons and before Facebook time. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) We are excited to have you and sister Lamprecht here with us this weekend! A quick spiritual experience I had this weekend when we got back to Bonaire that I know was prompted by what you had talked about at Zone Conference... I was super pumped to dive right into member records and how we can focus on the "big fish" Melchizedek priesthood men here and the potential ones. I sat down behind a computer and sorted out the current Elders, potential Elders and which were between ages 18-30 and as I was making this list on this google docs sheet (and I am sure also because my comp was playing 'How Firm a Foundation' on the computer next to me in the background) but I was overcome by the spirit as I glanced up and down this list of men and seeing how close we are to a stake in the islands. It was just a confirmation to me of what we had discussed at conference and a powerful reminder that this is exactly how the Lord needs us to go about missionary work in our mission. Anyways, I wanted to share that with you because it really hit me. I am excited to see it in action! Have a great week! Safe travels here! During the past month, how have you seen the hand of the Lord in your work? This opportunity I have had this transfer to be a District leader here in Bonaire has been a way I have seen the Lord working on me. Although it has been a step or two outside my comfort zone and o+en meant more things to have to be involved in, I truly have learned so much. To lead by example and try to be a peacemaker by being a leader people want to follow. I know the scale of it is so small here in Bonaire but I really feel like I have grown a lot from it. It has taught me to be more bold, to making a comment on something I would usually be much more quiet about, and to look out and help others. It has definitely been a way I have seen the Lord molding me into a better Elder Miller, and more of the missionary He needs me to be.

June 05, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this week was working with the members! We had several lessons with members and it is so easy to see the difference and quality of the lesson with a member there. It is so true that the investigator opens up more and is more receptive with someone else there with us. Another success was finally getting to teach some potential friends this last week and making them actually friends. I am excited to see what happens with them! A challenge this week was figuring out how to best use our time when we had lessons fall through. I am still working on how to best do that. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I think the Christlike attribute of patience will definitely need to be a focus for me this next week. A new area, a new country, and companion. Taking it one step at a time and one day at a time putting my trust in the Lord is how I will make the best transition and not letting it all get to me too quick. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) It was so good to have you and your wife in Bonaire President Lamprecht! Also that you were able to make it to a lesson with us. I'm sure you could tell how special this Branch is. There are so many faithful saints here. If there was anything you saw that I or the missionaries could have been better with, would you let me know? I would love a few pointers. Thank you for making time for us! I know you have one busy schedule. Excited for what Curacao will hold, and how I can best make an impact there! Have a great week!

June12, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this week was the transition to Curacao! I am excited to be here. The members are awesome and I'm excited to work with them! A challenge is whenever the power goes out. It is so hot but we are making it work. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? Humility. I have studied it a lot lately in my personal study and it is a christ-like attribute I would really like to be better about. I think it says a lot when someone is humble. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Thanks for your email president! It means a lot to me! I will definitely work on asking questions at the beginning. That will help me a ton! I hope you have a great week!

June 19, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A challenge this week was sickness. I felt bad l, Elder Adams got pretty sick and we couldn't meet with a lot of friends for a couple of days, but a success in a way is he has recovered and the end of the week we were out and about much more. I think two of.the biggest success this week was putting our friend Osmaila on date for baptism this transfer and seeing another friend come to church for the first time yesterday. So we are excited for the coming weeks! 40 What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? This next week I want to focus on love. I am not very good when it comes to giving compliments and I just want our friends to know that I love them even though I haven't been around too long yet. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Thanks for all you do President! I am doing well and excited to get rolling on another week! Safe travels to you this week!

 June 26, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success of this week was we were so busy! The start of the week was slow but by the end our days were full with help from the members too! Yesterday we were able to have 4 member present lessons with our friends. If a couple lessons wouldn't of cancelled on the spot we could have easily had 6. It really just showed me how doable getting member lessons is and we are excited to hit our goal next week! Another success this last week was finding! That has been a challenge for us since the beginning of the transfer but this week it clicked! One last success was putting our friend Franklin on date! We are excited for him! It is in August which is a ways out but it was such a big step for him who struggles to commit. Now he has a goal and direction! What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? This one isn't from standards but I really want to focus on the principles in the new Preach My Gospel. I am excited to dive into it in my studies this week! Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? 41 Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I am well! The work here is good! Blessed to be a part of it! Thanks for all you do for this mission President! Safe travels to you this week! During the past month, how have you seen the hand of the Lord in your work? With changing islands this past month I have been so grateful for the Lord's hand in my life. I have been here a short three weeks but already I have fallen in love with the people here. My new friends, the members, it all gets me excited when I wake up. I am so grateful to God for allowing me to see the people here like that even when everything is still so new for me here in Curaçao. Even though it is such a small portion of God's love for them, I am blessed to share some of it and it brings me so much joy!

July 03, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this last week was being able to filter through our friends a bit and figure out how to best help our friends who are on date. A challenge this week was finding. We are trying to figure out how to go about it, and also how to best use 6-8 time when we don't have lessons. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to work on being more optimistic when we are out and about looking for these member homes. I quickly get frustrated with it and I can be better about staying positive with it. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Miller How did the exchange go? It was a great exchange. Elder Tafisi is a great missionary. You can tell how much he cares about the work, and I think he has become a great leader. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) 42 Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I am looking forward to our interview tomorrow President! Thanks for taking the time with each of us!

July 10, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. One success this week was all that we learned in zone conference. We took it back to our area to finish the week, and with three friends we were very bold with them and told them our purpose and what we want to help them do. We were bracing for some drop lessons but all three of them want baptism and so now we can help them get it. An exciting success of last week aswell was receiving a referral! She is a middle aged woman who needs a lot of help with service. We have met her once and I received a strong impression that she would make a great relief society President in the new branch. A challenge this week was wit our friend on date osmaila. She wants to be baptized and was sad when we had to move her date back a week but there is one hump she can't get over. The sabbath being Sunday not Saturday. We've tried to teach her how it changed but she doesn't understand. I know awhile back you gave a mission devotional on this and it was a video explaining it. But that was a struggle this week. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? One thing I really loved from zone conference was the safeguards training. I have not been as diligent reading those as of late and I love how it is a part of PMG now. Also I liked what Elder Packard said about how you can tell a difference with missionaries who live those safeguards. I want to be one of those missionaries. So that'll be a big focus for me this next week. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Hall How did the exchange go? It was a great exchange. Elder Hall is a great example to me of a dedicated missionary. We saw a lot of good that day! Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) 43 Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Thanks for all you do! I really enjoyed my interview with you. Thank you for all the insights and counsel. We will make sure to finish strong this last week of the transfer!

