I made it safely eventually to
Arkansas after a lot of flight delays etc... but my first area that I have been
serving in is called Bella Vista it is in Arkansas and super close to
Bentontville. Specifically where I am is a zone called Pea Ridge and Metfield.
It has been really good and also really weird. I will tell you guys some quick
stories from the week.
So when I first got to the mission
home my anxiety was quite high as you can imagine. There were 30 new missionaries
there and we weren't sure where we were going or who our trainer would be and I
was super stressed and worried that I would hate it out here. The people are
all country and have accents and everybody was loud and talking and I was just
stressin. So I sat down in a room where I could find some peace and said a
prayer to help me feel comfort. In that moment I got the answer instantly that
it would be okay and my companion was meant to train me and it was all okay.
Right then President Loveland grabbed me for my interview and he was super
loving and just made sure I was okay and then told me that my trainer would be
Elder Hess!!! So much relief came over me as I knew that he and I would get
along so well. He is from Bountiful Utah and is super sweet and he and I would
be close friends even if we weren't companions. I know Heavenly Father is in
our day to day lives and cares about our stresses and worries.
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| Mikey and his Comp/Trainer, Elder Hess |
Now a short description of where I
am. It is freaking the craziest amount of trees you've ever seen and super
humid and there’s no such thing as a neighborhood.
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| The road leading to Mikey's "dope crib!" |
The people here are super
cool but also super mean haha door knocking was rough this week. Unfortunately
a lot of people here are really old and have lived in their own little house in
the woods and don't really appreciate us coming to their doors. But here’s a
little story about Saturday that I had. We went to the town famous Squirrel
Cook-off in downtown Bentonville. haha and yes... I ate Squirrel hahahhahaha it
was okay except for the fact that it was like chewy and I couldn't get like the
picture of Chip and Dale out of my mind as I chewed haha but so yes I have
already tried roadkill.
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| Mikey and his ZL, Elder Wilcox, about to dive into some squirrel! |
Our house is super ghetto and
really quite gross haha there is like a film of spiderwebs and dust like everywhere
haha we don't walk around without shoes on and nobody out here can drink the
water!!!!!! haha don't do it! It is gross and will make you sick so we have to
have bottles of water for everything hahah like brushing your teeth like
everything haha but the crib is still dope hahah I will send pics haha but
overall It is awesome and I love it haha. Hope everything is good for you guys
here is my new address:
67 Westbury Drive
Bella Vista AR 72714
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| I guess this is a couch made out of two mattresses, oh my! |
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I can't even tell you how badly I want to
sterilize this sink right now!!! |
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| Mikey's Home Sweet Home |
