Elder Dean

  I don't have any time at all haha. I never have time. We have been teaching A LOT of lessons which has been great. We have set a date for baptism for a girl we have been teaching she's super fun to teach.  We met a guy who is going to AA and we have lessons In the parking lot before he goes into his class. There is a whole group that we are tight with now because one time some members gave us a FAT TON of snacks so we brought it over and shared with all of them. They invited us in!!! Haha  A guy we have been teaching (Ren) wants to get baptized Inna river kinda lit haha. He hasn't chosen a date yet but we are still working with him. Elder Barney came with me onna exchange and it was so fun to be back with him for a night. Love yall. 2 Nephi 28:28 is kinda barz read it

  Bruhhhhhh time is flying way too fast I hate it. I don't know how it's already May 15. This week was solid.  Someone in my last area got baptized so I got to go back up to Lehi and it was good to see them.  A miracle we saw... we had a meeting with some leadership and normally it ends at 9pm but it ended 15 minutes early. Normally we go home at 9pm ish. So we decided to knock a few more doors before we went home and one of them we talked to a MINUTE ago while she was in her car lol. But she let us in and we ended up teaching her and her daughter and we are going back in 2 days!!! They are pretty interested in learning more!  Had mission president interviews WHICH are ALWAYS BALLER. But first thing he said was, well this is your last one before your departing interview. 🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦 Crazy.  We are probably going to set a date for baptism with a few people we are teaching this week so that's going to be epic. Was studying Matthew 13 this week and SHOOT. It is ...

 Every week is always great.  We got to go to the Saratoga Springs Temple open house with a guy we are teaching. IT WAS AWESOME. I love being in the temple and it is always so peaceful. At the end as we were about to leave there is a painting of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane and he stopped and was looking at it. I asked why he thought Christ did that and he said he doesn't know. So I gave him 1 Nephi 19:9 to read right there and his eyes just lit up and he was like WOW. He and I felt the Spirit hit us, it was a great experience. I know that Jesus Christ did everything because He loves God and He loves us. There was a few experiences where I had the thought to go the long way home or a different way home or to an appointment and we were led to many people who are either struggling, or aren't members and we were able to teach them.  1 girl we have been trying to start teaching for a few weeks we were able to talk with her whole family outside. As we were talking the gi...

 This week was great!! It's been great cause we've just been mega busy.  A kid we have been teaching got baptized on Saturday. It was so awesome. Elder Tacchi got to baptized him and I confirmed him. That was Elder Tacchis first baptism and it was so cool to see him perform the baptism. President and Sister Evanson came to the baptism and President came up and gave a little spiritual thought with me. It was awesome. He's such a good teacher, I found myself just listening to him that I forgot I was up there teaching with him 🤣  But the way we found this kid was awesome. We were biking up a FAT hill and we saw a lady (his aunt) just outside gardening so we stopped and talked and she mentioned that he wasn't baptized so we eventually got in contact and we have been teaching him for about a month. And he is awesome. We had a lesson with a 12 year old boy who literally just reminds me of a mini me🤣 We played a few minutes of basketball with him and then had a FIRE lesson w...

 This week was great. This is gonna be a short email sorry... We had an Easter devotional with the mission in person and the Spirit was so strong. President and Sister Evanson spoke and it was all centered on Christ and us taking up our own crosses. Us putting away any pride. Us being Disciples. As well talking about Symbols and Sacraments and wow it was BALLER. They're the best I love them.  In my last area Boston got baptized!!! So I got to go back up to Lehi to see him baptized on Friday and then we went up again on Sunday and I got to give him the Holy Ghost!!! It was lit. And for the baptism we went with someone we are teaching and their friend🔥🔥 HE LOVED IT!!! On Friday Elder Tacchi got a flat tire so he had to borrow a bike and then on Satirday I SNAPPED my chain on my bike. It broke and swung up and slapped me in the back and stained my shirt and pants dang.  Alma 42:29 And now, my son, I desire that ye should let these things trouble you no more, and only let y...

 This week went by way too fast.  We had a BALLER lesson with Ren again. This time we had all the young men ages 16-18 in one of the congregations come to the lesson🤣 there was like 20 people in one room. And Ren LOVED IT. He's so fun to teach because he is so open. He is so close to baptism. He watched all of General Conference and loved it. He said that he noticed how much they talked about covanents and we were hyped. I crashed mega hard on my bike this week🤣🤣 This semi truck pulled over and a poly guy gave us a gallon of milk each. So we are biking with one hand and as I was biking my foot slipped off the pedal and planted on the ground, the pedal clicked the back of my leg and my handle bars went sideways and I went over the handle bars with a gallon of milk in my hand🤣 I eat it and the milk splashes EVERYWHERE. My hands are cut up and my jacket ripped a little but I'm chilling other than that thankfully.  GENERAL CONFERENCE WAS FIRE!!!! I am so thankful for livi...

This week was great!! We had a lot of amazing lessons. We went to the temple. Had a Zone meeting.  We are teaching this one guy and he lessons have been AMAZING. The Spirit is so strong. Long story short he doesn't feel worthy to even ask God for anything or ask any questions. So we read Alma 36:17-20 and once he read verse 18 he just started bawling and got up gave us a hug. He said now he is going to ask God questions. It was AMAZING to see someone right in front of me have a change of heart and a spiritual experience. The Spirit has like tangible it was AWESOME!!!  I got to go back up to Lehi to see Reagan who I taught get baptized. She is so sweet and was so excited to get baptized and Aldo so nervous. It was so awesome!!!  The temple is amazing as always. I love learning how I can improve and I love just noticing new things about how Christ teaches us. Everything in His restored church always points back to Him and what He has done. My mission has been life changing....