July 17, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. One success of this last week was working with the members and specifically the leaders of the branch and making goals and a plan on how we will reach 10 for 2024. It's exciting and it was fun to get some of the leaders on board and excited about it too. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I think just diligence and consistency when it comes to finding. Always having contacts to go to, asking for family and friends in lessons, and just talking to more people. I think a part of my missionary finding skills dropped off a+er we switched to focus on members but there is so much finding to be done in and around the members. I want to find this week! Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) This week I received scary news that my grandma got into a horrible car accident. I think she will be okay and I hope it is a quick recovery. She has been on my mind and in my prayers. Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I am excited for this coming transfer. Elder Nyfeler will be fun to work with and he'll bring a lot to this branch. We are so close here in Curaçao to that split. It will be a great goal to work towards this transfer. Thanks also for your email to me President, we will definitely make sure she has a testimony of the living day prophet before going forward. That's huge. Thanks for everything.

July 24, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this last week was finding with members. This past weekend we went with a member to show her where a house on her ministering list was and a+er she showed us to a members home we didn't know. When we went we met a young RM with a wife and baby who lives in Peru but in two months is planning on being in Curaçao permanently. It was a miracle! He would make such a good branch President for the new branch. He also has an Inactive uncle who has the Melchizedek priesthood who he can reactivate. Such a huge miracle and we look forward to having him in the branch soon! What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? This transfer I really want to focus on the Christlike attribute of Hope. I know it will help me be the missionary I want to be. It will also help me find the joy in the days more. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) This last week I had the opportunity to do my very first baptismal interview for a friend being taught in Trinidad. It was super special. He was young, but the spirit was so strong. I could feel the significance of priesthood keys like you talked about. So grateful to have had that experience. Safe travels to you both as you start zone conferences. Thanks for all you do!

 July 31, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this week was seeing our friend Franklin at church! He has been taught on and off for a long time and yesterday was the first time he has come to church. He is preparing himself for baptism and it was neat to see him start following through with commitments. Another success this last week was putting a couple more friends on date for baptism. They both want it, and it'll be great to have a goal to work towards with them now. A challenge this week was working with our friend Osmaila. She had a baptism date this coming week but she didn't pass the interview. She came to church yesterday l, but this next week we really need to help her gain a strong testimony of the Restoration. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? Working with the members is something I know I can be better at. There is no reason we shouldn't be having at least one member present lesson a day. I am going to really focus on that this next week. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I look forward to meeting with you this week President! Safe travels back to the islands. During the past month, how have you seen the hand of the Lord in your work? As I have focused on the tender mercies of the Lord this last month and not writing them off as just coincidences I have found a lot more joy in the work. It helps me realize that we are being guided whether that be to do a specific contact, or take a specific road. The Lord is mindful of me, my companionship and the people here in this area. My testimony has strengthened in knowing that if I listen close, the Holy Spirit will guide.

August 07, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this last week was being able to hit all of our key indicators. We had it on our mind all week and it felt so good to hit it last night. Another success was seeing both of our friends on date for this transfer come to church again this week. Another success was receiving so many referrals from Facebook and them working out and helping us find new people to teach. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to focus on christ-like love and service this week. Especially as District leader. This coming week for the Brievengat sisters is big. They are taking over the Saliña area and a lot of unknowns. It'll be an adjustment but I want to be more aware of them this week and still expect them to do great things but show an increase of love at the same time. I just want to look out for them more this week. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I really appreciate my interview with you last week. I needed it. In weekly planning yesterday we sat down and really sought guidance as we made specific plans for each of our friends on date. Like you said to do, we focused on what we needed to do to see them baptized on that date, what they needed to do, and finally what we needed the Lord to help us with and specific miracles related to each person. There was a special spirit as we sought this revelation. I am excited for the coming miracles as we put in the work on our end and help our friends realize their part. Pretty neat. Have a good week!

August 14, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this week was finding through so many media referrals. It has been such a blessing. Another success was getting the 10by2024 men distributed amongst the District and getting lessons scheduled and contacting each of the men we are assigned to. Also it was so neat to have a friend on date come to church for the first time yesterday. It was a great Second hour for him learning about temples in priesthood, and so many people reached out. Before he le+ he shook my hand and said, "I will be back" with a big smile. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to be better at the effort I am putting in to find this next week. I have been kind of on the back burners when it comes to finding opportunities with all these Facebook referrals coming in, so I want to have more lines in the water with finding this week. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I am well. We are so close with a few of our friends and them being baptized. Safe travels back to Curacao this week! Thanks for all you do!

 August 21, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. This week we saw so much success in finding. From referrals, go seeing friends get family involved. It's exciting and makes our job to si+ easier. Another success was finding consistent ways to keep members invovled in our week. A challenge is trying to help our friend Osmaila to the baptism date. She is so close, but we are trying to find the line of not pushing her too much and helping her reach her goal. 48 What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to recommit this week to being more engaged with the companionships in this district throughout the week. I can be better about checking up on goals and progress during the week. I think it'll mean a lot to them if I am more aware of them in that way. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Happy Birthday President Lamprecht! I hope in some way you can find time to relax today! I o+en thank my Heavenly Father for the blessing it is to have you as my mission president. I am so grateful that I have had your leadership and counsel throughout my mission so far. Thank you for everything you do for each of us. I feel it specifically. Have a great week!

August 28, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this last week was working with the members when we teach our friends. It really has been so neat to see the change in our work this past transfer as weade members present more important. Another success was seeing our friend Anthony decide he wants to be baptized a+er he felt the Spirit in a prayer. We are so excited for him. A challenge however this week was not having the baptism of our friend Osmaila like we planned for. She has back peddled lately but we need to Keep showing love and remind her of the spiritual experiences she has had. She did come to church though which was great. President Yuyes was there and he talked about the Sabbath day which was great for her. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to focus on being patient this week. I am going to a new area, new comp, and just missionary work won't look exactly the same. I am going to try my best to be patient through all the change as I get adjusted. 49 Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Hall and Tafisi How did the exchange go? Both the exchanges this week went very well. Elder Hall is a great leader. Then later in the week with Elder Tafisi we saw alot of good in our area. He is a great leader as well who is easy to follow. In both exchanges we talked a lot about what happened this transfer and how our zone can improve next transfer. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I am excited for whats next in Aruba. I have big hopes for what our district can do. We are so young, but I really want to help setup a culture of hard work and reaching goals. Something I need to be prayerful about for sure. Safe travels to you this week! Thanks for all you do. During the past month, how have you seen the hand of the Lord in your work? This time I've had in Curaçao has been so neat. I have seen the hand of the Lord in the lives of my friends. Franklin for example who has been taught on and of for a long time, who said church isn't for him now walks to the bus stop every week to make it to church and prepare for his baptism. Another friend Louis, I remember the first time Elder Adams and I met him. Not that interested and thought we were only there for his Inactive mom. But now he is literally changing the habits of his life to prepare for baptism. Those are just a few but I have been so blessed to have been here to watch them repent really. Its been a miracle.

