12 December 2022

Corvallis MT!!

I made it to Montana! I got assigned to Corvallis. It's in what's called the Bitterroot Valley. It's an hour south of Missoula so I'm pretty close to the Idaho border. There are two mountain ranges that run parallel to each other and stretch north and south. There's a string of small towns in between and at the heart of it is a homey little town called Corvallis. There are lots of trees and a big river that flows thru the valley it's so pretty. 

My trainer is this dude from Winslow, Elder Leonard. He's pretty dope, we have a lot of fun but he's also down to earth and puts in the work. He's teaching me a lot and we have plenty of work to do here.

 Never have I been on the receiving end of this much charity and love from strangers. The members here are cracked. Every Wednesday the Wridges feed us. Every Wednesday. Super nice fam and they make us name all 20 dead animals on the wall, in order, before we are allowed to eat. But yeah everyone here is so nice our dinner calendar is pretty much full all the way thru January. 

Part of the reason they treat us so nicely is because we really are needed here. There's a ton of growth. In the whole mission, there are 4 temples in construction and it is the 2nd highest successful mission in the country. So there's lots of activity, specifically in the Corvallis area too.

I've taught a couple of lessons and it goes fine but I have a lot to learn and have to learn how to missionary. It's weird but exciting. 

I miss my MTC friends but we keep in touch. My new district is pretty cool too.

Hmm

It's an interesting feeling to realize I have literally nothing to do all day but serve these people and befriend them. And idk [I don't know] it's cool. We helped this one lady move out. I gave her a blessing the very first night I got here, it was dope.
I'm getting used to the cold! Corvallis is relatively warm to the rest of the state bc [because] we're between the mountains but it's still close to 0 degrees.

So there are these beautiful big mountains all around me. And tons of deer. Like everywhere. I have yet to drive somewhere and not see them running around and in front of us. 

I thrifted a cool grandpa shirt!