Elder Bridger Ahlmer: First Mini Zone Converence

It's been a great week. We started it by digging up water lines at horses for healing and replacing the faucets. It's always nice going some odd jobs around instead of the usual chores. Wednesday was my birthday so we celebrated by shaving my head and it feels so good. I look like a goon but I don't even mind it, I just wake up and I'm ready for the day. That's about as fun as it gets as far as birthdays on the mission go! A family ordered us a dinner and some cake! They are a seriously great family they hook up the missionaries all the time.

This week was more successful as far as Facebook goes! We had multiple calls with people where we just talked and said a prayer with them, then scheduled more conversations. It's always a little awkward for a second but people love to talk about themselves so you just ask them a ton about themselves and they can just go on and on. We called this lady and after a while we asked her if she went to any church, she told us she went to some "mormon" church like 10 years ago and hadn't been back! We had no idea! Shes really struggling, she found out this week she has stage 4 colon cancer and some had spread to her lungs. She has a two year old son and the whole family has really taken it hard. So we call her every day and talk then say prayers with her to hopefully give her more comfort in her life. Kind of weird but it's one of the only ways we can really do missionary work!

On Thursday we loaded soooo much hay out of this semi it gave me the worst allergies of my life! I could barely see after it haha. Then we power washed these nasty rubber Mats that were covered in horse it reeked.

Saturday we had zone conference but only with our stake due to the virus restrictions. I still got a lot out of it. President and Sister Strong are very good speakers. Made me want to push myself a lot harder. The biggest thing that stuck out to me was the two choices we have everyday. We can be a creature of light or a creature of darkness. Every single thing you do everyday takes you more towards one or there other. It helps me focus on my actions and think about what I do and how it will effect everyone. D&C 50:24 says, "That which is of God is light; and he that receiveth light, and continueth in God, receiveth more light; and that light groweth brighter and brighter until the perfect day" I don't know about you guys but I wanna grow brighter every day. We also talked about how "by small things the Lord can bring about great things" which has really helped me focus on what I can do now and move day by day instead of getting overwhelmed looking a couple months or even years in advance. It's all about getting 1% better every day. Or even less than that. But growth is growth.
Sunday was kind of fun, I got the chance to have dinner with one of our oldest family friends Marianne Presley/Burkett. It was awesome to talk with her and her new in laws that just so happened to be in our ward!

We are losing two of our sisters and the other Elder companionship is getting a third to them but now our district contains 4 of us so these meetings are just going to be weird. It's pretty sad I liked the sisters that were leaving so kinda bummed.

That's about all, I hope you all have a great week, lots of love