Holt, Caleb

Hey everyone. I miss and love you. There are plenty of fun things to share with you from this week. We got to go to the temple, have a make up party (I'll explain later in the email, haha), Zone Conference and more.  The temple was great. We get to go quarterly and that really strengthens me. The members take really good care of us by helping us go to the temple and we usually are fed after :):)  The make up party, haha. My dad is probably a little anxious about this. We are teaching a part-member family and the wife (a non-member) started a Mary Kay business and we wanted to support her by going to her grand opening. This is only because she said there was snacks there and men's stuff too. I got some cologne for the ladies when I return home, now I am sure my dad is not anxious reading this but excited, haha. Love you dad.  Zone conference was great as we got to learn strongly about Jesus Christ. It was my favorite part to hear the singing missionaries that have great ta...

We have had many emails, only 4 more after this! I hope this week was well for each of you. I'll start with the good and end with the good in this email. Basically exchanges were key this week in the work. Exchanges are where we switch companions for the day within a companionship. This week I got to be with my Trainy, Elder Kistemann and another good missionary named Elder Shipely. When I was with Elder Kistemann we got to eat with my moms parents and my uncle! It was so good! It taught me a lot and showed me how much they love me because they drove 5+ hours round trip to say hi. I love them. It was great for Elder Kistemann too. He loved the personality of each person and was grateful for such good food we had on the Columbia River! I was emotionally drained after that and had a headache all the rest of the day, haha. It will certainly be an adjustment coming home. Following that we got to find about 4 new friends to teach, all of which are exactly what we look for I'm friend...

I keep hearing new and wonderful things from you all. There is a lot of changes happening all the time, weather for good or bad. I hope you each know that God's love for you cannot be removed. Use him in your life to grow, be guided, and have answers.  Monday was wonderful! We went to the temple with our friend Jaime! He loved it and we learned a lot about him there along with him learning a lot about God. He should have a date in the next month or two for baptism. Shout out to my cousin Elder Daxton Green for having his friend on date over in Japan! Tuesday we had 3 interviews for friends in my district. I love interviewing people! You get to see all their preparations put into 30 or so minutes. I also get to learn so much about how the Gospel of Jesus Christ can change lives as I sit and listen to many stories!  Wednesday we taught Jamie again along with a couple other friends who I won't mention. Thursday we had more lessons I won't make mention of. But Friday, we had an...

I am excited to share about this week with you. I know some of you are doing good, I hope the rest of you are too.  Monday, last week, our lessons canceled sadly but Tuesday made up for it. We had 4 lessons, a service, and a member dinner. Wednesday was great too! We had 2 lessons and a service, haha. There are lots of service opportunities now that the sun's out! Guess what we did on Thursday? Service, haha! That day we also taught 5 friends. Friday we planned the week and didn't get to teach anyone. Saturday we had a couple lessons, a service, attended a baptism and have a member dinner with a friend. There are so many missionary things that happen in missionaries life's. I'll share a couple events in detail, rather than boring you with the day to day stuff.  One story I'll share is about a friend we're teaching (who I'll leave unnamed) and he has moth balls in his home with no airtight seal. I didn't know what moth balls were till this week and so I...