February 26, 2018

Family and Friends,

        So it begins. (And yes, I am aware that I spelled my title wrong) The trials that I have had up until this point on my mission have been a thing of naught compared to the nigh unscalable wall of learning that we have been presented with. You may be wondering what I'm talking about. The one word answer is: Facebook. Our mission has been cleared to use Facebook in our proselyting efforts, which is why some of you may have noticed that I have a new account. The reason for me creating a new account is that I cant seem to remember my password for the old one. SO! Fro those of you wondering if I've been hacked, the answer is no. Facebook will be a wonderful tool for us, being able to find new investigators, share spiritual messages with those we connect with, and keeping daily contact with those we work with. The learning curve for this tool will be immense however. Or rather, the UNlearning curve will be. We have to "unlearn everything that we think we know about social media" essentially rewiring our brains away from the way that this generations brains are trained to be wired. Tough stuff. I know I can do it with the Lords help though. 

        On Wednesday and Thursday, we did a little bit of tracting, which Elder Kerr seemed to enjoy. We've really been focusing this week on being a help to the ward auxiliaries, especially since the ward boundaries recently changed, and there's a lot of people that nobody knows. On saturday, I shared my first object lesson, which was about how important it is to read the scriptures, pray, and go to church. We used cups and knives, but Ill send a separate email with pictures later.

        On Saturday, we also had the experience of being confined to being inside for a few hours, since APPARENTLY there was supposed to be a huge arctic storm headed our way. So, we were instructed to park the cars at the house and stay inside to work on area book stuff. This lasted for a few hours, until they realized that it had petered out in northern Idaho. Lame. It may be because of that storm, but for the last few days, we've actually been having a good amount of snowfall. We actually got like, 4 inches last night. Yay! I think driving in the snow is fun. I love you all, and I hope you all have a great week. I heard a great quote in one of Hank Smiths talks this week: "You are the children of the most creative being in the Universe, he expects you to create."

Godspeed, 

~Elder Quiner