And now for something completely different, We are still not sure yet where Purcell is going. We don't find out until tomorrow, and maybe not even then. Transfers are kind of messed up this time. We haven't even got our calls yet to know if one of my roommates are leaving. We were supposed to get them Saturday night. We still haven't got them. The AP's are not very on top of things. They care more about themselves than about us lower end missionaries. Oh, well, just got the calls. Apparently we are both leaving. That is not a good thing for our area. Our investigators are comfortable with us. With us both leaving, the work with them is going to stop completely. oh well. Trust in God I guess. I'm in shock right now really. I love this ward so much.  I thought I was going to be here until march. I'm even supposed to give a talk in two weeks! I can't believe I have to say goodbye before my time. Tonight is it. I was looking forward to introducing a new companion to such an awesome area. I'll miss this zone too. A lot of awesome missionaries. Hopefully if an investigator gets baptized they will let me know. Dang. I really don't know what else to say. my mind is blank. I guess next time I email, it will be from some other part of San Bernardino County. I love you. -Elder Williams

Hey, Things are going pretty good. We went to the temple this morning. The first Presidency wants us to go to the temple on pday so we changed it to wednesday just for this week. I should be e-mailing on Monday next week. Transfer calls are this saturday. Purcell already knows he's leaving. I hope my new companion is cool. I'll know by Tuesday. Nothing really new has been going on, work wise. All the people we are working with are still stuck. Purcell says thanks a ton for the scrubs, he loves them. He would rather just sit around in them than go out and work. :) It's pretty warm here. It got up to almost 90 the other day. People are asking me, "Where's your jacket?" I just laugh.  Love you. -Elder Williams

Talofa!   Satan is working hard on all our investigators. Not coming to church, not reading or praying. The list of disappointments goes on. We are not discouraged though. some missionaries can't take it. One just went home because of depression. I just read an article by Dallin H Oaks that said that the fact that we are a child of God is an extremely potent antidepressant. I loved it. I'm reading Jesus the Christ and the New Testament. We are Tracting and biking a lot trying to find new people to teach. Purcell is pretty sure he is leaving this transfer. It's kind of weird thinking I'm going to have a different companion in 2 weeks. We decided that these last two weeks we are going to tear it up number wise. Pray for us please. We could use the extra help. I was thinking about our investigators and Purcell says that as long as we do our part as well as we can, God picks up the rest. Love you all and remeber who you are and what you stand for! -Elder Williams

Adam's cancer is still kickin huh? Dang. I love that guy. It always happens to the good ones. I'm praying. And a Missionary's prayer is loud to the ears of God. Remember that.) This has been kind of an interesting week. Starting really with Wednesday. There is a family that we love being with, (They need us around. It's kind of like a spiritual boost when we are there) we were over at there house sharing a spiritual message and He took us home. Like 20 minutes later, He texted us and says that he found his dogs smashed in the road. (He has had this Chihuahua for like 9 years.) So he came back and got us, and we went over and scraped his dog off the road for him. And then buried it. Crazy. The next day we went and helped the mission doctor move from his kind of nice house into a ridiculously huge one. The front porch was as big as our Apartment. He had music playing in the house and by the time you took a box in and went and got another one, it was a different song. I walked in the house and wondered why they needed a lobby. With decorative tile and all. The master bedroom was as big as my room, trevor's and sarah's combined. At first it didn't look that big because we were just in the living room  outside the bedroom. Holy cow. He is this little Jordanian guy who would be a member except he won't give up coffee. He kept giving us advice about life and stuff. He told us that if we are working with an investigator and they have tattoos they want to get rid of, he will do it for free. There were 16 missionaries there that helped and it still took 7 hours to move his stuff.  Then last night we went to dinner at the Martinez house. We were talking, and I mentioned I'm from Mapleton. Bro. Martinez slaps the table and goes, "No Way! We lived in Springville." I asked where. He said over by Reams. "Oh cool, my great grandma lived over there." He says, we lived over by that church across from Reams." I was like, "Yeah, my grandma lived over there." "What's your grandma's name?" "Merlene Beardall." "SHUT UP! We lived right across the street! I love your grandma!" Crazy huh? He lived in that white house with the red door. With the tree out front. He said that one time he was out trimming his trees when Grandpa came over and said. "Hey, Come trim my trees." I laughed. "That's Grandpa!" Sis Martinez said that Grandma made them a pie when he did prune the trees. I told him thanks because if he didn't, I had to do it. I was like, "I must have Trick-or-treated at your house! I must have met you guys!" Now of all places, they are in Rancho Cucamonga. They lived in Springville about 7 years ago. They were really sad to hear that Grandma and Grandpa had both passed away. Small world.
                 My Weightloss is going well. I've lost 10 lbs in a week. Got back on the eating every two hours thing. Works wonders. Biking at least 3 miles a day helps too. My gut is already smaller. Trevor, trevor, trevor. *Shakes head and sighs* Donuts are for church parking lots boy. That's why they made them. Everyone parks on the street for church anyway. The church by chucks house is the best. (Of course I shared my Christmas with my companion! He ate most of Aunt Marveen's present! I'll only be with him until February 1st though, so if I could give him those before then, that would be awesome!) Did you get my package? Pictures? I hope so. I never really know. Elder Allred wrote me. He is doing just fine in the Peru MTC. He will be out on his mission soon. Says he wants to know how Chuck is coming along with his mission progress. I wish I knew as well. CHUCK! Dang it! get on a mission. You will only find everlasting happiness!
     Love you all! Peace!

