Pittsburgh Mission Memoirs

As usual, the work continues. We've finally been able to find some investigators to start teaching. One of them is a great Mexican lady, named Bolvina. She and her family are all interested in learning more about the Gospel. In our first visit, we ended up talking about the Plan of...

We're trying our hardest out here in Dover, PA. It's challenging, though. Still, it's plain to see that there are greater forces than our own working alongside us. The biggest challenge we're facing is simply this: we have nobody to teach right now. We've been working with members, less-active members, part member families, etc. to find as many people as we can in the shortest...

When the transfer happened a few weeks ago, not only did my area split - my district split as well. All of the elders which I once would have done an exchange with suddenly were no longer in my district and, therefore, no longer under my jurisdiction. Fortunately, there is a loving Father in Heaven who made a way for exchanges to happen. As it turned out, one of the missionaries...

As I expected, the area split has been dramatic, in every way possible. When transfer calls were all said and done, I made sure to get the phone number of the sisters coming to take over West York and to give them a heads up about the area. I caught them as they were driving along the lengthy turnpike from Pittsburgh to the east, gave them a quick briefing, and then welcomed...