Excerpt from Josh's email Aug. 5-HEY! I can't believe school starts soon!! it's insane! I know we are all getting older never younger. I can't believe i have been gone almost a year already... it's just flying by! The work is going we are in rebuild mode right now. We are working on finding more people and i am really focusing on getting my district to hit the standard for the key indicators. It's going pretty good! Since i have been here the numbers are going up so that makes me happy! I also really enjoy giving trainings for district meeting every week it's really nice. I like it! It's been a lot of fun lately! The other day I fixed a lady's car. It was really neat. The lord put her there so i could help her. Her shifter cable came off so she couldn't shift gears and i was able to fix it for her in a few min. It was really neat. I can't wait for Christmas so i can actually talk to you all again :) I will talk to you next week Love you! :)

Excerpt from Josh's email July 29-The work is going a little slow here but it should pick up soon. We just have to go out and start finding new people to teach! It's a little stressful being the district leader. It puts a lot of pressure on me to get things done and be the example. I have to lead by example is the biggest thing. It's good though i really enjoy it! I'm having fun. I'm learning a ton of stuff and I have kinda turned into a "clean" person haha like i really like stuff clean. 

Excerpt from Josh's email July 22:Hey sorry i really don't have a lot of time today i am super super busy with everything that has been happening. The baptism was soooooooooooo good!! I was super happy with it!! I will send you all some pictures and everything soon! Also I am getting TRANSFERRED! I will be finishing a greenie's training, He has only been out 6 weeks! I will also be serving as district leader. Kinda over whelming but the lord doesn't call the qualified he qualifies the called so we will see how this all works out :) I'm glad y'all are doing well and I love and miss you! I will hopefully catch up next week! :) Love you! :)

Excerpt from Josh's email July 15:  I'm glad everything is going pretty good out there! Everything here is going pretty good! We are having a baptism this next Sunday which i am soooooo excited for!!! She is so legit!! I'm glad i got my white tie too because she asked me to perform the baptism. I will send you all pictures and stuff and probably tell you a lot more next week. Also this Saturday i will find out what is happening, it's a 95% chance i am moving so just so you know and let everyone else know.

It's funny how all of that stuff works. How everything just fits together a lot of the time. The lord does know what he's doing. He does what is best for us, not exactly what we think is best for us.

Excerpt from June 17-Let me just tell you how my Sunday went haha, So we both woke up we both showered and we hurried out the door. We drove to the church which is about 25 miles away we got there and we were one of the first ones there. We had to be there for our meeting with the other elders and the ward mission leader at 9 and we had to make some copies of stuff. So we did all that and Carla got to church and the people that she is living with Nanna and Pappa (that's what we call them) and Morgan their granddaughter showed up to be there for the baptism. So anyways they hung out while we were at our meeting and then we took Pappa with us to Priesthood and Carla took Nanna to relief society. So we are kinda teaching them a little bit well one thing they have a problem with is when churches preach tithing. Because they make it sound like they are just preaching for the money. Well you'll never guess what the lesson in Elders quorm was on.. haha It was on Tithing.  At the end of the lesson pappa asked a bunch of questions and shared his view on it and we helped him understand that it isn't about the money. so anyways that was interesting then we went to gospel principles where Elder Lowe(he's a cool dude, him and i went to middle school together haha!) He gave the lesson in Gospel Principles on the Holy Ghost and that was good. We then went to sacrament meeting.. It was good and after the sacrament we are supposed to go and fill the font. well... Elder Gaither and I spaced it and sat and listened to one of the women in the ward give a talk, The thought popped into my head "Who is going to go fill the font idiot" haha I'm glad the Holy Ghost was there to remind me that Elder Gaither and I are supposed to fill the font. We almost forgot! That's the fastest i have ever filled a font. We had just the perfect amount of time. I turned it on full blast and made sure it was full. Then Sacrament ended and we were having the baptism right after sacrament. Elder Gaither and Carla got changed and then we took pictures then we started the service. It went really really well, better than i had expected. The ward members were involved and it was wonderful. The Spirit was so strong there. The talks were wonderful, Elder Gaither Performed the Ordinance and then I confirmed her. The Spirit was so strong there. The words Came to me and came right out of my mouth. I truly was only the instrument in God's hands. It was amazing. Then Carla got up to bear her testimony. It made me Cry, even thinking about it now i start to tear up. She stood up there and she started off without saying anything and started to cry. Carla's Dad was a member of the church and she didn't have a great relationship with him while he was here on earth. What a wonderful gift she was able to give to both of her Fathers, Her earthly father that had passed on and her Heavenly Father. She bore her testimony and it was wonderful, It was an amazing experience. Out of all of the stress i felt the whole week didn't even compare to the Joy and happiness i felt after Carla's baptism. It was worth it. I am so grateful for the Gospel and the power that conversion has on people. It truly helps people. We take it for granted, and we shouldn't. The Gospel is true and it isn't something that we just talk about and just go through the motions. It has power behind it. The Power of God. I'm so very grateful that I was able to be able to a part of that experience!

Baptism

 Excerpt form June 10th: So this past little while has been super busy! We have been teaching a lot of people. We are having a Baptism this sunday to start off the transfer and then we should be having at least one more baptism at the end of the transfer. Possibly two more we will see! We are super excited! It's been going really well though! I've basically finsihed the Book of Mormon for the second time, which is good! I love the Book of Mormon there is so much good stuff in there. We just have to look for it and apply it in our lives. It's been getting pretty warm out here lately, OH!! Guess what since it's been getting warmer the lightning bugs came out!! it's super awesome! They are cool little things. they are super easy to catch! I caught one and then let it loose in the apartment lol! I have a bunch of pictures of it.