WEEK 85 Service, A cat, Humility

Bryce stayed in Chihuahua with transfers.  He got to keep his companion Elder Sanchez and they work together well.  Transfers brought some new and prior friends.  Elder Parry (from Utah) arrived to the mission and is in the same zone as Bryce.  Elder Mucino also was transferred into the zone. Mucino was Bryce's first companion and trainer and Bryce is happy to spend time with him.  Mucino will be ending his mission in 11 weeks.  Elder Perry is lucky to have him.

Bryce and Elder Sanchez

Last week Bryce and Elder Sanchez found a family that was beside themselves. They lost their business and had zero resources to get their belongings out of the business to a place of storage. They found a neighbor that had a truck and together they spent a day clearing out the business and helping the family.  Randomly that same Sunday the entire family showed up to church. Bryce was so surprised because it usually takes much effort to bring a family to church. They showed up all on their own and that was such a happy day for Elder Sanchez and Bryce.

A second thing Bryce was grateful for last week was hot water!!  Their hot water heater gets frozen every night and since he is the tall companion, he gets the honor of climbing on the roof every freezing morning.  He pours water down a pipe while Elder Sanchez turns on the boiler.  A neighbor taught them a trick to cover the pipe a certain way and now they get hot water without climbing the roof each morning.  :)

 The guys came home one night last week and this cat was asleep on Bryce's bed.  He doesn't know how it got in but he said the cat was friendly and not afraid of him but either way, he still had to put him back out in the cold weather :(

Bryce is starting to feel the wind up of his mission and is focused on working as hard as he can and leading the zone with full focus.  He's familiar with missionary life at this point and nervous about returning to normal life.  I told him to let us worry about that part and he could just worry about the mission.  He said, "Deal".