Blackfoot.....the Potato Capital of the World!

Blackfoot.....the Potato Capital of the World!  Home of the Idaho Potato  Museum and gift shop.  Sounds like a great place and a step up from his little two by two area.  This is 5.7 mile and has a population of 12,000. (By Pops Petitt)

Erm, I know the lighting is kind of wacky, but whatever. The Elder on my left finally got his visa for Argentina. He's been here for like 3 months...I was in a tri-panionship with hime for like 2 weeks with Elder Bustamante. It was sad to see him go today. He is the craziest missionary I've ever met. He reminds me of Kyle...but like...1000 times crazier hahaha.  

Gahhhh! We just had transfer calls this Wednesday...there were a lot of unexpected changes that are going to happen. Apparently I'm going to Blackfoot!! what!? No one expected that. I thought for sure I would be here for another transfer. So I'm going to be a district leader down in Blackfoot, and I'm going to train a new native missionary...annnnd we are both going to be brand new to the area. Sounds like fun!

I'm ready for the change though...I feel like I've done everything I can for the Spanish branch. I just hope I've left an impact on the leaders and the members in that branch. It's kind of a bitter sweet feeling. I'll miss a lot of the people I've grown close to...and I'll miss my new companion that I've only been with for 6 weeks. He is so awesome and we easily get along.

Last night we had a BOMB lesson. It was so good. We found this less active family called the Orozco family. We found them because we've been talking to all the different ward mission leaders in our stakes. Their record isn't even in the Spanish branch. gah! This family speaks Spanish, and they kind of struggle with English...so that's great! that's where we come in! woo! Anyways, we talked about the Atonement and talked about their experiences when they were baptized. They still have testimonies...it was incredible to hear their conversion stories...but it's also sad to see people just forget those precious experiences. Before Brother Orozco was baptized, he had dreams about how he would see buildings like the mormon church building, and even things similar to Lehi's dream. It's interesting that a lot of Latinos have dreams like that. I wish I had that ability...my dreams are always pretty crazy haha. I'm sad I don't get to continue working with them though! They are so cool. They just need a lot of fellow shipping from the branch. This week we're going to have the Branch President come out with us to meet them.

General Conference was fantastico! I agree, I was going nuts when Elder Ballard was talking about missionary work...General Conference is like the Super Bowl when you are a missionary. I loved Elder Bednar's talk as well...I think he's my favorite because he loves to rebuke and he's so bold. AWESOME! My favorite quote was "Doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith"- Dieter F Uchtdorf. I miss the tradition of going to Culver's after conference...but instead some members from the Spanish branch went to a Chinese buffet. It was funny to see a bunch of Mexicans eating Chinese food and sushi.

Well, I'm looking toward the future. Just like what Elder Dube said..."Faith always points toward the future!" I'm ready for the change, and I'm excited for this new assignment. I'm ready to tackle on the challenges that lay ahead. 

Have a great week familia!

Love, Elder Petitt