week 7

Howdy.  The teaching is going pretty much the same, the holidays are a slow time because everyone is either out of town or with a bunch of people. This week should start picking up. We don't have any new investigators. New years eve was pretty lame. We played Book of Mormon Mania (Which is causing a lot of contention BTW, it's a violent game) and Phase 10, drinking Mtn Dew  until midnight, then we broke out the Martenellis and toasted the beginning of my "black hole year" (The full calender year you are away from home.) Then we all crashed because we normally go to bed at 10:30. The next morning was not nice to us. We all had MT Dew hangovers. Today marks the beginning of the end. Purcell and I are starting our new diets and exercise programs. My goal is to lose 100 lbs by next year. Should be easy. Assuming I stay in bike areas and stay out of Polynesian wards. (They feed you non-stop over there) Chexmix is always welcome. I wouldn't say no to anything you wished to send me. That would be rude.  Elder Barton sent me a letter from Houston and it only took 3 days to get to me. I am certainly settling in here in SoCal. I was saying goodbye to Wendy's the other day, and as I was standing there, I realized, "Holy Crap! I'm in California. For two years. dang." So that was kind of fun. I hope nothing to drastic happens or happened to you, as far as Holy Crap moments go. I'm learning to love out here. It's weird, I've never really loved people right when I meet them. It feels all wrong. oh well, Love you. PEACE OUT!      -Elder Williams

Week 6

Dang, that's crazy that the Tabernacle burned down... The picture is pretty sweet though.
I will be calling on Christmas sometime in the afternoon. IDK really when because Purcell's family doesn't decide until Christmas eve where they are going to be for Christmas Day. I will be calling the house phone. Have everyone ready. Grab a box of tissues. Prepare your written statements. You read yours, and then I'll read mine. Then we will prepare a counter-argument and talk on Mother's Day. Just kidding. We wont talk on Mother's Day. Easy! Relax! I'm sorry!
We got Transfer calls on Saturday. looks like I'll be here another 6 weeks at least. Purcell will be here for 9 months. That is really abnormal for a missionary to be in one area for that long. The Next transfer is on Feb 1. That's awesome you guys finally got some snow. It has been pouring rain for about 4 days straight. I don't really miss snow. If it rained like this in Utah for a week, the drought would be over. I can't get my Chex mix!!!! I'm dying. I have to wait until Thursday. Waiting makes the heart grow fonder right? A lot fonder. I want it now. Paitence is a virtue that might kill me before I learn it. (BTW, the library where we e-mail will be closed next monday. I don't know if we will be able to e-mail. We might be able to go somewhere else. or go to a member's house. Shhh.) I had the weirdest dinner since I've been out! We went over to brother Vea's house. He is half Tongan and Half Hawaiian. I had Masi, Musubi, and Fai kaikai. (not sure on the spelling.) Masi is like a Cracker/Cookie. Musubi is pretty much Polynesian Sushi. It is SPAM, rice and seaweed, and weirdly enough, is way good! Fai kaikai is this dessert. It's has balls of sweet dough in this brown sugar/coconut milk sauce. Again, Way good. I'm still loving it here. Today is my two month mark. It doesn't feel that long. love you. -Elder Williams