September 04, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this last week was getting here to the Santa Cruz area with Elder Priebe! Another success was our finding efforts and going through the member list. I would say a challenge we faces was the amount of lessons we had. Our teaching pool is very small and we are teaching as many lessons as we would like a day, but as we continue to stress finding, we will have more people to teach. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? Asking for referrals everywhere! That is one of our comp goals that I want to get good at. In all situations. It will help us find too. 50 Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I am excited for Aruba. I get to work with a lot of great missionaries here. And the new Elders bring some extra fire with them. Thankful for all you do for us. You and Sister Lamprecht are in our prayers!

September 11, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this past week was being able to finish organizing our member list. Another success was finding an inactive named Vivian who simply needed someone to come to her home, tell her she is missed and love her to come back to church. Crazy, that's all it took. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? One principle I want to focus on this coming week is trusting in the way we should go about finding. It would be so easy to just start knocking door to door and I am sure we could get some return appointments that way, but trusting in the plan we have, by going to the members first and having the faith to trust that we will find through them. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I am looking forward to Zone Conference this week. It'll be a good way to reset and see how we can go about missionary work here in Santa Cruz a better way. Hope travels this week go smooth for you. Thanks for taking the time to read this.

 September 18, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. One of the successes this last week had to be all of the conferences we got to be a part of. It was also a success that our friends came to church and were impacted by all the speakers. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to be very aware this week of the time we are out of the car. Just finding ways to keep our lines in the water longer. Who did you participate in exchanges with? It was super quick, but with Elder Jackson How did the exchange go? It was a really neat exchange. I look up to Elder Jackson a lot. In that short time we had, we were blessed with several miracles that we found by being where we needed to be. I also learned some great ways to find better from him. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I really appreciated our interview President. I will continue to be prayerful about the packards car situation and get a better feel for it this week on exchanges. Thanks for all you do. Safe travels this week!

September 25, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this last week was seeing a lot of member support. From super thoughtful meals to giving friends rides to church and teaching with us. We are blessed with some awesome members here in Aruba. A challenge I've seen and something the whole district is working on is finding. I think a lot of it comes down to being out and about with the people and opening our mouths as much as we can, but we are still trying to improve. 52 What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to be better this coming week when it comes to always expecting miracles. I noticed this last week that when I was on exchanges in my area our finding improved and I think I just have a different mindset on those days. So just learning and choosing everyday to commit to miracles is something I want to improve on. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Larson and Elder Fewkes How did the exchange go? It was a neat opportunity for me to do exchanges with these two new Elders last week. First Elder Larson is a hard worker. You can tell he cares and he doesn't shy away from anything. Elder Fewkes is also a great missionary. He will put himself out there as well and he has a really kind heart. On both days I tried to really push finding and talking to everyone. They were both great exchanges and they both seem to be Adjusting well. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) The double car situation we had talked about in my interview has been on my mind and I've tried to be prayerful about what Aruba needs and what would make the most sense for this district. It means a lot to me that you want me involved in this decision... If the new building is complete and up and running with new missionary areas, then to me it makes sense to give the Packards car to the playa sisters who will then have a bigger area and will be more spread out. On the other hand, if the new building or new missionary areas are still pending when the Packards leave I think giving the car to the Pos Chiquito Elders would make the most sense. They have a big area as of now and the car could be very helpful. Whenever the building and their new missionary area (mainly san Nicholas) are complete, I would think giving the sisters the car with their expanded area would be ideal. Hopefully those changes have happened by the time the Packards are out and if we (santa cruz area) are moved further south, then a car on each end of the island would be beneficial. I hope this helps you. Thanks a ton President. Have a great week! During the past month, how have you seen the hand of the Lord in your work? This last month I have seen the Lord's hand in the work by simple things. Meeting who need to meet. Seeing friends progress who are ready to progress and especially in the branch and how things are moving forward so much since I have been back here in Aruba. It is easy to see the Lord is very aware of this island.

October 02, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this last week was ministering to less actives. It was a very easy way in with conference this weekend to invite them to watch and it was neat to see some who have not been to church for awhile come to watch general conference. Another success is finding friends who stick. We have si+ed a lot lately and it usually leaves us with our main core of friends but this last week we found a couple who want to progress which is so neat. A challenge was getting members involved in more of our lessons. This next week it will take better planning on our end to hit that goal. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I don't know if this necessarily fits in as a principle, but maybe to our Go and Do theme, but this week I want to be better about having backups for everything we do. No matter how well we plan, throughout the day, one thing at least is bound to not go through and I want to have a better plan of action when that happens. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Stinson How did the exchange go? It was a great exchange, Elder Stinson is doing a good job. It seems like he is doing well with training. I think it's neat how Elder Fewkes and him are farely different but are making their companionship work. I told Elder Stinson this, but you can tell Elder Fewkes looks up to him. I learned a lot from Elder Stinson, he's been doing this for awhile and he just does it well. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I don't think so, besides feeling very blessed that each of my general conference questions were answered. I look forward to diving back into those talks. Thanks for all you do President. I mean it, thank you!

October 09, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this week was finding. It was such a blessing to find four new families who seem interested in our message. We hope they will read in the Book of Mormon and continue to meet with us regularly. Another success was finish strong a great transfer. We saw so much good and so many miracles along the way. Elder Priebe and I think that our area is now in a place where we can start to contribute consistently to the mission monthly baptism goal. A challenge has been with an increase in finding, staying ontop of everyone is definitely more challenging. We are trying to stay organized and continue to si+. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? Well, in the standards, Interacting with Adults in a way. I want to be better about members participating in our lessons. The last couple weeks I've seen this key indicator dip and I just want to put more effort there because l believe a good portion of that key indicator is based on the missionaries staying on top of it. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Everett in santa cruz aruba How did the exchange go? It was a good day. I was disappointed a few lessons didn't work out, but we found great things to do, and one contact in particular lead to us finding a family later this week. It was also great to get to know Elder Everett. I had never worked with him closely and I admire the way he goes about being a missionary. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) This will be a good transfer. We are excited for this new building to come along and we are going to be so sad to lose the Packards. It'll all work out. Thanks for sharing about your dad. I thought that was pretty neat. You are all in my prayers. Have a good week!

October 16, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. One of the biggest success' from this past week has to be putting our friends, Mark and Victoria on date! It has been quite a process with them and we are so excited that they have received a spiritual confirmation that baptism is for them. I would say one of the hardest challenges was seeing friends si+ themselves. It is good that we are si+ing but sad that friends and families turn it down. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? This week I want to put a bigger focus on my language study. I love learning these languages but o+en get distracted in that hour study that follows lunch. I think trying to do it out of the house helps me, so maybe we can try to do that more this week. I just want to be more diligent in that study. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I don't think so. Thanks for all you do President. I am doing well, loving my time here in Aruba. Safe travels to Trinidad!

