Elder Good

Well hello all! I had a great week! I hope you all did as well!

To all the people who have sent me letters, thank you very much, I haven't forgotten to reply, it just will take me a little while. But I will write back!

I got a new companion this week. His name is Elder Good. If I could describe him in one word, I would use.... Great!

The only thing I knew about him before I met him was that he snored. Well, he does.

But not as bad as everyone said he does. The first night was rough, but the rest of the week has been just fine now that I am used to it.

The weird thing is that he doesn't just snore. He moans. Its hilarious.

It sounds like he is in agony all night. It really is odd and funny.

Elder Good is a very chill fellow, and we get along quite well. We are really going to raise the bar on our missionary work. It's going to be a great transfer.

Speaking of missionary work, last night we taught Sabrina.

I really like Sabrina. She is a great gal, and I cannot wait until she fully grasps the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She has been taught all of the lessons, and understands it quite well. She has even started sharing the gospel with others! It's awesome! She's a member missionary without even being a missionary! She has a couple concerns, and we are praying for her. If you all could include her in your prayers that would be awesome! Last nights lesson was awesome.

We teach her at the Mothersheads, and last night we ate at their home. Sabrina had already had dinner so she knitted while we ate. Our dinner lesson was about faith, and we ended up reading Alma 32 together around the dinner table. It was great and Sabrina totally understood it! She really is a smart lady. After we had dessert, I asked Sabrina to teach me how to knit! I learned how to knit! Sabrina, Sister Mothershead, and I were knitting as we taught Sabrina her lesson. We covered all the lessons, and then talked about the baptismal questions. Then we talked about her concerns. It was awesome.

The light is getting interesting here! It's dark by 6:00 pm. The sun comes up at around 7:30.

I have an embarrassing story to tell. And this one sadly is not a joke.

Thursday, Elder Good and I were invited to a ward training/dinner at the church. When we drove up, we saw that another missionary truck was there. Or so we thought. All of the missionary trucks are Nissan Frontiers or Chevy Colorados. All the license plates on the mission vehicles start with the letters YZ. That means that they are tax exempt. Well, we saw this Nissan Frontier with a YZ license plate. It was red. There was a missionary who left last transfer that drove a red Nissan Frontier. He was a huge Ute fan. When we saw the truck, we noticed that the truck had a Ute sticker on the back window. That is against the rules! We thought that he probably put the sticker on right before he left. So... we peered inside the truck, and of course we saw church materials. The truck was a mess inside.

Lets look at all the reasons why we can assume that the truck is a missionary vehicle:

YZ plates.

Nissan Frontier.

Church materials in the back.

Its messy.

The last Elder who was a huge Ute fan drove a red Nissan Frontier.

It was all pointing to it being a missionary vehicle. Elder Good tried to open the door to the truck to verify, and it opened. We looked in the back seat and there were Joseph Smith Testimony pamphlets, Book of Mormons, and all that.

"You know what would be hilarious?" I said to Elder Good as I started to chuckle. "We should peel off the Ute sticker!"

Elder Good started to pull his knife out and I said, "Wait I've got a razor blade knife, lemme do it."

E Good- "Okay, I'm going to look around in the truck and see who is driving it right now."

After peeling off half the sticker, as I crumpled it up in my fingers I heard,

"Wait! Stop! There's a pistol in the glove box!"

He ran out to me and we both freaked out together.

"Oh man! What are they doing with a pistol?!"

to be continued... (I've run out of time haha)

Love you all!

Elder Tyler James Garver