Elder Zach Fillmore

Hey hey everyone!!! Wanted to finally finish my email this morning so this email will be covering the 21st of January all the way to February 2nd which is today!  This transfer has gone by so fast but we have seen some cool experiences!! The one that's probably the most exciting is the 13-year-old we have been teaching Darren is gonna be getting baptized officially next weekend probably on the 10th!! So excited and after all the hard work teaching and making sure he knows his stuff a little. I'm looking forward to that weekend fs!! We also had interviews with our President Cornelius on the 31st Jan and those went well and I ended up asking where am I going for transfers and he said I'm most definitely staying here so that freaking awesome! Super excited to stay in the Redwood Ward and help the work move forward!  Side note sister Cornelius's mom passed away a couple of days ago so keep her in your prayers  Another fun experience we had was going on a 48-hour split with ...

Hey hey its another week and im running a little behind on this on haha the week has really just gone by way to fast. So in efforts in trying to still send an email home every week this email will be from the 8th-15th of January!!  Okay so Tuesday the 9th we had a super busy day 5 lessons! 1 with non member and 4 with members and we had a wood service for the Southwicks again! It was a solid day. We got to teach Darren he's such a homie and is truly starting to like church and the Teachers Quorum! So that's SICK! but yeah Tuesday was just a packed day and went by sups fast!! Wednesday we had a good member lesson about the Come Follow Me and we were able to go over that weeks reading this member. whose name is Reyes Aguilera. He cant come to church for legal reasons but he such a homie and it truly trying to still have a relationship with God, just about every time we meet, he has tears running down his face because the Spirit is always so strong! Before the lesson though he sho...

Hey hey everyone!!!  This week was one the most successful week of my whole mission!!  This email won't be long but it was a hype week!!  The beginning of the week was slow until bout Thursday afterrnoon we weee able to meet with Crystal, Crystal is a referral and a goated one too! It was a little bit of trouble trying to get in contact with her but Thursday afterednoon we went over to her house bc we had a lil free time and we ending up sharing a message on the doorstep!  We were a tiro at this time because Elder Landon Peterson (aka AAP) he came down for 2 days and we ran it up!! So after that door message, she expressed how much she loves the missionaries and loved reading the Book of Mormon, and in my head like we definitely gotta put her on date for baptism.  So after that freaking cold (freezing) door message we got in the car and drove back to the church and we were like we gotta call her and put her on date! So we did and I made the call ahhhh! And by th...

Wut uppp woot HAPPY 2024,  the year I come HOMEEEEE so crazy anyway.  My goal is for the remainder of these 9 months here in Oregon, I'm hoping to send a weekly email that starts with the week! haha  So there are a couple of stories that I need to backup and update you all on since being transferred to Grants Pass.  So Nov 16, boom I get transferred to Grants Pass from Central Point. I was getting my first trainee EIder Griffiths! So yep I was training a brand new missionary right off the rip and whitewashing a new area!!  Super excited and SUPER nervous, but me being out 14 months in, I felt decently confident lol. So we spent the night in Eugene, the next day I got my trainee and boom we had a good start to the transfer. We got a lot done, and I was quickly able to grow a strong relationship with the Ward members and the Bishop, super fire guy. My comp on the other hand was super struggling, but I made the best of it and just tried to love the guy.  On De...