One really great thing about missionary work is that you never have time to think about yourself. For two hours in the morning you study how to be a better missionary and better help & teach people. Then you go out all day and help people and teach people nonstop. Then you come in at 9:30 and plan till 10:15 about how you're gonna help and teach people the next day. so by the time we're done planning we've got 15 minutes to brush our teeth, maybe write in our journal, say our prayers and then pass out. Even on Prep-day, you just make sure that you've got everything taken care of so that you dont have to worry about anything during the week. So there's no time to ever think about yourself. It's fantastic. And we're completely seperated from the rest of the world. It's very refreshing. Cause when people do try to tell us about what's going on in the world, it's never anything happy. Like Thursday, Brother Harris says 'Yeah, yall didn't know we're going to war with Russia?' We were both lost. For us, the world consists of Main to 8th and Robson to Dobson. And nothing else matters but missionary work. There's nothing better.It can seem like a sacrifice at first. Cause you have to leave your family, leave your friends, leave the Astros, but then you get out here and it's just non-stop amazingness and happiness and blessings. I've figured out that's how all commandments are. At first it might seem like something difficult, or a sacrifice of sorts, but then once you do it, it's nothing but blessings. Heavenly Father just wants to bless us and see us happy. He knows how we can be happy. A lot of times we think we know a better way, but it definitely always turns out to be wrong.
Stephen got baptized Saturday. It was awesome. He is an amazing story. He knows the Bible better than anyone. So because of that, he's always known that the Church is the most correct out of all the rest of the churches. But there's been little things that bother him and some modern revelation that he had a tough time figuring out. So he's always known that we have the truth but he's never been able to completely accept it. But President Lewis took care of that so Elder Aicher and I got to teach him and participate in his confirmation. It was amazing.
Next Saturday we have 4 baptisms scheduled. Oscar is 18 and awesome and way pumped. Weldon is a funny guy that's married to a member and is gonna get to baptize his little girl the week after, so that's exciting. And then Patty and her son Alonso are set too. Pretty much, it's gonna be an exciting week.
Every week is exciting.
-Elder Coffman

Things are amazing. Life as a missionary is fantastic. Especially here in Mesa. Stephen is getting baptized this saturday which is an amazing deal. 'Pastor Jerry' pretty much just gave him the throw-down and he said 'okay.' it was awesome. It really is an awesome story. He's a way cool guy.
We've also got two more scheduled for Saturday the 30th. Things are going great.
Elder Aicher got hit by a car Saturday. It was hilarious. The poor lady was crying like crazy and we were just laughing and trying to calm her down. She did mess up his tire pretty bad though which is no fun. So we're gonna get that fixed today.
Our haircut lady can't cut our hair today or next monday so pretty much we're just gonna do it ourselves. I'm really excited to see what happens. Everything is going good.
Hope all yall are doin great.-Elder Coffman

So this week was amazing. We set a baptism date with Weldon, and Elder Aicher and I realized that his name is 'well done' so that's one of our favorite phrases now. 'Well done sir.'
Patsy and Jake gave us these amazing handheld fans that light up and mezmorize you. That was probably the coolest thing ever. They are awesome. We set a baptism date with them for the 30th. The Spanish elders set a date with Stephen somehow. Pretty much everyone in the stake thought that was impossible. So President Lewis invited them over for dinner and they gave him the throwdown and so Elder King is going out with a bang. We were way excited to get that news.
We got to go out of our area the other night so that Elder Aicher could do a baptismal interview for the sisters. It was so strange. It was like, 'You mean.... there's people beyond 8th street? .... Really?' it was like being on a different planet. but it was fun.
So, we're supposed to try to bring church members to all of our lessons. And sometimes I'm amazed at how inspired we are for who to invite. We brought Brother Whitezell last night and in the middle of the lesson I was just in awe at how perfect it was that he was there. Neither of us knew anything about his past, but he was the person to be there in that lesson last night. It was intense.
We got news Saturday night that both Elder Aicher and I are staying here in the Maricopa Stake for another 6 weeks. So that is exciting. I really hope I stay here another 3 transfers. It's awesome here.
We went to JambaJuice after we played ultimate this morning and the guy infront of us in line just told the girl at the register, 'I'm paying for all of these guys too.' There were 6 of us. He didnt even ask. It was awesome. Mesa is probably the greatest place to serve a mission. Hope everything is going well for all yall.
-Elder Coffman

So this week ended great. People here in Arizona eat very small portions of meat. It's extremely confusing. But last night we got fed by a young couple and he had barbecued up some ribs. He must've not been from Arizona cause he kept offering more and more and it was fantastic. Probably the greatest dinner so far.
We hiked up this small mountain in the middle of Pheonix this morning. It was a lot of fun. This place is enormous. All the cities just mix together to make one huge city. Pheonix, Scottsdale, Mesa, Glendale, Tempe... it's all just one city. That never ends. And we could see all of it on top of the mountain. It was no Wyndum, but it was cool. And afterwards we went to IHOP and that was fantastic. Our zone is mostly sisters so they all had like half of their plates left so Elder Oakey and I got to have our own personal buffet. It was amazing.
Mail was great this week. I got a postcard from K-mans mom. That was awesome. But it didnt have a return address, so if anyone could help me out with that, I'd like to write her back. And Mandy sent me an awesome package that was awesome. So thank you for that. And to everyone else who sent me some mail. It is always appreciated as a missionary.
Transfers are this coming week. I'm really hoping Elder Aicher and I both stay here. Maricopa stake is awesome. Pretty positive I'll stay, but he's been here over 4 months so we dont know. Elder King is going home next week so if there are any young ladies out there either living in Tennessee or attending OleMiss.... you should look him up. Before Slerra gets to him.
So my helmet is awesome and white. And i just found out that Elder Aicher has Green and Black spray paint. So I am very excited about that. Very. I'm gonna have an awesome Gecko helmet and I'll be ridin down the street and people will stop me and be like 'Hey, you're helmet is amazing. I think I want to learn about what you have to say.' and i'll tell them 'It's not what I have to say, it's what the Lord has to say.' and we'll all do a happy dance.
So Patsy called us up Saturday morning and said she really wanted us to come over and Saturday was the first day in 5 weeks that we had an hour open. That wasn't luck. Neither was taking Brother Bond to go see Alan. That worked out perfectly. Hope all yall are doin well.-Elder Coffman