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