Monday!
So today was filled with normal preparation day
activities. It was the last preparation
day before transfers so everyone came in to play games and hang out. It's a bummer saying goodbye to everyone but
I'll see them later on I'm sure!! Even
if it's at UVU!! But anyway after games
and everything we took off and went to Pizza Hut for dinner because we were
like, "let's eat Pizza Hut buffet!!" So we show up and guess what?!? The buffet is over!! So we still ate there, it just wasn't the buffet
which wasn't too bad. Anyway, after we
had dinner we went back to the apartment to pack. So that was weird because I actually had to pack
everything... so I started to pack tonight but I’ll have to finish up tomorrow!!
Tuesday!!
Today was a sad day. I said goodbye to the Simmons family
and man
am I going to miss them!! They are like
a family away from family. They are the
best and I loved getting to know them and serve around them!! After that I finished up with my packing. Then later that night we went over to say
goodbye to Brother Bailey.
Man alive
this past transfer I've gotten to know Brother Bailey so well. He's such an amazing guy and he loves the
missionaries and the work that they do. He's the best and I'm going to miss him a whole
lot. But don't worry, I'll be going back
sometime to see everyone!! I have just loved
Great Falls and all the people here!!
Wednesday!!
Alright so today was transfer day... so what do
we do? We wake up at 6 in the morning to
have one last zone games bright and early and it was so much fun!! All these missionaries I've met are so amazing
and I'm so glad that I was able to meet them. After the games we hurried and got ready so
that we could make it to transfers on time! We get there and hang out for a bit, we move our
stuff for the people who are leaving and say some more goodbyes, and then we
headed out!! Man was today a long day of
driving!! We drove 2 hours to Helena, and
then we drove 4 hours to Kalispell. That
made one long day of driving!! It's all
good though because I got to drive with a rather newer missionary and we were
able to talk a lot and I got to know him pretty good and he's an awesome guy!! We had a few hours so we got to know each
other pretty good!!
Then later on
when we finally got to Kalispell I met up with the man, the myth, the legend...
Elder Anderson himself!! Haha! I'm so
pumped to serve with him!! We've been
talking since we were in the MTC together about this very moment and now here it
is!! So we met up and caught up from
what has been going on since we got out into the missions field and then guess
where we went to for dinner?? That’s
right people WE WENT TO CHICK-FIL-A!!!!!!!!!! I just about cried!! 😭😭😭
it was sooooo good!! I've missed this place
so much!! Naturally I got a picture 😅 after that
we drove out to our place and I unpacked all my stuff and learned the rules of
the house... fun stuff!!
Thursday!!
Man alive… Bigfork is absolutely beautiful!! 😍 There are trees
everywhere and the lake is right there... it's unbelievable. When I think of Montana I definitely picture
something like Bigfork 😍
soooo we had to take a few pictures 😅 and Elder Anderson knows the spots to take beautiful pictures.
Once we were done we went over to an
investigators house to drop off some pamphlets for them to read. Then after that we got a call from a member
asking if we could clean his chimney because it was clogged up and smoking up
his whole house. So we get there and
holy crap!! There was smoke everywhere!!
So we cleaned out the chimney and we
were on his roof... I’m not totally sure but I think that's against the rules
but sometimes ignorance is bliss 😅 we also realized that his
furnace had a ton of ashes just packed in, so we cleaned out his furnace as
well so that he could use it better and it would get clogged as easy. I have to admit that it's hot cleaning a
furnace!! I was cleaning it and just
dripping with sweat 😅
not joke, I probably could have drenched the fire and put it completely out
with all the sweat I had 😅
but it was good to help this guy out because he's pretty old so he probably
wouldn't have been able to do it on his own. After that we had lunch, and went through the
area book. I got all caught up on the
investigators and members and the whole shebang and then we went to a lesson
with one of our investigators and it was pretty good!! We talked about the plan of salvation and it
was awesome!!
Friday!!
