52 Weeks - 1 Year

June 04, 2023

May 11, 2023

Well, I made it. From here everyone says it's downhill. I can say now I've gotten into the groove of everything. Still learning and growing everyday, but it's all normal now. Somethings been nagging at the back of my mind telling me that the second half of my mission is going to be really different than the first. I feel like the first half helped me to make a lot of bigger changes, and the second half will be more of a fine tuning and endurance trial. But we'll see how it goes I've got a year left to ride it out. I haven't written these past few weeks because I've just been working some things out. I've put a lot of effort into this area and we've seen some great progress. Super slow , but considering my companion and I (two kids basically) are leading this branch of the Lord's battalion, I feel content that we're doing as the Lord desires. We're not slaving away, as some people think missionaries ought to, knocking doors all day everyday, but rather we're working as effectively as we can. Trying to leave a lasting change, and the area better than when we came in. I feel content with the work we're doing, like the Lord's telling us it's good. It's a comforting feeling for sure. We've finally put down some baptism dates! We didn't even ask them, they said they wanted to baptized on the 20th and we said sounds good So that will be fun. I'm somewhat at a blank as to what else to say for now.

~ Elder Owens