September 29, 2019

September 29, 2019

It's been awhile since the last update...transfers week was a few weeks ago, and Matthew moved to Renton, WA and is companions with Elder Williams.  Elder Williams has been out exactly the same length of time as Matthew, and they started their missions together in the Federal Way area - just with different companions. Matthew's most exciting thing about this transfer so far is that he gets a car and will be the one driving because his companion doesn't have a mission license.

During this month Matthew has also hit a major milestone...his one year mark and hump day!

Because this was taken on the 20th, he is now even further along at 51%.  He says the week before the 1/2 mark went really slow, I'm hoping to hear this week that it has sped up some.

This past week the missionaries got to go to the Seattle Temple.  Matthew has been struggling a little in the area and had a harder time going this trip.  I'm hoping the blessings will follow him out of the temple and help him to have had a better week this week.

I've forgotten to ask him for his scripture these past few weeks (we really haven't gotten to talk to him as much) and will hope to get that from him tomorrow.  For now here are a few a other random pictures I found that he took.

September 8, 2019

Phone calls instead of texts lead to less to share each week on the blog.  Hopefully as Matthew begins to send more pictures we will have more to add.

I challenged him to get me at least two pictures with his missionary tag this week.  He succeeded, and surprisingly I found even more on his drive :)

In addition to lots of information about his new favorite breakfast, cinnamon bacon rolls (pictured below), he also tells us that on p-days he and his companion and some of the other elders have been playing quite a bit of pool.  Amidst his pictures was an eleven minute video of one of the pool games!  Yes, he indeed likes pool :)

The next pictures were found on his shared photos. 

This first one appears to be the missionaries in the Bellevue area.

I think these are from a dinner at a member's house.

He has a great view!  I think he can see the temple from his apartment.

We have heard that last night there was quite the storm in Seattle.  Matthew actually had a short video of the rain with a couple of flashes of lightening, but they didn't show to well.  We will have to ask him about the storm when we get to talk to him this week.

His scriptures for the past couple of weeks are John 7:16 and Alma 30:53.

Transfers are this week, so we will soon be finding out if he moves or stays in Bellevue and if he continues with Elder McNabb.