The Lost Phone, Hitting a Deer, and Another Baby!

Hey Y'all!

We've had a really hectic past couple of days. We found out on Sunday that I'm actually going to be staying in Elkins for another transfer and Sister Mikesell is going to be leaving. That took both of us of guard because I've been here longer. Then Sunday night we were out in Mill Creek, which is about 30 minutes from Elkins, and we lose our phone. We had pulled over on the side of a hollow (pronounced "Holler", a back road in the woods) to text some people and one of our old investigators pulls up next to us and Sister Mikesell opens the door to talk to him and he says that his wife is home so we drive to their house to talk with her. On the way we realize that we don't know where our phone is. We assume it's somewhere in the car and go meet with Sister Currence and then afterwards we look all over in the car but can't find it anywhere. We decide that it probably fell out of the truck when she opened the door to talk to Brother Currence and so we head back to where we pulled over to look for it.

Last Monday at Blackwater Falls

And out of nowhere as we're driving down this hollow out of the corner of my eye I see a big brown figure come straight at us. I slam on the brakes just in time and we hear a big thump as a deer bounces off the truck. We were both in shock at what had just happened. By another miracle it didn't do any damage and the deer walked away looking startled as well. 

Valentine's Day

 Finally we make it to where we had pulled over and think we lost the phone. It's pitch black outside and all we have is our headlights so we look around for a while but still can't find it. We decide to just head home and pray that it is in the car somewhere. On our way home we stopped at the Bays and they called it but still it was nowhere to be found. Finally we decide to go back to Mill Creek in the morning and look for it again so this morning we headed out there in the rain and the whole time we were praying we would find it. We got the spot we had pulled over and said another quick prayer and then as soon as I stepped out of the car I spotted it laying face up pressed into the mud. By a miracle it still worked perfectly after we charged it. We knew God helped that phone stay safe through the mud and rain and that nothing can hinder His work here. 

Elder Jensen, Elder Pitcher, Sister Chowen, Sister McKendrick, and the Bays :)

When the phone turned on we saw that we had a missed call from President Lindhardt. We called him back and told me I was going to be training again starting on Friday. Another curve ball from President. I'm excited to show another new Sister around and to have the excitement a new missionary brings to the work! It's gonna be a great time! Training is 12 weeks long so I could be in Elkins for another 2 transfers. We shall see what the Lord has in store. I've learned you can never predict His plan for you as hard as you try. 

I'm loving the work here and we've had several referrals this past week so I'm excited for the future of Elkins:)

Love you all and hope you have a great week!