Trio Train Confirmed

Well hey everyone! Things are still out and going strong here in Minnesota! 

So we found out on Tuesday that we would officially be training together in a trio.  

So we now have Elder Pugh from Washington.  

So this week we had a lot of prep work to get both our apartment ready, but also the Alexandria 

apartment we had been using as our "vacation" home.  

So we had to work on getting more dressers and cleaning, and the Alexandria apartment was quite the 

project.  Missionaries in the past have just not been the nicest to that apartment, so we had to fix

handles on doors, the shower,  and clean up a ton. We were basically the house turn around shows on 

that apartment, then the new elders there proceeded to complain about the apartment to us. So you 

gotta love other missionaries sometime.  Its like they just figured we could move locations of the

apartment, or like completely redo everything,but whatever, we are down in Morris and happy.  

So we had to go down early to the mission home to be there on time for transfers.  We ended up 

staying with the APs here and that is also where all the new missionaries stay, so man was that crazy.  

Lets just say they were all quite excited and just crazy.  

It made me really glad that my entrance to the mission was made into the mission home and the 

hospital, although it came with its down sides of like almost dying at all. But at least I didn't have to 

deal with the crazy. 

So we picked up our new guy and then the rest of the day was pretty much spent driving. 

Once we got back to Morris we had to do another final drive back up to Alex to go grab him a mattress.  

And we had to fit him and the mattress in the back of the car, lets just say if we got into a crash, 

he would have been the safest person ever.

So since he has been here, and we have had time to work we have been having a good time.  

We have had had a few lessons with some people that we are working with, nothing super huge in 

progression wise here, but also good lessons. We are being patient, and the miracles will come in the 

Lord's time.  

In church we had 14 total of us this week, and once again we didn't have to give a talk or a lesson! 

So its crazy just being there and being able to enjoy it and just listen and take it all in.  

So like I already mentioned, patience is super important.  That is something lately I have been studying

and working on myself, and we sure do receive blessings from it.  We are promised in Alma that if we 

continue in patience through our trials, we will will have success, and as is mentioned many times as 

well, God knows what we need better than what we do.  So as we focus on having patience, on all 

the little things, when things don't go according to plan, when someone cuts you off on the road or 

whatever it may be, have patience! And then God will give unto you the success and a better outcome 

then you could have thought before! 

So continue on in patience this next week! Love you all and hope you have a great week!

Elder Pickering