Service = Major Blessings!!

Alright so just in case anyone is wondering service=major blessings!!

This is a picture of both mine and my dad's missionary Tags

This week has been like nonstop service!! Like it started on Tuesday and went all the way to Saturday!!  But boy was it worth it!!

So Monday we spent like the whole day with a family making knives, because that's like the cool thing to do and who wouldn't want to make knives??  Anyway so then the next day because the guy helped us make some knives he needed our help moving some stumps and cutting down trees so we were all about helping him out.   

Then the next day we got a call from our recent convert asking if we could help him so we went up and helped with some roofing again and man was the wind blowing!!  We were talking about how we could be picked up like a kite and blown away!!  

Anyway then later that night we had a pretty interesting experience with a lady... we decided to go to Walmart since we didn't go on Monday because we were busy all day but we needed food.  So we went on Wednesday and decided to do a little bit of Walmart finding and talk to everyone!!  We were in Walmart right??  And I'm looking at the mayonnaise because we are all out and we needed some so I'm scoping out the deals when Elder Anderson notices this lady who's looking at us kind of funny.  I look up right as he gives her the head nod and I'm about to say "hey how's it going?" – you know normal missionary stuff.  Anyway before I even say it the lady says, "it's 420 tomorrow!!" And points to a bunch of brownie mixes that she has in her cart then rushes off.  At this point I'm shell shocked 😂 I look over at Elder Anderson and I'm like "did she really just say what I think she said??" So that was an interesting experience 😂.  Walmart can definitely attract some interesting people.  Anyway so that was a blast!! 

The next day was Thursday if I'm not mistaken!!  So one of the ladies we are working really close with owns a thing of storage units.  And she was telling us that this lady and her husband were moving a ton of stuff into one and the husband broke his back a while ago so he couldn't lift anything.  So we were like "we'd love to help!!"  So Thursday was the day they showed up and we helped them out all day!!  It was pretty great.  They're coming back in a few weeks with another load and we're going to help them out again!!  So that'll be awesome!!

Then on Friday we went over to this super old guy’s house in the ward to help him clean up his basement.  Alright so here's the situation, he has a wood stove in his basement and he hasn't been able to clean it up for a really long time.  So there were cobwebs everywhere and everything have a layer an inch think of just straight soot.  Like the webs looked like black yarn hanging from the ceiling and on the walls and stuff.  It was crazy but we buckled down and cleaned it up like crazy and it was a ton of fun!!  It was like a treasure hunt in that house because there is sooooo much history in that house!!  This guy has been around the block a few times and he's got lots of cool stuff he's picked up during his life so it was super fun finding them and asking him about it!!  Anyway so that took up quite the majority of the day!!  Then the next day on Saturday we helped out our recent convert again with his house.  But this time we helped him frame his basement.  It was sooooooooo cold down there 😂 like outside it was the warmest day of the week but in the basement I could see my breath!!  It was pretty sweet!!  I mean I feel like when I help him out with his house I'm learning lots about how to do stuff.  Like I'm paying attention to it all and it's really cool!!  So we did that for most of the day and then we had dinner with a guy who is a commercial pilot and so I was able to talk to him about it for a little bit and get some advice for when I get home and it was great!!

Alright so now you might be wondering what made all this service so worth it??  Well first, service in itself is worth it buuuuuuuut this week we were able to officially get a new investigator!!  We've been working really close to this family and they don't go to church all that often and her daughter isn't baptized yet so we're teaching her now and the first lesson was this week!!  So that was super awesome!!  But wait folks… that's not all!!  Our recent convert got the priesthood yesterday as well!!  It is so awesome that he's got the priesthood now and I'm so excited for him and his family!!  And the last thing is that our investigators are getting baptized this Saturday!!  How exciting is that?!?  

I love this work and everything that comes with it!!  Miracles really happen when you work hard and are obedient!!

Love ya’ all and stay sweet!!

Love,

Elder Zeller

P.O 1883 Bigfork, Montana