Elder Ethan Orchard: Solar Eclipse?

Hey Everybody!

I hope you all had a great week! Mine was pretty good, and a lot of good things happened. Last Monday we had our district activity. We went and played blaster tag, which is like paintball but with this line of Nerf guns that are like little yellow balls the size of paintballs. We also did a lot of service this week. We helped dig up some weeds Tuesday morning. Our biggest day of service was on Thursday. It was move in day at Wolverine Crossing, one of the student housing apartment buildings near UVU, and our zone leaders invited everyone to come and help out. We didn't have anything planned for the day, so we ended up being there from 9:00 in the morning to 4:30 in the afternoon. We moved a lot of people!

The highlight of the week was the mission tour we had on Friday. Elder LeGrand R. Curtis Jr. of the Quorum of the Seventy came and trained us for a couple hours. We talked a lot about finding people to teach. He focused on three points of how we can be successful in our finding efforts: 1) Have faith, 2) Put in work, and 3) Follow the spirit in all things. I feel that these three points will help us be successful in any and all situations in life. As long as we put our faith in Jesus Christ, work to do our part, and follow the promptings of the spirit, we will be strengthened and guided to happiness. I'm excited to see the success that comes as we follow his counsel!

We've only had a few opportunities to teach this week. We met for the first time since I've come into the area with a family that is coming back into activity. They are an awesome family and super devoted to progressing in the church! The Husband actually received the Aaronic priesthood in church yesterday, which is awesome! We're still working on finding people to teach, and I know the Lord will bless us for our efforts!

I hope everyone has a great week! For those of you within the path of the solar eclipse, enjoy it while it lasts and stay safe!

Elder Orchard