Roman God to My Doppelganger

This picture will make sense as you read further:)

Hey all!!
This week has been pretty good!  There were quite a few interesting experiences throughout the week!!

It all started on Wednesday, we had our district meeting and I forgot my iPad so I had to mooch off my companion The Whole time.  But it wasn't too bad.  For some reason the words “selfless service” stuck out to me during the meeting.  Maybe it was the Holy Ghost telling me that I need to work on it some more.  It has just made me think a lot about that and the blessings that come from selfless service, and not thinking about yourself but always thinking about others.  I don't know, just something that has been on my mind ever since.

Then later that night we contacted some referrals and they are super awesome!!  They are really into their church which is totally fine, but they have been on missions in their church and they have some super cool stories from doing that.  We are going back like this Wednesday so that'll be super fun!!  

The bed that was "tied down"

Then the next day we got a call from the sister missionaries in our district asking if we would be willing and able to help a less active lady move.  So we did and they weren't really prepared to actually get moving.  But we helped them as best we could.  They put things into the bed of the truck and tied it down while we were driving to the storage unit and when we got back it looked super sketchy... like it scared me and I thought it was just going to fly off.  But it didn't so that was good!  

Then later that day we went over to a ladies house in the Overlook Ward.  Her sister died on her birthday so that kinda sucked and we were there to help cheer her up because she absolutely loves the missionaries.  But it was pretty funny while we were there we were talking and she told me that I look like a Roman God... not gonna lie that's a first 😅.  It was super funny and that's just who this lady is.

Alright then on Friday we went out and contacted a bunch of old investigators who dropped us or we dropped them.  Anyway we went to this one guys house and we were talking and everything was completely normal... then like out of left field he starts telling us to never marry a red head and like he goes on for like 30 minutes about why he hates red heads and how he regrets marrying one and so he told us not to marry one and I was just sitting there like, "what the?? How did I get into this situation?? How did this even come up?" It was super bizarre and at the time it was like super awkward but now looking back it was so freaking funny 😂.

Then on Saturday a bunch of missionaries were able to judge this speech and debate thing and it was pretty fun for the first little bit.  But I was watching all these kids go up and do their thing and talk about a lot of stuff.  And to be honest… I had no clue what the heck they were saying 😂.  So I just kinda winged it and judged them on if they could talk fluidly and if they used big words 😅 but these kids are going places!!  They are dang smart!!  It was crazy!  At their age I wasn't doing anything like that at all!!  It was way cool!!  

Sunday was really cool as well!!  We had a lesson on staying happy and optimistic and it definitely was something I needed to hear and I learned a whole lot from it!  It's just so important to have a happy attitude especially as a missionary!!  You never know when the adversary will attack and having that kind of attitude can really help!  

Elder Potter (my doppelganger)

Alright and today I've been realizing just how similar me and one of the zone leaders in the other stake is... it is actually super creepy.  Like me and him did the same stuff, drove the same car and have the same thought process.  And like all day we will talk about something and then the other person will have done that same thing... it’s super weird!!  But it's all good because we are super close and he's like a brother to me!!  Anyway that was my week!  

Loving it out here!! Wish you all the best!!

Love,
Elder Zeller
2425 6th Ave. S Great Falls MT 59405