Farewell!

Nick and Narashaey were baptized! Terah went to the temple. I couldn't have asked for a better week to end my mission, I was so blessed! This church is true. Miracles happen. The Book of Mormon is the word of God. I have loved my mission more then anything else! I wouldn't trade it for the world.

Temple with Terah!

Baptism of Nick and Narashaey!

Solid Week!

We had such a solid week!!! I loved it. We had a couple new missionary trainings, it was awesome. The Porters took us out to eat this on Friday, that was fun and i also got to play a little football, it was the greatest. But more importantly... Nick and Narashaey are on date to get baptized this weekend!!! I am so excited for them, they are doing so awesome. Especially Nick! He is reading in the Book of Mormon and he is truly wanting a personal relationship with God and its super cool to witness his strong desire and his real intent. His sister Narasheay is 9 years old and she loves church, its so cool to see the family light up when we come over and teach them. We went over last night and had dinner and taught the Plan of Salvation, it was awesome. They are both getting baptized on Saturday and we are also going to the temple with Terah!!! Its going to be her first time. What a way to end my mission, I have been so blessed!!! Its crazy, the Lord has seriously blessed me so much with the opportunity to teach all these amazing people!!! I love them so much and its so cool to see them make covenants with our Heavenly Father. Going to the temple and having 2 baptisms the last Saturday of my mission just makes me so happy. The Lord has truly blessed me. I hope i have time to email next week. I might not because we will be picking up the new missionaries. If not i want you all to know that i do have a testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, He is the Christ. He stands at the head of this church and at the head of this work. This mission has changed who i am. I love it!!! Joseph Smith is a prophet of God, he in reality saw Heavenly Father and his Son Jesus Christ in the Sacred Grove. The Book of Mormon is the word of God, it is true. 

And thats the truth!

Another amazing week here in Cincinnati. I guess every week is just amazing to be honest. We had zone conference this week which was super fun to see all the missionaries. I also had a chance to visit a recent convert in Kentucky! I saw Edith. We only had 2 days in our own area but we were able to get Nick to church! He is doing super good. We put him tentatively on date for the 16th and we are super excited for him. He is really searching for the truth. We had a good lesson with him and his grandma talking about the Book of Mormon, it was powerful. On Sunday he came to church and enjoyed it! We had dinner with the Porters after church. I love them so much. I am now in Muncie Indiana, where I was first trained! We came to their fun day and it was a blast. I love being out here, this mission has changed my life and its such a blessing everyday to bear my testimony. To tell people how much this gospel really has blessed me and my family. To tell them how much happiness it has brought to my life. And that's the truth of why I am out here. I owe the Lord quite a bit! He has blessed me so much and this is the least I could do for him. So yes anytime you get a chance please share your testimony with others, it will strengthen yours as it has mine. Thank you for all your support and all your prayers!!! Much love from Cincinnati!!

Share your testimony!

Another amazing week here in Cincinnati. I guess every week is just amazing to be honest. We had zone conference this week which was super fun to see all the missionaries. I also had a chance to visit a recent convert in Kentucky! I saw Edith. We only had 2 days in our own area but we were able to get Nick to church! We put him tentatively on date for the 16th and we are super excited for him. He is really searching for the truth. We had a good lesson with him and his grandma talking about the Book of Mormon. On Sunday he came to church and enjoyed it! We had dinner with the Porters after church and that was a ton of fun, they are the best, I love them so much. I am now in Muncie Indiana, where I was first trained! We came to their fun day. I love being out here, this mission has changed my life and its such a blessing everyday to bear my testimony. To tell people how much this gospel really has blessed me and my family. To tell them how much happiness it has brought to my life. And that's the truth of why I am out here. I owe the Lord quite a bit! He has blessed me so much and this is the least I could do for him. So yes anytime you get a chance please share your testimony with others, it will strengthen yours as it has mine. Thank you for all your support and all your prayers!!! Much love from Cincinnati!!

Legends never die!

Things are going great here in Ohio! We had a super awesome week. We had 2 "Legacy Councils" this week and it went really well. We talked about the legacy we would leave as a mission. It fits perfectly with my favorite quote of all time! "Heroes get remembered, but LEGENDS never die." So we as the OCM are living and leaving a legacy. After that I went on an exchange in Indiana, it was a ton of fun! Then last night we played scripture bingo with a new family we are teaching, it was so much fun and we are excited to see them progress, its actually Nick's family. Nick came to church and he is doing well and he will get baptized in May. We have meetings all week this week and we will be traveling a ton. I am excited to see all the missionaries! Life is good and I am doing really well! May is shaping up to be a really good month and the weather is warming up and its been so much fun!!! Thanks for all your prayers and your support!

"Never worry about the numbers.  Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you."

Chicken, football, family History!

Another crazy week in Cincinnati! I am having so much fun. We picked up the new missionaries on Monday and Tuesday was transfers and it was super fun. I am staying in Western Hills with the same companions, they are the best and we are doing awesome. We are teaching Rashad and Tim. They are doing great. Tim came to church and will be getting baptized shortly. I also went on exchanges this week to Hamilton Ohio. We walked all day long because the cars were grounded! I got a pretty sweet sunburn, we found a ton of new people to teach. Then we went to the Briggs later that night. They are doing great and we are going to start doing family history with them so they can feel the spirit of Elijah and have the desire to attend the temple.  We had dinner with them and played with their chickens, they live out in the country and we let the chickens out and were having a fun time with the kids. This week we found a sweet part member family that we are going to start teaching. Nick is his name he is 15 and he invited us to play some football. We went over to his place and played a game of street football in the middle of the hood! it was the best time ever, I loved it! Things in Western Hills are going amazing. We have a bunch of meetings these next couple weeks and we will be super busy as always. Life is good though and I am as happy as ever.

Powerful moment!

Life is going good here in Ohio!!! We have seen so many miracles. We have been traveling and training all week this week. Its been so much fun being with all the missionaries. Then on Wednesday we went over to Rashad's a new investigator we found about a week ago. His whole family was home even extended family for his uncles funeral. There were around 20 of them there just mourning over his death. It was super sad. We went in and talked to them and then we sang Families Can Be Together Forever! It was so powerful, I love to sing. We didnt sing that well but the spirit was there and it was a powerful moment!!  Then the mother of the family prayed and she gave a super heartfelt prayer they weren't able to come to conference but they will come to church next week!  Thanks for all your prayers and all your support.