I have seen it countless times where people are ready to give up but try one last time and then Jesus steps in and helps them see just how much He is there ready and waiting to help them in their life.

My week was again a week full of ups and downs. But the ups always seem to outweigh the downs which is nice. God's pretty great. We had a couple really good lessons this week though. We met with Valentin and he is still doing awesome since his baptism last week. We were supposed to go to the temple with him on Saturday but he had to cancel pretty last minute so that kinda sucked. But we got someone new to teach this week! Her name is Andrea and she seems like she will be interesting to teach. She's kind of different in a lot of ways but that's what is so great about the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is literally for everyone. Different isn't bad at all because we are all the same in Christ. He puts us all on equal ground. She came to church this past Sunday and loved it so we will be teaching her starting this week. Church yesterday was honestly something I really needed this week. I think everyone has a week where they just aren't all in it for some reason or another but I was out of it for a portion of the week and just couldn't seem to get out of it but we had a pretty awesome church service that got me out of it. Both Ram and Andrew were asked to speak to share their conversion stories and to share their testimonies and it was so powerful. It was really cool to hear their conversion stories from themselves and to hear them talk about how I was apart of it and helping them come closer to Jesus Christ. For some reason I just needed to hear that and it was pretty awesome. We also got to go to temple square a couple of times this week and they were some pretty spiritual experiences for the people we took there. I just want to bear my testimony to y'all that Jesus Christ lives and loves you. He is aware of you and of your needs. I have seen it countless times where people are ready to give up but try one last time and then Jesus steps in and helps them see just how much He is there ready and waiting to help them in their life. It's pretty cool to witness and to be apart of it all. I hope everyone has a great week and enjoyed the eclipse today! Remember God loves you all! 

It's hard to make changes in our life but when we make the decision to follow Christ it is always worth it.

So this week was a pretty hectic week. We had a lot of things going on and not so much time to get them done. But the week turned out pretty awesome. Both Dalton and Valentin got baptized on Saturday which was really special. Baptisms are seriously the most rewarding things ever. As a missionary, I spend a lot of time thinking about and praying for people to make the changes in their life to come unto Christ. We spend basically all day doing what we can to help people take those necessary steps and helping them anyway we can. At the end of the day I'm always dead tired and just mentally, emotionally, and physically exhausted. But when the time comes around for someone we have been working with to get baptized it makes it all worth it. And the same goes for the people we teach. They all have to make changes in their life to "take up the cross" and follow Christ. It's hard to make changes in our life but when we make the decision to follow Christ it is always worth it. It'll never be easy but it'll always be worth it. One of my favorite quotes is to "choose the harder right rather than the easier wrong." That is so true. It's always easier to do what is wrong. But doing what is right is always the most rewarding because it brings us true happiness. We are already coming up on the end of the transfer which is crazy. My very first companion, Elder Tyler, goes home at the end of this transfer which will be really weird. He will be my first companion I've had to go home which means I'm starting to get closer and closer to when I go home. This week should be another good one. We have a lot of temple Square lessons set up. It is always pretty refreshing to go downtown and just feel of the spirit that is present there. That's all I have for this week. I hope everyone has a great week. Love and miss you all!

Happy 20th Birthday Elder Potter!

Colton had the good fortune of his birthday falling on P-Day.  So he was able to fit in some golfing and taken to both lunch and dinner to celebrate.  But we didn't get an official update. He said it was a fantastic birthday.