I'm being transferred.

Well. It's transfers. Once again I am being transferred. I was able to
see the Lord accomplish a lot of good in this area while I had the
pleasure of serving here. I've loved serving here. It's been an
incredible 2 transfers, and 4 transfers in Kirkland and Bagdad.

One night this week we had all of our lessons cancel on us. We were
kind of bummed out and trying to figure out what to do next, because
even our back up plans didn't work out. We were driving down the road
and see a car with its hazard lights were on. I felt prompted that we
needed to stop, so I followed the prompting. We found a young couple,
with a 10 year old girl, very frazzled,  looking confused under the hood
of this car. We asked if they needed help and they readily accepted.
We took a look under the hood and after a minor investigation, we saw
that this vehicle's belt had fallen off of the alternator. This is
quite a fun task to put it back on without the proper tools. It took
us a hour and a half to fix. This wasn't a waste of time though. We
found out that he had just returned home the day before from being
deployed in the armed forces. He is a paratrooper infantryman for the
Army. He'd been deployed for the past 8 months and was coming to
surprise his mom. It turns out that this couple had also been looking
for a church to go to. We were able to discuss and talk with them
about the restoration. They agreed to coming to church in a couple of
weeks! They want to start learning more about the church and what it
can offer them.

We helped our Bishop in the Dewey ward with a service project this
week. We put felt pads on the bottoms of all the chairs that go on the
gym floor, that is used as an overflow in the church building. We got this done
rather quickly, so we played a little basketball with Bishop and his
sons after. I found out that I can dunk a basketball wearing all of my
missionary attire. It was something I was always hesitant to try do, due to
the lack of grip my shoes have. I accomplished it though, on the first
try!

This week we had the opportunity to have some fun with some of my
favorite people! We went over to the Reed's house for dinner. This is
always a great time, but we got to end dinner with a bang. We launched
potatoes with a giant sling shot! Probably one of the funniest things
I've done at a member's house. The Reeds are the coolest.

The work here in Prescott Valley has slowed. Our investigators were
super busy this week. We didn't really get to meet and have a full
lesson with any of them. The work in Kirkland and Bagdad has picked up
quite significantly though! We got 2 new investigators this past week
out there! Leahanna works at the Mountainair (the only gas station out
there.) She saw how her coworker's life has been improving as she's
been meeting with us and wanted to find out what it's all about. We
got to teach her twice and she's eating it up! She's super prepared
for the gospel. Bud is a mine worker. He's been through some rough
stuff lately. His wife recently passed away. He's been around the
church his whole life, and he's now ready to make the changes in his
life so he can be baptized. He's an incredible man. He's so kind and
sincere. Aeriel, the one who we've been teaching for a few weeks now,
accepted a baptismal date! She's preparing herself to be baptized on
June 18th! I'm so excited for her. She picked the day and she reminded
me of all that we had been through. The first time that I offered to meet
with her she said, "I'm good with that whole God thing." Now she's
preparing for baptism. She's come so far and I'm so excited for her.
The love that hiss developed through sharing the gospel is amazing. I
am so happy to be able to have had the opportunity to teach her and
watch her get to this point. Missionary work is the best!!!

A scripture that has been on my mind a lot has been this:
2 Nephi 10:23 Therefore, cheer up your hearts, and remember that ye
are free to act for yourselves--to choose the way of everlasting death
or the way of eternal life.
God has given us the ability to make our our choices. This is a huge
blessing! Because of this we are 100% responsible for our actions.
It's important to always remember this. We are held accountable for
everything that we do. Thankfully Jesus Christ makes up for the
foolish decisions we occasionally make. My favorite saying is, "Do
your best and let Christ make up the rest." As we do this, we can have
confidence and happiness no matter what our past is. We can look
forward to a brighter and more joy filled future.

I love you all! Have a great week!!

-Elder Toph Tribe

This is a gift from Hannah and Miah. They are 2 girls who we've been
helping prepare for missions. Their family is one of the coolest. They
heard that transfer were coming up and made one for me and Elder
Hedrick.

Saying goodbye to the Reed family.