October 23, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this week was being where we needed to be at certain moments throughout the week where people came to us. The challenges of this week were real as the family we put on date only a week ago decided to stop being taught. That was so hard. And also another challenge is teaching friends who don't make their gospel learning a higher priority in their life. 56 What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to be much more bold this coming week in the way I teach. I read a quote last week about how significant this calling is and how it is a matter of eternal life. More o+en I want to connect what we teach to the grand scheme in Heavenly Father's plan. I just need to find a way to do that simply yet Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Larson in santa cruz area How did the exchange go? It was a good day. We saw a lot of great contacts and lessons go through. Elder Larson is a confident missionary, he testifies and teaches powerfully and boldly. Something I want to be better at. But he is doing great, he wishes he could speak more in the languages in his area, but I assured him that every other area in the islands will give him great practice. But he is doing well and is finding his stride with Elder Everett. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Just so you know, Mark, Victoria, and Kyanu Werleman (and little daughter Chloe but weren't teaching her) is that family I was writing about. They were the ones who came to District conference, then general conference and so on. On Wednesday we gave Mark a baptismal calendar and it was neat to see him get motivated about how to fit in the remaining lessons before an interview in the coming weeks. Then we taught the law of tithing to both Mark and Victoria. It was something completely new to Mark and we could tell it was something they were going to need to pray about. So we invited them to keep this law in their prayers. It was a good lesson though that we made sure to have members at sharing their testimonies. Then the following morning we received quite a few texts from Mark telling us he prayed and recieved nothing and wanted to know if it was a mandatory thing. He said he had a lot to think about with regards to his baptism. We got him to call us later that day and really focused on the blessings of tithing and talked about showing love to God by keeping His commandments. At the end he told us he told us he was shocked this lesson came up so late and he expressed that if he could, he would pay it, but he can't because he has to provide for his family. He told us God wasn't responding to 95% of his prayers, and he just told us it was too big of a leap of faith. I'm sorry that was a lot but I thought you might like to know the situation. Pretty sad, but we are hoping they come around and that they keep coming to English class. As a companionship we felt prepared and felt like we followed the spirit, but I'm sure we could have done things differently. But at the end of the day, it is up to him and if he believes God will keep his promises. But that was the situation. I'm glad I'll have an interview with you this week to talk more about it. Safe travels. Thanks for taking the time to read all of this.

October 30, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this past week was finding. It is going to mean a lot of si+ing this coming week. A challenge was the lack of attention wiith working with members this past week. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? Working with the members for sure. There were some lessons that fell through. There were some members who bailed on us, but I ran out of bounds. The craziness of the beginning of the week was my excuse. So I am recommiting to it being on the forefront of my mind this week. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Turley in Santa Cruz Elder Stinson in Santa Cruz How did the exchange go? They were both great exchanges! In the one with Elder Turley we were able to have an Inactive youth come with us to teach our recent converts and it was so neat. We focused on missionary work with him and by the end he was telling us he wants to go on a mission! A more reserved teenager, but really opened up and felt the joy of the work. He wants to go out with us every week now! With Elder stinson we both worked on getting out of our shell and talking to more people. I think he had a good week and some great exchanges with the APs that'll help his companionship a ton. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Something I want to tell you that I wish I did differently this past weekend was we had a multi branch beach clean-up service project and it went really well. But I wish I would have led out more with my district because by the end shoes were off and having our feet in the water felt okay. I know it wasn't the end of the world, and it didn't get out of hand but we have a mission rule, no water, and I don't know how it applies in a beach clean up project, but starting with myself, I could have been better and led out more. I tried to bring it up in accountability calls later but I wish I would have been better in the moment. So that's on me. But thanks for reading all this President. Excited to be with you this coming week. Safe travels. 58 During the past month, how have you seen the hand of the Lord in your work? Well in many ways two specifically, with that young man (Dallin) who we worked with in that exchange who is so excited about missionary work now. That'll have such a ripple effect. And also Anthony being baptized. It was neat to see him commit, no matter his age, he wanted to be a part of the truth. He'll be a blessing to the priesthood there in Curaçao.

November 06, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success was working closer with our branch leaders to figure out how we can support them in the 10for24 goal. The san Nicholas branch has one towards the goal (Ahli) and the Oranjestad branch has one (Yohanne Winterdal). Now we are working on getting a list from the branch Presidency with 7 addition names that missionaries can provide support with. Another Success was being blessed with a family that seems super prepared for the gospel and will keep commitments. One of our biggest challenge right now is being able to teach our friends more consistently. With many of them we scrap to meet once a week with them. We need to address that, and be more bold in setting expectations with that. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I appreciated your thoughts this morning in your email on Elder Stevensons talk. That is an area I want to improve in this coming week. O+en I over look letting the spirit guide our decisions and want to be more intune there in the coming weeks. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Everett in Santa Cruz How did the exchange go? It was a great exchange. I learn a lot from Elder Everett. He teaches powerfully and understands the doctrine really well. I tried to share how to be very genuine with the members and those we teach so we build trust there. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) 59 Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I want to thank you again for our interview on Tuesday. I always look forward to those and it really upli+ed me this past week. Thanks for all you do.

November 13, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success from this past week had to be getting further along with friends who want to progress and meet more o+en. A challenge was finding ways to have members present in lessons. It felt like lessons that dropped we had members ready and then hard to get them there when we have spontaneous lessons. We can do better. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? Maybe not a principle, but I want to be enthusiastic about the work this next week, and an example of it for our district. Some of the missionaries are getting unmotivated and I just want to get them excited for the work and it starts with my energy. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Tafisi in Otrobanda Curaçao. How did the exchange go? It was a good exchange. In all honesty, a lot of lessons fell through and a lot of it was scrambling but we worked hard and I learned a lot from Elder Tafisi. I like the way he leads and want to take it back to Aruba with me. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Aruba had an okay week. We definitely took some blows, the biggest in losing the Packards but we will hold down the Fort and look forward to a better finish to the transfer this coming week. Thanks for all you do. Safe travels.

November 20, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this last week was seeing new friends start to progress and keep commitments. Another huge success was a brand new finding effort by sending out over 75 texts to old people found through Facebook. A challenge was getting friends to church. We have a couple that we want to count on, but they just don't make it happen. Hard to know what to do if they keep other commitments, but we need to emphasize the importance of making that happen to them. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to be better about teaching more this coming week. A couple weeks ago we were solid about having four lessons a day and lately that has slipped. I have found when I am teaching a lot I am more happy. It also means we are fulfilling our purpose more. So lots of lessons is what I want to strive for this week. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Fewkes in Santa Cruz How did the exchange go? It was a good exchange, lots fell through but we made the best of it. Elder Fewkes will be a great missionary out of training. I tried to share the importance of remembering spiritual experiences. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Looking forward to this new transfer with Elder Neal. I haven't heard anything but good things about him. We'll stay on top of finances but I am excited to get lost in the work of our area with him and get friends to baptism. Have a good week.

