This place rocks.

Northern Arizona is amazing. I absolutely love it up here. I probably had one of the best weeks of my mission this past week.

I went on exchanges with the Elders in Holbrook yesterday and we had a blast. It's a crazy place out there. I found out that the movie 'Cars' was based on that town. So, that was fun. A dog peed on Elder Dodge and we saw an antelope, those things are cool.

They celebrate Pioneer Days pretty big up here, so there were a ton of people in town over the weekend. We got to walk through the parade and talk to people and hand out pamphlets and pass along cards. They had a big rodeo and there were a lot of people there to teach as well. Then after the rodeo they had the sweetest fireworks I've ever seen in my life. It rocked. It was kind of a bummer cause we couldn't talk to or teach while they were going on, but it was fun to watch them.

There are two families set to be baptized on the 1st. Yes, there are actual families up here. Whole families, with a mom, a dad, and kids. They all live together. It's incredible. And people are nice! I love small towns.

Also, some super fun news- President just put Elder Pebley and I over all the Spanish work in the zone. Pretty crazy. But pretty exciting. So now we get to teach all the people that speak Spanish in Heber, Snowflake, Taylor, & Holbrook. Our area just got a lot bigger.

This place rocks.

So many good things.......

So many good things. I'm really gonna miss Apache Junction and Elder Gomez and all the good people there. It was sad to leave, especially with all the great things that are starting to happen. But, I am super excited to be here in Snowflake. It's AWESOME. I'm with Elder Pebley from Rupert, Idaho. He is a way good missionary. He was Elder Moa's companion in the MTC and he was in Superstition Zone when I first went out there so we knew each other before. It's fantastic up here, it's about a 3 hour drive north of the valley so we had lots of time to bond in the truck on the way up. I don't know why I'm so blessed to have all these amazing opportunities. It was starting to be consistently 115 degrees in AJ and right now here in Snowflake it's about 90. So we are super happy about that. It gets even better too - Elder Moa got sent up here with me. He's in the next area to ours so we get to see him too. So many good things.

Elder Gomez' new companion is Elder Mace from Houston Texas. I was so excited to hear that. He's gonna love it in AJ.

Elder Aicher went home yesterday morning. Way sad day. Poor guy.

I'm so incredibly excited to be here in Snowflake.

I love bein' a missionary........

So many good things going on right now. I love being a missionary.

We set a date with Donaldo and Nancy's daughter Roxanne for July 25th and they're all super excited and we're excited for them.

Teresa is getting baptized this Saturday! The Johnson's have been awesome at helping her out. They rock.

Sister Denee invited her neighbor to church and we got to teach her on Monday - that was awesome. I wish more people did that with their neighbors. It's not as hard as people think it is.

We got to celebrate Brother Harrolds birthday and the 4th of July with them for a few minutes this week and that's always a party. I love that family.

Elder Gomez and I are having a blast. I really enjoy serving with him, he's awesome. We have a lot of fun together. Time goes by way too fast when you're having fun and doing good things. I can't believe how long I've been in Arizona. I'm so glad I still have a full year left. I don't know why they only let us stay for two years. There's just too much work to be done and not enough time.