Palmer's First Mission Reunion

Palmer went to his first mission reunion. It's so crazy he's now a return missionary! We don't get many pictures of him nowadays, but it was fun to see on the mission Facebook page!
 

3 Hours of Cleaning the Church

Our family signed up for cleaning the church on Friday night. We were the only ones who signed up. It took us 3 hours to clean it! Good thing McKay needs service hours for The Congressional Award. He was such a good sport and worked hard, not complaining at all. Such a great kid!

 

McKay Golfing Merit Badge

McKay and his friend Thomas Erickson started the golf merit badge by meeting with Dennis Tolson in our ward and learning about golf and how to do some of the swings. 

McKay and Josh did their first 9-hole golf game (they have to do 2). Funny enough, McKay wore the same shirt from way back when they met with Brother Tolson. 

I think they had fun!

 

McKay YMSL Teacher Reuse Exchange

McKay has been such a good sport this week. He decided to go crazy with earning the last bits of his service hours for the Bronze Certificate for The Congressional Award. It has been a lot. Today we served at the Teacher Reuse Exchange. We threw away mountains of trash in the dumpsters as well as cleaned donations.

McKay helped teachers unload their donations. 

They asked McKay to vacuum and they were amazing at how good he was at it. They told me they usually have to tell kids how to do it and then show them all of the stuff they missed. McKay is a champion vacuumed (thank goodness for all of those years it was his job at home.)

 

Lincoln Mission September 17-24 2024

 Well this week was my last in Narganá. It's been the best. So many great memories. 

Cambios

I finally have to say goodbye to my boy Elder Hulme. Absolute GOAT. I'm gonna miss him. I'm now going to a place called Ukupa with Elder Hyde! He's an awesome guy, super experienced, and super chill. I'm really excited for this next transfer. There's no Spanish really only Dulegaya, so I'm going back into training and understanding nothing... 

Elder Tanner?

Back in the beginning of my mission, I shared a ward with Elder Tanner and we got along well. Now he's replacing me in Narganá which is so awesome. Absolute legend. I'm excited to see him in the zone.

Baptism

A kid we've been working with for a while just got baptized! Super cool. Learned everything so fast. Actually makes time to go to church and listen to us. Just a cheerful little dude.  I'm sad I won't be able to continue teaching him, but he should do great.

Dule chef

This week we helped a sister in our branch prepare some... items... for her dinner. I learned to gut fish without a knife, take apart a crab, get the peel off a platano, etc. She gave us some soup with whatever lives in a conch shell as the main ingredient. Kind of tastes like crab except you have to chew on it a lot. It's also called the gum of the sea, because you chew it for so long. Pretty good.

I'm going to miss all the people and experiences here. 100% my favorite area so far

Elder Nelson (Lincoln)