March 19, 2018

Family and Friends,

        Transfer calls came and the verdict is in! Elder Kerr and I are both staying in beautiful Rupert, Idaho. Not too surprising, but this transfer should be interesting. We will be doing a lot of finding this transfer, in an effort to find more people to teach. (This is the constant struggle of missionary work in small town Rupert, Idaho.) The real problem is that it feels like everybody here either already knows about the church and has made their decision to accept or not accept the gospel, or are already members. The hard thing about it, is that it's often hard to tell which ones are which, because there are so many less actives here. We're really trying hard to find those who have been prepared for us though.

        We've been doing a lot of service this week, which is always really fun. We've been working with one of the ladies in our ward to help remodel her house. I poked my head on a nail in her attic on accident on Tuesday while we were putting stuff up there. It bled a little bit, but there isn't even a scab there anymore, so I'm fine. We also had the opportunity this week to with our ward mission leader and visit some sweet old ladies in our wards. One of them asked for a blessing, so we were able to do that. Both of them are pretty crippled though, which probably isn't very much fun. On Saturday, we got to go help one of the members sand down some cabinets and then we ate lunch with them. Woot!

       Also on Saturday, we had an Elders Quorum unlimited pinewood derby race. If you don't know what that is, there are no rules.​​ Well, one rule, but that rule is only that you cant have open flames, so it was pretty fun. One brother figured how to rig a CO2 canister to his car and set it off at the start of the races. I think his fastest time was 2.08 seconds to make it down the track (needless to say he won.) My car never even made it to the end of the track (Mostly because my car was an 8 pound weight duct taped to a piece of wood, but oh well. There's always next time.) The race was a really great opportunity to get some less active members involved, and we actually met quite a few people that the ward hadn't seen in a while. We had some really good conversations about the gospel and everyone had a great time.

       Yesterday, we found out that the 1st ward changed one of our ward mission leaders without us noticing, so we went over there and introduced ourselves. It should be good, he seem like he's ready and willing to get to work, so we're excited to work with him to make it happen here in the promised land of Rupert! If you would like to help, you could always pray for us to find people who are willing to hear us, the struggle is real. Also, help the missionaries in your local area!

Godspeed,

~Elder Quiner