Week 34! I'm alive!

Hey everyone! Last time I wrote was the beginning of last transfer. I said that it was going to be a good transfer and I gotta say it was good for a lot of different reasons than what I thought! 

An update on Travis! We had that lesson and he just brought up a bunch of random bible verse trying to bash but we stayed calm cool and collected. It was so funny, he said "um you do know that like the leader of your religion confessed it was all a lie on his deathbed right?" And I must have skimmed over that when I had read church history. Now i know that when he fell out the window he fell right into a bed where he confessed all his sins and how it was all a lie. Crazy. Absolutely wack. But anyway yeah Travis just kinda wanted to bash so we decided we probably shouldn't go back and so then we went back and this time he brought his big tough older brother. Now Travis just kinda wanted to bash but Jesse... oh Jesse. He really wanted to bash so after that we decided to really not go back and then we didn't. 

To be completely honest with all of you, we didn't go out and work very hard that transfer. Elder Helms was working through some stuff so we took it easy. I love the man to death though. He helped me learn about myself and I hope I helped him learn something too. He's by far my favorite companion I've had on my mission. But yeah there wasn't too many memorable things happening in Skagit YSA for a little while sadly. But that's leads to my next point!

I got transferred again yaaaaayyyyy woooo that's awesome. Now I'm in Brier! My new companion is Elder Puodziunas from Argentina! He's a stud! He broke his wrist a little while ago and otherwise this would be a bike area but instead we get to ride around in the buses! And they don't come around here very often because it's pretty suburban so that means more walking than bussing!! But I love it I think! We have seen a lot of awesome things happen while walking! I have been able to pet like so many dogs it is so awesome and also people swear at us all the time from their car! Oh and also we met Bert who we wouldn't have met if we were driving around! Bert came up and told us we should come by and have a discussion when he's not busy. He came up to us! It was awesome.

We are teaching Sarah and if I don't edit this then that means I forgot to and you will figure out who she is next time

I've been kicked around a lot in my mission which is hard because that gives me the stigma that I'm a problem missionary who doesn't get along with companions or areas for long and I've been really frustrated with that. But now looking back I can see the Lords wisdom in all the places and people I've been with. I have a testimony that God has a plan for each of us! And sometimes that path that we need to be on isn't easy, but it is all for our profit. Keep on going! Keep working on being a better person! The Lord will sustain you! 

Maybe I will talk to you next week or 6 months from now idk yet we will see lol

Count your blessings because nobody else will do it for you ;)

- Elder Dorrance