November 27, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this week was getting settled here with a new transfer! Another success was seeing our new friends start to keep commitments and progress! A challenge was hitting our key indicators. We came up short but we look forward to being better this next week. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to be better about talking to everyone. It is so easy for me to ride in my comfort zone and assume I might offend someone. If I want to baptize anyone I need to be willing to talk to anyone. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) We saw such a neat miracle with an Inactive here named Leo Ponson. For over two years he has not come to church and has been through many missionaries. I had yet to meet him until this last weekend when we decided to follow a prompting to go visit him. We didn't tell him he was missed and needed to come back, we simply got to know him and asked for another time to meet. Later he asked us what time church started and then Sunday morning came and he was there! It was pretty neat. He reminds me very much of Baas Noij un Bonaire. Young Dutch man that is very well-off and could be such a blessing to the branch here in Aruba. A new 10424 candidate for sure! Have a great week president. Safe travels.

December 04, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success from this last week was finding. We were able to meet some pretty neat people and a majority of it was just because we were where we needed to be at that time. A challenge of this last week was getting friends and even Recent Converts to church. We decided we need to start bringing up the church invitation more in lessons and stòp holding it back. So in that way we will make extraordinary efforts with our friends. 62 What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to really focus on teaching by the spirit this upcoming week. I think too o+en I keep chugging along in the lessons trying to get to the next principle that I don't give time to the spirit guiding our lesson. So I'm going to slow it all down this week in our lessons. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Look forward to Zone Conference and interviews this week! Travel safe!

December 11, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this past week was zone conference. It gave me great insights and a new excitement for the work. We also found success last week working with new friends who want to progress. A challenge was getting friends to church. We were so close with a couple of them but then last minute it didn't work out. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to be better prepared for a companion exchange thus coming week. So that I have some thoughts at the end of the day in our exchange review. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Adams in Santa Cruz area. How did the exchange go? It went really well. Even though we had a 2½ hour intermission at the airport waiting on immigration, we worked hard. He helped me get outside of my comfort zone with talking to everyone. Worst case it is just awkward and we can move on. 63 Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I really appreciate my interview with you the other day. I can be so much better working with Members and I am excited to strive for that more. Then next day at church we were able to get appointments set up with every active member family in our area. Thank you for all the counsel. Hope your week goes well!

December 18, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this past week was seeing two of our friends make it to church! It was neat and it has been awhile since we have gotten friends there. A bug part of that was having friends come to the branch Christmas dinner during the week. Also it was a blessing that members helped for transportation with one of them. Another success was finding this week. We feel like we are applying what we learned at zone conference and it is so true he is putting the right people in our path when we are diligent in constantly finding. A challenge this past week was getting members to participate in lessons. A good part of it is on us for not planning ahead more. We have committed to being better about this next week. However member work this week was great, I can write a little more about that later. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to be better about using Oír branch missionary coordination group chat. I think that is one way we can involve the members a lot more with friends who keep commitments. It would get members excited about them, know them better and want to help more. I want to be good at using that chat this week. Something new, and I want to see if it makes a difference. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Fewkes in Santa Cruz How did the exchange go? It was a great exchange. We were able to teach a lot. A+er my interview with you and refocusing on meeting with Members we were able to get scheduled many member family lessons last week. A majority of them fell on the day of this exchange and it went so well. It actually changed the vibe completely with one family and our missionary efforts. I was glad Elder Fewkes was there to see it and he wants to take it back to his area now as well. I learned from Elder Fewkes how to talk to people and si+ by focusing on talking to 20-30 Yr old males. We met some great men. 64 Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I don't think so. I can't believe Christmas is this next week. I have really taken to heart what you said about your Christmas' on your mission and want this years to be the same for me. Have a good week!

December 25, 2023 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. This week was hard. I got really sick and it was frustrating as it slowed down our work. A success would have to be getting our most progressing Friend to church for the first time this past weekend. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to be better when it comes to reading the standards and Safeguards more o+en as a Companionship. We dont do it enough. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Merry Christmas. I am excited to be feeling better and more engaged in the work this next week to finish the Transfer. It'll be good. Thanks for all you do! During the past month, how have you seen the hand of the Lord in your work? I think one of the biggest ways for me has been Him guiding us to find not just new people to teach but His elect that needed to be found. I think back to about two months ago when everything in our area depended on the Werleman family to now, it is pretty neat to see who the Lord had instore as we pressed forward.

January 01, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success from this past week was being able to involve members in our work much more. Another success was getting over the sickness had been bothering me. A challenge, that I am sure everyone faced this past week was doing the work around the holidays when people didn't want to meet. It'll be nice to avoid that this next week. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to be better about my morning routine. I do what I need to, but the way I go about doing it is something I want to improve. I think you said recently in a zone conference that the morning can make or break your day. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Hall in Noord How did the exchange go? What a throwback, this same transfer last year we were together also so it was a fun exchange. I learned how to attack my language study better from him. He is a great missionary and I always learn a lot from him. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I am looking forward to this new transfer. It'll look different for this area. We are losing a lot of friends and finding will be a big focus. But Elder Neal and I are pumped to give it our best. Happy New year, thanks for everything you do for us.

 January 08, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. If I am being completely honest with you President, this last week was hard. Last minute we were told that Elder Hall would be joining us all week and we would need to cover the Noord area as well. So we were quite literally all over the map this past week. It was a challenge having time to work in our area which feels completely foriegn to us with the new boundry changes. Another challenge last week, or something that was just hard for me was the handing over of a few different progressing friends and families we have worked closely with these past few transfers due to our area moving south. A success I saw was going to the new building with the Savaneta branch yesterday. That new building is a blessing and I look forward to getting to know the members in this branch. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? This next week I want to more closely follow teaching friends who are progressing and letting go of those who will not keep commitments. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I am ready for things to be back to normal this next week. Our area needs a lot of love. It feels we are starting from scratch. I also look forward to setting some transfer goals here these next couple days. That was some pretty exciting news the other day about hitting 50. It has been a long time coming. I still remember it getting introduced when I came out of training. Wild. Happy for our mission. I want to contribute more to that 50. Have a good week, thanks for all you do.

