Elder Zach Fillmore

Hellooooo geez can't believe I'm 20 years old  it makes me feel so old but glad I can finally say I'm not a teenager! These past 2 and a half weeks have been crazy, the first thing that happened was saying goodbye to all the Elders that I was truly homies with literally so sad they were going home I'm and made me excited for when the time comes to head home lol but I still gotta little bit of the mission left lol but after saying goodbye to my companion Elder Chevalier after 3 transfer, as he was also returning home! Such a good growing experience being with that guy and definitely learned ALOT   Getting my new companion!! We found out who we were getting on July 11th and when IIU'm found out all the elders I'm good friends with texted saying dude u got a good comp u guys are gonna be awesome, I was so stoked to be getting Elder Larsen! He is from St George and has been out for a year! Super good to be with a guy that's been out just a little longer than I h...

Holy smokes there has been so much change in the mission recently it's insane! The past 2 weeks have been a roller coaster of emotions and miracles! One of the biggest miracles we have seen is that Russ Fish, our friend we have been teaching for the past 4 months got baptized on June 24! Seeing Russ come out of the water as I was one of the witnesses for the baptism, seeing his face all smiley made me so happy because I know he will never regret this choice to join the true church of Jesus Christ.  Russ is also getting married super soon on July 8th! His fiance grew up in the ward here in Eugene actually so they already have a super great relationship in the ward with everyone because they remember Russ's fiance! So it's awesome that they will make this their forever home! As they get ready for their wedding that's gonna be held in their backyard! The bishop in our ward is gonna officiate thei...