Week 35, March 27, 2017

Sorry yall that this is running a bit behind. I for some reason thought I wrote this earlier. Anyway. This week has been amazing and we have had a lot of service opportunities. We have been able to do a lot. We have also had some awesome times teaching our investigator Chelsea who is very eager to learn more. I love being a missionary! I love being able to teach others the Gospel. I love the Lord. I love you all! I will talk to you next week with more details! I am sorry!

Love 

Elder Lindh

Week 34, March 20, 2017

Hey! So transfers have come and gone and I have a new Companion! Sadly I don't have any pictures of him yet but I will get those out soon. His name is Elder Zimmerman and he is from Jefferson City Missouri but his mother is from Spain so not only is he bilingual he has dual citizenship. He is an awesome Elder and I look forward to serving with him. 

The highlight of this week though is that I got to meet an Apostle of the Lord. Jeffery R. Holland came to the Montrose stake and since I am serving here on the western slopes I got to meet him and shake his hand! We got to learn from him and I have never felt the spirit testify so powerfully of the divinity of this work. This is God's work and I only get to help it move along. I love being a missionary and look forward to being able to further that work in any way I can. I love the Lord and I love my Savior Jesus Christ. I could feel the Love Elder Holland had for the Savior. It was overwhelming and tangible. I learned so much. The biggest lesson was that this is not my work. I have NO right to hinder the progress in any way. I have NO right to harm the image the members have of missionaries. I may not be perfect but the idea of a missionary is. And I have NO right to change that. It really struck me that I have a responsibility to live a higher standard than I have ever lived before. I love that. I love being a missionary and hope to be able to live up to peoples ideas of what a missionary should be. 

I think that is all for now and I am open to questions about that experience but I cannot think of more to say. It was all so amazing! 

There is something I neglected to mention, we got to go to seminary! Elder Beck's last day and we got up way to early to be able to have one last chance for Elder Beck to bear his testimony to the youth. We also took some pictures of signs and murals from the towns we serve in. We had a lot of photo opportunities on the way to transfers going over the Grand Mesa which has some spectacular views. I hope you enjoy.

Then after Transfer meetings I had the opportunity to go by my first area and see some amazing people. I went to visit the Davis family because I don't get to Junction very often so I wanted to take advantage of this chance to see people I had to leave behind. I had an amazing time visiting with them!

I want you all to know How much I love you and how much I miss you and think of you. You are all amazing!

Love 

Elder Lindh

Week 33, March 13, 2017

Howdy all! 

This has been an excellent transfer full of progress fun and adventures. This week in particular has been amazing and full of miracles! 

To begin with we found a potential investigator in an unlikely spot. We were trying to find a less active that we had never met before. While looking for her another women asked us if we were looking for someone. When we told her who she not only told us the less active had moved but where she had moved to. Then being the missionaries that we are we of course tried to see if this lady (her name turned out to be Bernedette.) would be receptive to the message of Christ that we have to share. She not only was interested, she knew a lot of members of the church and had taken the lessons in the past! It was awesome! 

We also had an interesting experience with a couple less actives. First we met with Keith and Theresa Hamilton who are a part member family. Keith is the nonmember and has expressed no interest in listening to the lessons in the past. But now is saying that we can come back and share more! It was great to see how much he has changed.

The second was Stewie and Jennifer Byrge. Some converts that have been really struggling to come to church. But we got to meet with them and they are getting fired up and want to get sealed in the temple. 

The only other big news this week is that elder Beck is leaving me and I am getting a new companion Elder Zimmerman. I do not know him so it should be interesting to get to know him. But that has meant that this week was also filled with some sad good byes with the members as elder Beck gets ready to leave. I am glad I have been able to serve with this amazing companion. He has taught me so much about gaining the member's trust and how to work with them. I hope I can keep that amazing energy going here in the Paonia Ward. 

I love you all and hope you have an amazing week!

Sincerely

Elder Lindh

Week 32, March 6, 2017

Howdy yall! This week has been amazing! I love being here in the Paonia ward! Its so amazing to see people progressing and coming closer to Christ!

The biggest Highlight of our week was our new investigator Chelsea! She is awesome! Kinda crazy but a great gal! And best of all she is from Spokane Washington! That's where I grew up and so it was really neat to get to talk about a place I loved so much. She is so cool though. She has cancer, a pretty bad infection in her arm, and six kids three of which have disabilities. And she is so set on learning from the book of Mormon. She had read it before and remembers that it was a powerful book of scripture but cannot remember much else. So she wants to read it again and learn more. I cannot wait to see her progress. I love being a missionary! Its so amazing! I love the Savior so much! I love watching the Gospel change people to become the best they can be. I love you all so much! Have a great week and know that I love you all and think of you!

Sincerely

Elder Lindh

Fun at a member's house. (Don't worry, he's still a Seahawks fan!)