January 15, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success from this past week was being able to spend a lot of time in our new area and clean out some dots. Another success was being able to teach two different strong families about the gospel. A challenge was mixing up how we found. We started to become a one tricks pont with just talking ti everyone activities but we corrected it in our weekly Planning Session on Thursday so we don't get stuck in a routine anymore with finding. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? This coming week I want to focus on Finding the one and have my thoughts centered on the one. I appreciated your mission email on that. I definitely get caught up in the numbers of it all and it almost always leaves me feeling like I came up short. I think by looking for the one, my joy will increase as a missionary. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I look forward to zone conference and meeting with you this coming week. Safe travels. Thanks

 January 22, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success from this past week was seeing a lot of the friends we invited to Elder Soares devotional go last night. That included a family that was so close to baptism a few months ago. A challenge this week was hitting some of our key indicator goals, but we are excited to reset and hit them next week. 68 What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to focus on Preach my Gospel this next week. I just recieved the paper copy from you so I can really dive in. I want to find a good way to study it out this week. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Well kind of, with Elder Turley. How did the exchange go? It was pretty short but I learned from him how to contact our friends in a better way. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) That Elder Soares devotional last night was pretty amazing. It'll be a highlight of my mission. I loved that he focused everything around what the Prophet has already taught us. I have over looked the 'think celestial' mentality and I am excited to apply it to our teaching as well when we connect our friends to the Book of Mormon and covenants. Pretty awesome. Thanks so much for letting us have that experience. I'll always remember it!

 January 29, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success from this past week was being able to find new friends who are sticking. We met such a neat lady this last weekend and she is already keeping commitments like reading the Book of Mormon and coming to church. A challenge was working with friends that cancelled on us a good amount. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? One principle I want to follow more closely is being better about all the Safeguards for technology we have. I studied chapter 2 of PMG last week and I can be better about applying all of them even when it isn't convenient. 69 Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Hall in Noord How did the exchange go? It was a great exchange and we were able to be out among the people and talk to a lot of new friends. Elder Hall is a stud and am grateful for all the exchanges I have had with him. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Looking forward to this next week. Thanks for taking time to read this. Have a great week! During the past month, how have you seen the hand of the Lord in your work? Oh man, my mind goes straight to having Elder Soares here this past week. That was so neat. I think I saw the Lord's hand in the way his Apostles care for the church and even the small island of Aruba. You could tell in his eyes how much he cared for each member. We were excited about how many of our friends could go aswell.

February 05, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. We had a good week. A challenge definitely though was meeting with friends. I think a mix of people not keeping commitments but also the islands are having Carnaval right now and that is playing a factor. Felt like so many cancelled lessons this week, but it led to us finding more, but we weren't overly successful in that category either. A success from the week was being able to meet a few new people we are excited about and that a select few of our friends are keeping commitments. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to be better about using the Finding Plan this next week. I typed about it above but I don't want to resort to the last 2 points of that plan so fast when things fall through. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? 70 Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Thats about it. Thanks for all you are doing for us.

 February 12, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success from this past week was being able to really organize the member list for missionaries in this branch. Also getting to sort through friends and meet with those who want to progress went well. A challenge was finding and meeting with people due to Carnaval. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to focus on seeing the upside in every situation this week. There will be a lot of unknowns but I want to find the joy in it this week. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Schiffman in Santa Cruz How did the exchange go? It went well, he is great. I tried to share how important the one is to our Heavenly Father. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I am officially into my last 6 months and I know it'll be the phase of my mission I will remember the most. I am excited to start fresh and hard in Guyana. Have a good week!

February 19, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this past week was making it to Guyana safely and another success was seeing our friend Juan Francisco pass his baptismal interview. A challenge was figuring out a new area but everyday I am learning more. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to really weekly plan well this week to organize our friends and know who is keeping commitments. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) The people here are amazing and I am excited to rub shoulders with them these next few months. Thanks for all you are doing.

 February 26, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this past week was the baptism and confirmation of our friend Juan Francisco! He is a light and it is so neat to see him so onboard when he can't really communicate with anyone in the branch. So that was awesome. Another success was being able to find but then also drop a lot of friends who weren't progressing and weighing down our area book. A challenge was working with women. Seems to be a majority of our friends here and it makes it hard on us. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to be better about daily contacting this week. I feel like that will be a really good weeder for the area to see those who will keep in touch with us. 72 Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Tafisi in Lousignan. How did the exchange go? It was a good day. It fell on the 'mashamani' holiday which led to a lot of cancelled lessons but we still taught a lot. I learned how to use scriptures more o+en in lessons. Elder Tafisi is a great missionary and I always learn a lot from him. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Ready for a new week. Now with Francisco baptized we have a lot of work to do so we can put another friend on date for baptism in March. Thankful for all you are doing. Have a nice week. During the past month, how have you seen the hand of the Lord in your work? Well, there are many ways but specifically being able to go to the temple last week. The Lord's hand was so visible. Miracle a+er miracle and it has boosted me so much these past couple weeks. Especially with being new to Guyana, and it feeling like a new mission, the temple has brought me so much comfort. I know it is such a huge blessing because in this mission missionaries just don't get that opportunity. It has strengthened my testimony of the Lord's tender mercies in my life so much.

March 04, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success of this past week was making great progress with some of our progressing friends and the commitments they are making, like meeting more o+en and coming to church. Another success was working with the members in lessons and also cleaning member records to help us find. A struggle was a good amount of lessons cancelled and it was a challenge to know how to use our time best accordingly. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? One principle I would like to focus on this coming week is my morning routine, and specifically my time to exercise. Being on a bike all day makes me complacent in the mornings sometimes and I want to be better about doing a good workout every morning. 73 Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Bartruff came to Triumph with Elder Gomez and I How did the exchange go? It was actually an awesome day. Everything went through for the most part. Elder Bartruff is a good missionary and I learn a lot from his humility. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) We had a little scare at sacrament meeting yesterday. Our recent Convert Juan Francisco who was baptized last week had a health problem and passed out during the sacrament. We rushed out to the primary room and before taking him to the nearest clinic, we gave him a priesthood blessing and scrambled to get him help. We went to the clinic with him and other members to help translate. A couple hours later he was recovering and it was a blessing it wasn't worse. Doctors aren't sure what the cause is but members were awesome in helping him. It was an intense morning but everything was okay at the end. We think it is a mix of his old age, not eating enough and a long walk to church Sunday morning. The members are working with him though. I was really impressed with how so many jumped in to help. Have a great week President, safe travels.

March 11, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. This past week a success we saw was being able to put 3 friends on date for baptism. One in March and two in April! We are excited about it. Another success was the attendance at our branch on Sunday. There were 92 people there and it was great to see a good portion was less actives and Friends. Our recent convert Juan Francisco brought about 10 family members on the walk to church. A challenge from the week was a+er taking some time to organize member records we went out to find them and were disappointed that Guyana villages are not as organized as our list. It is a challenge to find lot numbers so we are going to have to go about cleaning the member list in a different way. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? One principle I want to be better about is being home exactly when we need to be. There were a couple occasions when it was just past 9 pm when we got home and it didn't sit well with me. I want to be a better example and follow that standard with more exactness. 74 Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I look forward to my interview with you this week and zone conference. Safe travels to you!

