Elder Ethan E Ball

 Hey Yall, what a week it's been. I want to start of by expressing my gratitude for all of the prayers and thoughts and live that have been sent my way. We have felt them and this week was really good. We were really focused and successful. It's a bit of a long email but it's been a pretty cool long week.       OUR WEEK: was super busy and full. We had about 4-5 lessons scheduled every day this week. We also had our last exchange of the transfer this week where we switch with the district leader and for 24 hours we have a different companion. We did the transfer right after we had district council in Oxford and went to Buffalo Wild Wings because it was Tuesday so we got BOGO wings. During the transfer we met John Basham, see the picture with me holding a gun. He is awesome and has already read the Book of Mormon and said he completely knows its true he just hasn't been able to be contacted because he was so sick. Then we got a call that we had one of the oldest ...

 Hey Yall. This week was awesome! I got a letter from my sister and she told me to not feel like I am inconveniencing people with the Gospel because it's not an inconvenience to receive exaltation. After I internalized that, the week really exploded. We found 8 new people to teach and made about 20-30 contacts with people everyday! That is amazing, we usually get around 3-4 new people. We also found 3 of our most progressing people again. A lot of people don't have phones with a sim card or Wi-Fi here, so sometimes for things like Thanksgiving, people just go missing.       First let me talk about the weather. Imagine weather like Utah where it can be freezing one day and 70s the next week. Well it's the same here, but wet. It'll frost at night and then get to the 70s in the middle of the day. Or have fog all day that's in the 60s and it feels like you're in a slightly cold arm pit haha. We experienced what a Christmas parade is in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Se...