December 21, 2009

Hey everyone, So I found out this morning that I am being transfered to Clearfield North. I will be Greenie Busting Elder Christiansen who has been out for 3 months. We don't have a car :( but we only cover 1 stake so I'm happy about that. We live with members, and I guess the area does well so I'm excited, but nervous at the same time. The change will be good for me, but it is going to be hard. I have to pack all of my stuff today. I have so much stuff that it might take a while lol. I will meet up with my new companion tomorrow morning. He told me that they have a nice Christmas set up so that will be nice. On Wednesday, Debbie & JJ Townsend had us over for dinner...we had a nice time visiting. They are really cool people and I'm gonna miss them. On Thursday we comfirmed one of our investigators baptismal date. We have been teaching Nick for a few weeks, and he has been doing well. He just got out of Prison, and has been learning about the church for a while. I guess he was involved in church before prison as well. Our mission president had to interview him and he passed, so he's all set to go on Jan 2nd. His wife is a member, but has been kind of inactive, so hopefully things will go well for them. We went to Red Robin for lunch on thursday after a meeting and it was really good but I ate way too much. They have refills on fries so that's cool lol, but it was too much. I've decided that my favorite places to eat right now are Cafe Rio, Red Robin, Jason's Deli, and Olive Garden. If you haven't been to any of those places, find one and go! :) On friday we had mission conference. President Olson and his wife spoke, as well as the Assistants. There were some very nice musical numbers, and we even had a talent show. It took up a lot of the time, but the skits were really funny and we all had a great time together. All the missionaries in the Odgen Utah Mission were there. The mission office held all of our mail until Friday so when we got there, the whole overflow was full of letters and packages. I'm gonna send my zip drive to you so you can see some of the talent show. Hopefully I will be able to get that in the mail today. Later that night we had 3 baptismal interviews to do. Since Elder Guenther is the District Leader, every time someone is getting ready for baptism, he has to interview them. We had one for us, and then 2 for other areas. Friday was a crazy busy day. On Saturday we went on exchanges with Kaysville. It was nice and I had fun. Their area has a car so that was a plus. On Sunday the Oak Hills ward primary had us come in and gave us gifts. We got hooked up fo sho! Haha. Every kid would bring up a gift for us, and then they would ask us a question. It was fun to hear all of their questions and to be able to answer them. They gave us food, clothes, gift cards, and even money. It was a lot of fun...and the ward was very generous. Then later that day we taught a primary class in the Aspen Cove ward about the real meaning of Christmas, and how the Gospel is the best gift we can give anyone. All I have to say, is that teaching primary kids is hard. The Stake I that we cover now has had 24 baptisms this year, and I have been here for 14 of them. We are only one away from the goal of 25. I have had a great time here, and I will miss it here very much. I know that all of it is because of the Lord, and I am so thankful that I have been able to be used as an instrument in God's hands. I got the packages everyone sent. I opened the boxes, but I haven't opened anything that was wrapped. Thank you for thinking of me and sending me a little Christmas cheer, even though you didn't need to send anything at all. I love all of you so much and miss you a lot. I keep you in my thoughts and prayers daily. I'm not sure what time I will be able to call home on Christmas. I guess I can just call you whenever, but what would probably be better is if you called me when yall were ready and all together. I can't wait to talk to all of you! Love,Elder Micheal Watts