Week 3 – MTC

Romania is looking pretty good right now. ;). However, I have been told that it has humid winters so the wet and cold literally cuts through clothes. ugh. Oh, no big deal but Elder Nelson, and Elder Cook have given devotionals, and we got 6 inches of snow the night Elder Ballard was supposed to



Week 2 – MTC

I wish I could report on my stay here being oober amounts of fun and excitement, but most of the time I am just tired. We spend more time in our classroom than I do in my dorm room, including sleeping. I guess that’s how they want it. I love it here a lot. I



Week 1 – MTC

Things are going great! I wish that I could tell you guys everything that has happened to me, but I can start from the beginning. My companion is from Vista, CA. He is a great guy, and super chill. The first day we went through some basic orienteering, but the exciting part was that we



Entering the MTC

Nick and I had a great trip from Minnesota to the MTC. Nick was set apart by the Stake President on Sunday night and given specific instructions to begin following the mission rules including not ever being alone except when sleeping, dressing like a missionary and keeping mission hours.  The mission president said something that



Mission Farewell Invite




Brainerd Dispatch

There was a really nice article in the Brainerd Dispatch about my mission.  Thanks to Sister Hirst for writing this and sending it to the paper!