Elder Zach Fillmore

  This week I feel right at home because of the weather. Hahah the weather is freezing but where we live there's no weather at all, just freezing and no snow or rain super lame just like at home. This week has been super slow when it comes to talking and teaching to people because of Thanksgiving with families being out of town and people having family over, so we weren't really able to have lessons this week, but, we did do a lot of wood moving services. Basically, that means that we move the wood from their wood pile and move it either closer to their front door or inside their house.  It still blows my mind that people still use wood-burning fireplaces but wow the difference between dry heat and a normal heater is honestly crazy idk what I like better lol   But yeah once Thanksgiving day came around I was expecting it to feel like Thanksgiving and nope it didn't feel like that at all just felt like another day. But, that all changed when we had Thanksgiving dinner with...

With the weather being 85% humidity and a high of 35 and a low of 15, this is next level cold that I have never experienced before.  Tuesday Nov 15 I had my first Zone Conference! After the 3½ hour drive to the stake center in Medford, OR it was super good to meet everyone from the south part of the mission! Super cool to bond with everyone! President and Sister Weekes taught about temple covenants and the wonderful blessings that we receive when we attend! Super good talks! After the zone conference, we went to IN&OUT!! I miss that food so much. We also went to Chick-fil-A to get a shake so that was yummy!! Definitely miss the fast food places lol. In Klamath we don't get none of that rip haha Wednesday Nov 16th  We did wood service the whole day for a lot of people! Super fun cutting wood with a hydraulic wood chopper lol. There is a lot more work to do helping everyone prep for winter.  Awesomeness too as we were able to set up some appointments with some new peopl...

This week went by so fast because it was filled with surprises and other highlights below. Tuesday Nov 8th Today was filled with service and moving apartments. We did service at a thrift store called Treasures. We sorted a bunch of wires and put them in a massive bin so untangling them took forever lol once we got done they said we could go shopping around and I found a sick sock tie and a sick old handheld FM radio.  After we got done with the service we found out we were moving to a different apartment! So that was exciting and a big surprise but also a small hassle because I finally got all my clothes and desk all organized, but now had to pack it all up. Our new place is an upgrade from our old apartment so that was a massive plus! It puts us 15 minutes closer to our Keno area, but just that much further from the Yonna Valley area. I found God loves giving us surprises; sometimes they are good in the long run but also a hassle in the moment, just like the hard points in our li...

Hi everyone this is Elder Fillmore emailing from OREGON! So crazy I'm here! Wednesday, November 2nd!  At 6:30AM we checked out of the MTC and headed to Provo Station to catch our train to the airport. Once there, my comp and just chilled while we waited for our flight to OR. We landed in Eugene, Oregon early afternoon and as expected it was pouring down rain and I was like oh boy haha here it all starts. We made our way to grab our luggage and walked out of the airport and boom the sun was out so that was a tender mercy!  We were met by the APs Elder Yeager and Elder Hepworth, super cool guys. We got loaded up and on our way. We traveled to the mission offices in Eugene and when we arrived, we were greeted by President and Sister Weekes. It was so awesome to meet them F2F for the first time and they are super cool people. It will be hard to see them go when they finish their mission in July 2023.   We then got going with a short welcome meeting for all 19 new ...

This week has been great, but it has also made me realize that I'm ready for Oregon! I'm beyond excited to be flying out tomorrow Wednesday morning! The MTC has gone by so fast but with my patience tapped, all I've wanted to do ever since I got here is to go to Oregon.  You know ready when you start to lose weight from the lack of tasty food as the cafeteria food is extremely mid (mid = not so good) lol.  I'm filled with excitement and nerves, and wrapping up all of our classes, saying goodbye to our awesome teachers, and getting ready to teach real people, not actors. ;)  but with all that being said, I feel ready to go to Oregon! did I mention that already? lol The past two weeks have been so amazing with this district because they have truly brought me pure joy as I miss my family and friends at home. I'm so beyond happy that we were able to laugh and learn more about what we are gonna be teaching! I got to speak in church this week! I was so nervous because ther...

This week has been a busy week at the Provo MTC. The week started with finally meeting my awesome District in person . I was so happy to see them and to be able to create that instant bond with them. We all live in Utah except for two of us. We laugh probably 75% of the time we are all together; we definitely have a funny crew. I'm so glad that I've been able to go with them to all of my classes and all the awesome devotionals. This week Dallin Vail Bayles sang for us live surprising us in the audience!!! there will be a picture below of him we also got to hear a lot from the Provo MTC President and was able to give him a big hug after him sharing in a devotional how he lost a daughter and we were able to relate in that way! Super cool!!  We also have super cool MTC teachers sister white and brother Smith that has been teaching us a lot of material the past couple of days, days go by fast when you're constantly always going to either a class or a devotional or a district me...