Church computer virus...

Hey so no pictures today, the library is closed and there is a virus on the church computer which will destroy all cameras, no joke.  Many learned the hard way.  So the baptism may be pushed back, we will find out later today, hopefully it will go through.  Elder Arveseth and i get along, he's different from me but we get along together.

Elder Shields

Stake Conference this week...

Oh well, no pictures today.  We haven't gotten the charger yet, sorry.  We had stake conference this week in Fayetteville which was great, but since it's so far away nobody was able to come to church.  Derek will be getting baptized on June 3rd, so that is exciting, we will just need to keep working with his brothers and everything.  One thing that has been frustrating though is the ward isn't receiving them as well as they should, and the ward counsel never meets so it's been difficult to properly address the situation.  Our other investigators are doing good as well.  Richard is on date for baptism on the 17th and Tracy is continuing to progress as well.  I don't know what type of calling I will receive in the future, but thanks to many of the good (and bad) examples) I have seen I know how I would want to go about doing them.  And that made me chuckle when you told me it took an army to keep Grandma Shields down!  Glad to hear things are going well and that is a bummer about Matt's foot.  How long will he be wearing the boot?

Love Y'all and hope things go well!

Post Mother's Day...

Hey Mom!

So good seeing y'all yesterday, I never know what to say after Skype calls, because I already said most of it yesterday, but know that I love y'all and the letter will be on it's way!

Love ya!

Cameron Baptism and Transfers...

So transfers, I will be staying and Elder Qiao will be heading out, don't know who will be coming, but I will have  a new companion tomorrow.  This week has been pretty good, Darrel came to church. Derek wasn't able to make it but we will be seeing them again next week.  Our other investigators are doing well.  I will be able to give you a more detailed thing next week.  But, I do have some pictures to send, just one moment!

Elder Bush, Pat, His Wife, Cameron,
His Grandpa and Elder Baird

Full district minus the sisters,
but we drew them in so it's OK.

The full district

Member Missionary Work...

Hey Mom,

That's crazy to hear about Alex!  England will be perfect for him!  And good for Reuel too, there will be a lot of missionaries out when I get home.  No pictures this week, but I will try and get some sent this coming week.  Derek was able to come to church but his brother wasn't.  But we were able to have some else there thanks to the Stake President.  We had ward conference and while the Stake President was driving over, he picks up a man who he saw was struggling on the side of the road.  The man (Kevin) just so happened to have a white shirt and tie in the bag he was carrying and he came to church with us.  We taught him the restoration in the second hour with Brother Nance, who is the High Counselor over missionary work in the stake.  It was a miracle, and a great example of member missionary work to a ward who hasn't had a member generated lesson in several months.  I have been reading The Power of Everyday Missionaries recently, and we have been sharing some of the stories of it.  Just think how fast the kingdom would grow if every year, every member of the church had one person taught by the missionaries in their home.

Love Elder Shields!