March 18, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success from this past week was being able to hit the goals we felt inspired to set. We also learned much from Zone Conference. A challenge was meeting with a few friends that are so close to baptism, just live busy lives and are hard to meet with. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to focus on teaching more simply in lessons. I think with teaching in English it is easier for me to get excited and share more than is needed sometimes. I just want to refine the way I teach this week. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Grateful for all you are doing. Have a good week.

March 25, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success from this past week was being able to hit the goals we set. Another success was our friend Josefa (wife of Spanish new Convert) passed her baptismal interview and we will be having a white Easter! I know I talked with you about her in our interview. She doesn't speak very much Spanish and we made sure to take it slow and we feel like she has the desire to be baptized and follow God's commandments. We prepared her for the interview and Elder Tafisi said it went well. A challenge was we were expected much more at church but a few families and people didn't decide to make it happen. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? This coming week I want to work on my daily contacting with our friends. It has taken a slide lately and I think we aren't on top of all our friends the best. Probably means we need to si+ a little better too. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Christensen in Triumph How did the exchange go? He is a very good missionary. Seasoned you can tell. I was impressed with how confident he is with people we came across all day. I'm excited to get another transfer working around him. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I look forward to this transfer. I'm going to need to step up to the plate but I am excited for it. Especially to finish an Elders training. I didn't know if I would get to train on my mission so I am thankful and excited to get to work with him. Thanks for all you are doing. Happy Phagwah! During the past month, how have you seen the hand of the Lord in your work? Very specifically several times this month we have seen miracles put in front of us. It has felt like God placed us exactly where he needed us and we were able to testify to our friends of Gods reality and compassion as they witnessed these miracles aswell.

April 01, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success from this past week was a smooth baptism and confirmation for our friend Josefa. It was a neat way to finish the month of march. Another success was being able to get Elder Vásquez and start our new transfer together. A challenge was working between both Triumph and Lusignan this week. I felt bad Elder Christensen let us be in Triumph more but it was interesting and we made it work trying to teach in both. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to focus on prayer this week. Especially when something falls through and we have extra time on the road. I think it will set a good example for Elder Vásquez and it will take stress off me and let us regroup. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Well, kind of all week with Elder Christensen. How did the exchange go? It was nice, we saw a lot of good and we both looked forward to getting our new missionaries at the end of the week. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I look forward to my interview with you this week. The area is doing well, and Elder Vásquez I think is happy. Training is helping me a lot. Its going to help me grow. Thanks for all you are doing. Safe travels this week.

April 08, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success from the week was finding through facebook referrals. We received many this past week. Another success was general conference for us and for our friends who decided to watch. A challenge was working with the members. It wasn't as much of a focus as it needed to be. 77 What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? One principle I want to focus more on this week is simplicity as I teach. If that means checking for understanding more, or more questions or less words, I want to focus on it this week. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I was grateful for my interview with you this past week. Thanks for wanting to know how I feel about things. Have a really good week.

April 15, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success from this past week was being taught a lot from zone conference. I am excited to make member work a bigger part of what we do here in Triumph. Another success was putting our friend kemel on date for baptism. He is a 20-30 yr old man who will be a blessing to the branch. Another success was we had a missionary coordination for the first time in over 4 months. Much needed and it was good to read through PMG with them. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to be better about planning in advance to work with members. We have taken a dip lately in including them in lessons and I think a lot of it is preparedness. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) 78 Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I look forward to this week. We will focus on hitting our goals and put more thought into establishing our branch here on the east coast. Safe travels.

April 22, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this week was a great sacrament attendance. It helped that it was our branch conference but then also we were happy to see a good number of our friends there as well. Another success was working with the members and meeting with them. It's going to be a process but it's going in the right direction. A challenge this week was finding ways to meet with everyone we wanted to. We are working on si+ing so we can have a balance of member and friend work. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to focus on making my language studies count. When we find time to do it, it is about 30 minutes and I have a hard time locking in. I really don't want to lose the languages I have learned and so this week I am going to be creative and more diligent about my language studies. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Hoogland in Triumph How did the exchange go? It went well. We saw a lot of good. He is a good teacher and I learned a lot. Specifically about using the scriptures more as I teach. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Last night I found out about the Emergency transfer with the Lusignan Elders. I'm glad Elder Prias is going to be able to get the help he needs. I am frustrated with myself for not being more aware of him and the struggles. I had an idea, but I could've been better about reaching out to them more. It's a lesson learned. I need to be better. Glad he will be able to stay and receive what he needs. Safe travels to you and sister Lamprecht. Excited to hear how that trip goes.

April 29, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. This week a success was seeing friends make the effort to come to church. Another success was getting on top of missionary coordination and branch council with our branch. A challenge was finding. Something we want to stress more this next week. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to be better about using my time at night more effectively. I o+en let it slip by with nothing productive happening and I want to start making better habits there. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Carlson in Triumph How did the exchange go? It was a good exchange. Got to know him a little better and he seems excited with the new opportunities he will have in Lusignan. I learned a lot from him that day. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Looking forward to this last week of the transfer. We want to make a lot happen and I am going to try my best to get lost in the work of the week. Thanks for all you are doing. During the past month, how have you seen the hand of the Lord in your work? My testimony of the Priesthood has grown so much this past month. I have been able to witness nothing short of miracles because of it. It makes me want to be more ready and worthy when the Lord calls.

May 06, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success from the week was putting our friend Patrick on date for the 1st of June! I am. Excited to hear how that goes. Another success was member work. We located some inactives that seem promising. A challenge was our sacrament attendance. It is so interesting to me how big of a factor the rain is for the people here. It was pouring Sunday morning and so not many came. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? This week I want to make sure we set apart time to make transfer goals and plans so we can have a vision for our transfer in San Nic. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Christensen in Triumph How did the exchange go? I am thankful I got to work around him these last couple transfers. He is a great missionary and on our exchange I was reminded that missionary work should be fun too. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Grateful for the three months I was given in Guyana. I think you said it best in my interview, "the full mission experience". Guyana is a different beast, and I feel like I have become a better missionary because of it. I am also thankful and excited to work back in the islands for the remainder of my mission. Appreciate all you do for our mission. Have a great week!

 May 13, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success from this past week has been settling into my new area here in San Nicolas. Another success we had was finding an unknown member who was baptized in Venezuela and is 30-40 years old who would strengthen the branch a ton. A challenge we saw this week was working with members in lessons and it also felt like a lot of lessons canceled. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to focus on finding this week. Like in your email in the doctrine and covenants "much people". Besides one friend our teaching pool is struggling and we really need to find and si+. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Thanks so much for doing that ecclesiastical endorsement interview with me this past week. Have a good week!