Today we found another place to take pictures 😅 lol. I can tell that there is going to be a lot of
pictures from this area because it’s so beautiful.
Anyway, we were driving around contacting a
lot of people when we almost hit a deer!! There are tons of them up here!! It's crazy!! So luckily we didn't hit it!! After that we went to lunch with Brother Nelson!!
Now this is where things get pretty interesting… when my dad served his mission
he served with an Elder Nelson... who just so happened to be from Bigfork
Montana!!! The best part is his dad
still lives here. So I got to meet his dad!! Crazy stuff!! It was really cool to go to lunch with him and
meet him!! After that we went around and
contacted a few other people, and then we went to dinner. Right after that we
had an appointment and so we went over to one of our investigators houses and
talked for a while. I introduced myself
and then we showed a quick video because it was getting kind of late.
Saturday!
Alright so today we went and got some wood for
the furnace guy so that he can heat his house. Then after that we went and helped a lady move
some stuff out of her apartment and into a storage unit. After that we went to go help another lady
move some stuff but she didn’t need our help at the moment and she said she
would need our help on Tuesday. So we
realized at this point that we hadn't had any lunch 😅 so we went
over to our apartment where I realized I was missing my wallet. I thought that I might have dropped it when
we were taking pictures so we went back to the place we took pictures and
looked, but unfortunately we couldn't find it 😅 soooo we went back to the
apartment and I think the spirit was like, "You're an idiot Elder Zeller...
you forgot to look one other place..." so I checked my suit pocket and
there it was!! Needless to say, I felt
like an idiot 😅
After that adventure, I showered again because I was not smelling like my old
spice self 😅 I was
smelling more like a stinky guy 😅. Once I was cleaned up it was about dinner time
so we ate and then went and talked to a few less active members. It was a great day.
Sunday!!
Man today was awesome!! We were a bit late for church since we totally
forgot about daylight savings!!! Once we
realized what time it actually was we had to be there in like 20 minutes. So we bust it to get there super-fast annnd I
forgot the phone 😅
so we raced back and grabbed the phone; then shot back to church. So yes the missionaries were late by like a
few minutes... how pathetic 😅.
It was super cool though because they
had a returned missionary giving his homecoming talk today!! How cool is that?!? Especially as a missionary!! I was like, "that's going to be me and
you Elder Anderson!! 😁"
I'm such a goof 😅
but it was super awesome!! We had
something like 4 investigators at church, so that alone was a blessing!! The rest of the meetings were good and I
really like this ward and all the members here seem awesome!!
After church we went over to our ward mission leader’s
house for lunch so we could talk about our lessons we had that day and plan for
them. So that was good. Then we went to our lessons and it was so
awesome teaching with Elder Anderson and Brother Tanner!! The spirit was so strong and we were able to testify
of truth and I could tell that the spirit was definitely touching them. After that lesson we went over to our dinner
and that was pretty sweet. I got to know
more members and that's always a plus!!
Then we had to hurry over to our other lesson
with one of our investigators and this lesson was awesome. We taught about the gospel of Jesus Christ. We taught with the spirit and bore testimony to
him. We used the scriptures and it was
just so awesome. After we were done with
the teaching part we asked if he had any questions and he says that he doesn't
necessarily have a question. But he
turns to the section on repentance and tells us how he was reading the pamphlet
and how he got to this section and it just jumped off the page at him and as he
was telling us this he started to cry. It
was such an amazing moment to feel the spirit and to know that the spirit is telling
him that through Christ all things are possible. It was just such an amazing experience to be a
part of and as he's telling us this our ward mission leader starts crying,
another member we had with us gets teary eyed and I even got a bit teary eyed
and the spirit there was just so incredible. The spirit testifies to everyone and it can touch
everyone. It's been so amazing to just
see the difference the gospel can make in someone's life when they let it!!
I love this gospel so much and I love being a
missionary and bringing other closer to our savior. I just love it so freaking much!!
Love,
Elder Zeller
P.O 1883
Bigfork, Montana
59911
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