TRANSFERS and Elder Renlund

So... The big news. First of all after this transfer every one of my companions will be going home except Elder Lee so that's going to be sad... But, Elder Stevens has got his dream transfer call and is going to be serving with an Elder down in Regina and I'm getting yet another Elder that came out with him and Elder Cox and Spell. His name is Elder Peterson and he's a retired Zone Lord. It'll be good :) I'm excited :)

So now for the good stuff. This last Friday we were able to visit with Elder Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. It was unique and he pointed this out as well that 8 months prior he visited us and now he's coming back to talk to some of us. There were only about 4 Elders and Sisters that hadn't met him before at our meeting. It was such a powerful experience. One of the fun things that happened was he told us what happened after he got back to Utah from visiting us. He explained step by step how he got "told" to fill a vacancy in the Quorum of the Twelve. Basically it went something like this

At 9:20 in the morning he gets a call to go visit the 1st presidency of the Church in the north board room. He didn't even know where that was so he got instructions where to go and headed straight down there. After getting there he was invited in and President Monson, Eyring, and Uchtdorf were there and he was asked to fill a vacancy in the Quorum. At that point President Uchtdorf said "shouldn't you ask him if he is willing" to president Monson. He replied "I don't need to ask because the Lord told me he would" So that happened and he was to tell no one but his wife. So he gets back and looks at the clock and it's only 9:30. In that short of time his whole life changed. It was amazing to hear. Plus, we all felt like we should be upright and dignified the entire time until he started into what he wanted to say. At that point he started cracking jokes and was just so personable. The Apostles are real people with real people experiences they just have been called to bear special witness of the divinity of Christ. 

It was such a wonderful experience especially because of his connection with this mission. I'm so glad that I was able to be a part of that and I hope y'all get a chance like this. It's amazing to hear the testimony of Christ from one of his Apostles. 

I think that's all i've got for now but by next time there'll be plenty to talk about. I love you all and I hope you have a wonderful week 

Love, Elder Mikesell

So this was after Elder Stevens and I cleaned the church building in preparation for ELder Renlund coming. We and Meadow Lake got Voluntold to do that but Elder Peck and Mccoard decided to peace out (not really) and Elder Stevens and I got to do that by ourselves (with some members). While doing that I found some sombreros and decided to properly celebrate Cinco de Mayo.