Fruits of Coburn's labor

Thanks for the pictures! That is awesome that Aimee was able to press through the mental wall and continue to the finish. I think that is what life is all about! It sounds like despite the cold weather, you all managed to have a fun and successful weekend. 

Easter 2014

I also felt that this year I was able to focus on the true meaning of Easter more. I think last Easter I was just so overwhelmed by the whole "being a missionary" thing. I also really enjoyed the Because of Him video and all the posts from missionaries and such. Elder Holbrook and I had a competition on Friday; we each posted a picture of our family with the hash tag #BecauseofHim and the competition was to see who would get the most likes. I won by like 30, so thank you to all your friends and family who liked it!;) I will say though, that the picture I posted I had to search through Dad's Facebook pictures to find so I could download it and then re-post it...and I went through all of your pictures first, but couldn't find one of the whole family. So just saying, that was the most recent family picture I could find on Facebook...and I think I was like 12...

4-14-14 Racing

We went to the funeral for our investigator yesterday. It was at a golf course, which took me back to a couple of summers ago, and there were over 1,000 people there! He was kind of a big deal around here...hopefully he is hearing the gospel up there. He was a progressing investigator. So we just hope and pray. 

4-7-14 Sweet Service

I will just send a quick update about this past week. It was great and I thought I would include some of the highlights.  

3-31-14 Bike Fun

We had a great week. I am glad to hear you got that letter. The ZL's only interview people taught by the DL's, and the DL's interview everyone else...so I won't be interviewing many people, but I did get to a lot as a DL though! It's always cool.

3-24-14

This week was good. I really was faced with some of the new responsibilities as we had some problems to deal with. Normally we see the mission president twice a month for meetings, but this week we either saw him or talked to him on the phone almost every day. I didn't realize how lucky I was to have Elder Coburn as a trainer...missionaries like him aren't super common, and I was blessed. As ZL's, we technically are over the Sisters in our zone, but there is a sister leadership position called a Sister Training Leader (STL) now. We have one in our zone. And that is a Sister missionary who is assigned to sort of take care of the needs of the sisters in the zone, and to go on exchanges with them and what not. So we are friends with the sisters, and get along with them and associate with them, and they still call us for permission to do certain things, but they turn to their STL for most personal needs. Interestingly enough, the STL in our zone was called to a mission in Brazil, but has been here in our mission waiting for a visa...for over a year! Well this week her visa came in, so she will be going down to Brazil next month for the last 5 months of her mission...it is kind of funny...but she is worried that she isn't going to remember all of her Portuguese! I am just so happy that stuff didn't happen to me. 

3-17-14 Crazy Week for All

That is a crazy week. Is everything okay?? What can I do for you guys? [Last Wednesday, Laura went in for a routine colonoscopy, which turned into a mess that ended her up in the hospital on Friday with a blood clot in the upper leg.  Luckily, the clot was found the day before Steve and Laura were to get on a plane to New York City.]