Ledbetter and I were at transfers at about 9:00 am last Tuesday (we were a little early). I was getting super excited about the new black Toyota Tacoma with only 2000 miles that I almost missed out on the big event. I saw this little dude walking over to a new Elder that his ward was receiving (David is a ward mission leader). I took a double take and thought, "No. Could it be? Wait. Maybe. I know Archuleta comes to these things sometimes, but it can't be him, or can it?" He was wearing a hoodie, hat and sunglasses. I think he was trying to cover up who he was so people wouldn't flock to him. I start getting nervous and rushed to grab my iPad, you know, just in case a photo opportunity arose. See... I actually happen to have a connection to David Archuleta. His step-brother works with my mom who also went on a mission to Tennessee several years ago. Before I left on my mission, I went up to my mom's work and met Scott, David's bro. My mom prepped me that if I ever ran into David in this big ol' country music state that I must stop him and introduce myself. As I was walking over to him I was trying to remember Scott's name, I admit, I was starstruck. No one prepares you for these moments. I said, "are you David?" ....Or something like that. I was freaking out so much inside I thought my hands were going to shake off. The crazy thing was he sounded very shy! I tried to tell him I knew his brother, Scott, but I could barely remember what I was saying. He helped me out by finishing Scott's last name, which is really hard by the way .... Bartholomew (long and hard, right?) I finally got to the point where I asked for a picture and he said YES! What most surprised me was that he was short and very shy, but nice. Well there you go mom. I got you the picture and I met the dude! Pretty awesome!! 😋
The rest of the week was a pretty normal week of finding constantly, teaching repentance and baptizing converts. My new companion, Elder Benich, is a chill dude. Our mom's are in cahoots and I am pretty sure they prayed for this. I am really glad to have a companion who still has greenie fire! He has only served in cities, so this county space is new to him. Apparently he says that I have a little bit of the country drawl so that made my entire week .... ha! We are still getting used to each other but I would say he is most like my brother Gman. I have gotten a lot of Stockton companions so this will be my first Garrett. I think we will do well together! He is good and not afraid to knock on doors, that is always a plus.
Being a district leader is actually pretty fun. I have loved doing a little but more than just the regular missionary work. I get to know how other missionaries are doing and how I can help them do missionary work. Our district is doing awesome! We are on track to have 5 baptisms!! We have 3 dates and more to come. It has also been really good doing a training every week because I learn so much more. The Linden district will blow the socks off of the mission! 😁
Other than that everything has been pretty normal. I have really enjoyed the new schedule, even though I do pretty much the same thing as before but I like the morning planning instead of the evening. My spiritual thought this week is Helaman 5:30, He won't yell at you through a microphone to tell you how to live your life. You have to open your hearts and hear the whispers of the spirit to know what to do.
I love y'all and hope y'all have a blessed week!
Love, Elder Q
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