Ohio Cleveland Mission

"Thou art called to labor in my vineyard, and to build up my church, and to bring forth Zion, that it may rejoice upon the hills and flourish.
Behold, verily, verily, I say unto thee, thou art not called to go into the eastern countries, but thou art called to go to the Ohio.
Inasmuch as my people shall assemble themselves at the Ohio, I have kept in store a blessing such as is not known among the children of men, and it shall be poured forth upon their heads. And from thence men shall go forth into all nations."

Doctrine and Covenants 39:13-15

Monday, April 16, 2012

Loving Youngstown!


Hey!! 
Man, you got it exactly right when you said overwhelmed. haha There is soooo much to do and talk about and plan for and calls to make and meetings its insane.   I seriously love it here though.  The ward is awesome and things are looking so good for this transfer.  It wasn't really hard to say bye to members because I can go on exchanges there and half of them are still in my area.  President put 2 more missionaries in y town cut our area in half and gave us half the Alliance ward.  That's why he kept me in Youngstown because I knew the Alliance members so the area changes wouldn't be confusing.  You will never believe who is in Alliance now either haha.  Elder Johnson and Elder Buxton are companions and now I am Elder Johnson's zone leader. haha It's kinda crazy how it happened.  I bet its way weird for him to have his greenie be his zone leader but we are excited to go on exchanges and stuff.  Sunday nights suck even more.  So much time on the phone taking numbers and stuff.  We are so busy.   I have A LOT more to pray for too! haha I have to like write it all down or else I will forget. It takes me like 20 minutes to pray haha but its all good.  Its amazing how as soon as I got called to be a zone leader and found out about all the missionaries in the zone and their investigators you just instantly develop a love for all of them. 
We have 2 new straight up golden investigators now too.  The members have been awesome and invited their friends to hear the lessons in the members home and now a lady named Tina and her daughter Alicia are getting baptized in May!  She is like the most prepared investigator ever and wants to go to the temple more than anything.  Then Sister W invited her friend to take the lessons and we had our first lesson with her last night.  The work is sooooooo much easier when members invite their friends.  It's amazing how prepared they are.  I am so excited for this area though.  My companion Elder Anderson is awesome too.  I think this is going to be an awesome transfer. 
Looks like Ryan had fun at prom!  He is still not old enough to go to prom or drive! haha I still cant get used to him being so old haha.  It just feels like I went to prom last year. haha I hate how fast time goes.  I cant believe you are getting rid of the table. haha Everything about our house is changing!  Well we are limited to an hour on the computer at this library so I gotta go but I love and miss you all so much!!  Have an awesome week!
Elder Skalla

 Elder Buxton and Elder Skalla 
Elder Skalla working hard
Elder Meza, Elder Skalla and Elder Haiparai


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