May 20, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A challenge this week was teaching lessons. It was a battle to get them scheduled and many canceled. A success was working with members to find a new friend who is family of a recent convert. Through talking to everyone we were able to come across a member who moved from Holland 7 years ago but lost contact with the church but has done baptisms in the temple in Holland! We are excited about that. 82 What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to really focus on my morning routine this coming week. I want to be better about doing productive things, and having a solid exercise. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Tafisi in POS CHIQUITO How did the exchange go? It was a really good exchange. Probably one of my better ones on the mission. We shot for very high talking to and finding goals and we didn't come home until we hit them. Grateful that I have been able to serve close to Elder Tafisi on my mission. He is a great missionary and I have learned much from him. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I don't think so, thanks for all you are doing. Safe travels to Trinidad this week!

 May 27, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success from the past week was finding and feeling good about a few new friends in our area. Another success was our friend Loes passing her baptismal interview! A challenge was many canceled lessons and trying to make the most of our time. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to focus on being more humble this week. Sometimes my pride gets the best of me. In little ways I want to work on it this week. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Neal in San Nicolaas 83 How did the exchange go? It went really well. We were able to do a lot of good and talk about what our goals are. I have a lot of respect for Elder Neal and am grateful for the time I've had to serve with him. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I was super happy to see my friend Kemel in Guyana get baptized this past weekend. It was a highlight of my week! During the past month, how have you seen the hand of the Lord in your work? I would have to say in coming back to the islands and focusing on seeing his hand despite a lot of rejection. Guyana helped me get out of my comfort zone and it has been hard to find people willing to listen. As we have been patient with it, the Lord has provided some neat people for us to teach.

June 03, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success from the past week was the baptism of our friend Loes! We are so excited for her and the step she has taken. A challenge, and much more so now will be working with friends that keep commitments. We will need to find and si+ a lot. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to focus more in on including members as we teach. It'll be hard with teaching new friends, but I want to put an emphasis on it. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Schiffman in Noord How did the exchange go? It went really well. We saw a lot of good and since the last time I exchanged with him in his training to now, he has grown a lot and is a solid missionary. It was a good day. 84 Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Looking forward to my interview tomorrow with you and zone conference. Thanks for always reading these.

June 10, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success from the week was seeing a couple friends we've been working with make church happen yesterday. A challenge was finding. It sometimes feels like we are.finding people but no one sticks or keeps commitments. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to be better about my scripture study this week. I've caught myself starting to slip back into just reading to read and not getting so much out of it. I want to study my scriptures this week. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Priebe in Noord. How did the exchange go? It was a good exchange. We got a lot done and he taught me a lot. His diligence motivates me to be better. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Grateful for my interview with you President. Learned so much from you and Sister Lamprecht. Have a great week.

June 17, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this week was seeing our friend teaching pool full up with some neat people we are excited about. We received these elect referrals that moved from colombia and are very close to baptism. A challenge was working with the members and figuring out how to get them to lessons. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to focus on following the promptings of the spirit. Especially having a new companion to the area and needing to know where to go. I want to make sure I leave room for the spirit. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Turley in Pos chiquito. How did the exchange go? It was good, I learned that even people not at their home but walking on the street are good to talk to and can potentially keep commitments. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I can't quite wrap my head around it being my final transfer as a missionary. I really want to just soak in what time I have le+. Hope you have a good week President.

 June 24, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success this week was being able to meet frequently with our friend Nayla who is so close to baptism. She was the one we asked you about teaching with her grandmother. Another success was finally getting in contact with an awesome referral David who is almost ready for baptism as well and is just waiting on wife to move here from Colombia. He came to church as well. A challenge this week was finding. Not sure why it was so brutal. We had a good week and we tried to keep lines in the water with finding but it didn't come through. We will focus on it next week. 86 What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to focus in on daily contacting this week. I just want to stay up to date on the commitments of our friends and checking in on them. Who did you participate in exchanges with? How did the exchange go? Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) President Lamprecht, thank you. Can't really explain in this text box the impact you have had on me. You are one of my biggest role models and the exact mission president I needed. Thank you for trusting me and providing so many unique experiences for me. I hope to stay in contact with you. Hurrah for Israel! During the past month, how have you seen the hand of the Lord in your work? About a week ago our area was looking pretty dry. A+er our last baptism we had an open book and lots of work to be done. Over the past couple weeks I have been able to see God place miracle people in front of us to baptize. It is especially a tender mercy to me in my last transfer.

July 01, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success from our week was putting our friend Nayla on date for baptism here at the end of the month. A challenge this week was figuring out how to best use our time when lessons canceled on us. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to focus on finding the one each day. I just want to live in the moment each day and see how we can best impact the one. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Turley in Pos Chiquito 87 How did the exchange go? It was a good exchange. We saw a lot of good. Elder Turley always impresses me with the way he is so confident and comfortable in talking to everyone. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I look forward to meeting you in-person here soon. I hope this first week went really well for both you and sister Van Gils. Thanks for all you are doing for our mission.

July 08, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success from the past week was finding new friends to teach. Another success was seeing our friend Nayla commit to commandments as she gets closer to her baptism. A challenge was an open house for our new branch building that didn't stay too busy. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to focus on things I can control this week and let go what I can't. I really want to soak in what time I have as a missionary and be in the moment this coming week. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Everett in Pos Chiquito How did the exchange go? It went well, we taught a lot and I am always impressed on how well Elder Everett teaches the gospel. It was a nice exchange. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Thanks for reading this. Have a good week!

 July 15, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success from this past week was filtering through our area book friends and moving forward with those who keep commitments. A challenge was working with members however. We can be better on our end and plan ahead. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? I want to focus on getting members to lessons with us. I just want to be more aware of it this coming week. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Larson in San Nicolaas. How did the exchange go? It was a good day. We had four missionaries working two exchanges in our area which made it tough, but we made the most of it. Elder Larson is a stud and will be a great zone leader for this zone. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) Thanks for all you are doing. Look forward to zone conference and my interview with you this week.

July 22, 2024 Please share a few successes and/or challenges from your efforts to fulfill your missionary purpose this past week. A success from this past week was being able to hit our key indicator goals. Another success was our friend Nayla passing her baptismal interview. We are so excited for her baptism thus weekend. A challenge this past week was having many canceled lessons and trying to make the most of our time when it frees up our schedule. What is one area you can focus on this coming week to more closely follow the principles in Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ? For my final week as a missionary I want to focus all week on thinking "what would Jesus do?" In every moment. Whether that be in a lesson, finding new people to teach or just having an eternal view here at the end of my mission. I want to soak up every last minute. Who did you participate in exchanges with? Elder Priebe in Noord Aruba. How did the exchange go? It was a great exchange. We saw many miracles. I am always impressed with how outgoing Elder Priebe is in public. He is also a great leader. I learn much from him every time we are together. Is there anything happening at home or with your family that you would like to share? (Optional) Is there anything else you would like to share? (Optional) I'm in for a roller-coaster of emotions and feelings this week. Not quite sure how I feel about it all. I look forward to meeting with you in Guyana here in just over a week. Thanks for all you are doing for us. 90