July 14th, 2014- Week One in the Field (Oroville)

Hey there Everybody!

So I made through my first week in the field and I am so beat right
now. I enjoy receiving emails and letters from you guys so much! Thank
you so much for them,

Now, here's some quick information about the area I'm serving, my
companion, and myself. My trainer is Elder Moseley and he is from Salt
Lake. He and I are "shot gunning," meaning we are both starting out in
an area that neither of us have been before, in Oroville and we are
doubling up with another companionship, Elder Stein and his trainee,
Elder Shapiro. Despite that fact, we are staying with the Zone
Leaders, Elders Lords land Page. They all (even Shapiro.) like to
tease me because how "Green" I am. I love all them even so.

Since we are "shot gunning" Oroville, Elder Moseley and I have to
kinda start from scratch. Elders Stein and Shapiro have given us some
transfers since Thursday but we still need to find some of our own.
We've walked a lot and the mission leaders can't put my bike together
until this Thursday and they won't let any of the missionaries put
bikes together. Thus, my body is sore. However, we've met a lot of
people and some potential investigators during these times. In a way,
I love it!

Our ward is great, I have had plenty of dinners with members and I
love them and they just adore the Missionaries. We had a Ward Meeting
yesterday and about 85% of the meeting was focused on missionary work.
Elder Moseley said the ward is one of the best in the whole mission
and, even though I don't have that 10 month experience he has, I can
believe.

Fun fact, in our mission, we have "postarities." (I think I spelled
that right.) It's a thing to refer certain companion ships as certain
relatives. For ex: I am Elder Moseley's son and Elder Moseley is my
Dad (I jokingly call him "Pa" when he calls me "son.") and Elder
Moseley's Trainer (who is an AP named Elder Dimick. I've met him.) is
his Dad, thus he is my grandfather. Since I am Elder Moseley's first
son, I get what we call the postarity tie, we has the lineage written
on the back.


I still got a long week ahead of me. I'm very excited to continue
working in the future. I love you all!

Elder Willis