Elder Dallin Williams

  We have come to the end of another transfer, and wow this was the craziest transfer of my mission. As the title alluded, I got hit by a car! On an exchange with another Elder in his area we were on our way to a baptismal interview but he realized he forgot the church key so we flipped a U and started heading back to his apartment and as we went through an intersection with a green light, this lady turned and smacked right into us. We were all right and the car was busted up so they had to take it to the shop.  When me and my companion were riding bikes down the road a lady turned right into my companion and hit him on his bike but luckily he was not injured. Crazy times in Spokane! It's been snowing off and on but mostly melting which is unfortunate because I would like a white Christmas. A while ago I may have mentioned that the bikes we use got stolen. Not too long ago on an exchange with my zone leader we were up near the river and we were talking to this homeless man and we o

  I started my week off with an exchange in another elder's area. We talked with a Thai kid named Ghetto who is a refugee and now he lives in an actual ghetto. After that we stopped by 2 guys who were watching UFC, they were reluctant to let us in but I pulled the "may I use your restroom" card and it worked. One of them was intoxicated and he proceeded to get vulnerable and share his life story which was sad unfortunately. The other guy was talking to my comp and showing him pictures of his infected foot which was split in half in the photo   afterwards we had a lesson with a recent convert in their ward, his story is really awesome. At one stage of his life he weighed 300ish pounds. Now he is under 100 pounds, the weight loss was due to a battle with cancer in which he won. He also has a trachea hole in his throat. Apparently when he was baptized a few months ago he was the only one in the room not scared of water getting in his lungs. He used his thumb to plug up the h

  The night was dark and cold,  we chained our bikes to the fence since learning our lesson from last week. We chatted with a fellow on the street and then went and knocked the door of a part member household. We talked briefly about the score of the football game that day. The Seahawks lost, that's a victory in my book. The neighbor Adam directly across the street started shrieking like a banshee and thrashing violently on the ground, we rushed over to see what was wrong. We quickly noticed the billowing smoke and it wasn't coming from the chimney   I whipped out my phone and called 911 while trying to calm Adam who was having a panic attack. Per request from the dispatcher I tried to gather what had happened, from Adam I heard "I had a tray of car chemicals....it spilled... fire everywhere" within a few more minutes flames were visible through the roof of the garage.   Neighbors were piling out of their houses as a whole fleet of firetrucks rolled up. The fire chief

  This week was pretty sweet! I'll write the highlights down below.... - We were eating pizza with this really cool Hawaiian family and the kiddo had a Spider-Man monster truck! We went outside afterwards to find that someone had stolen our bikes!! That was not nice of whomever it was. - 2 of the sisters in my district got sick, so I administered priesthood blessings to help provide comfort and healing! - We had the unique opportunity to help sort donations, mostly clothes, for fire victims from a few months ago. It's a pretty fun zone of missionaries :) - Our friend Jeremy has gotten really emotionally and spiritually vulnerable this week and you can truly see how the Lord is working repentance in his life. - We have been freezing our butts off, it gets dark so early so we have been anxiously engaging in technology work and utilizing members as well! - I have grown a lot mentally and spiritually this week as I've had to stretch to get everything done haha. #rely.on.the.Lor

  My new companion is fresh out of training and he's a bit much. He is ignorant and prideful but otherwise hes got good spirit. Last transfer I lived with the Russian elder who was actually Elder Taylors companion, the Russian elder got emergency transfered 2 weeks into training because he bullied him. So I'm pretty sure we moved apartments to avoid drama. Also in my apartment now the other companionship is a trainer and trainee. The trainer is a really good missionary and has been out 21 months and I'm sure is here to help me in my leadership and to help my companion. So thats probably why everything happened the way it did. As I've adapted to the culture of my mission I find myself correcting a lot more and being on the leadership train. So that's cool.

  We were in the north side of our area, and we were looking for a friend named Korey who missionaries have not contacted in a long time. There was this random guy leaf blowing the parking lot and it turned out he was Korey and he invited us inside his home because he said they were evil spirits inside of his bedroom and inside of his wife. We went inside and offered a prayer to bless the home and then I offered a blessing upon his wife and that was a really cool experience because right before she was super irritable and mad at her husband but afterwards she was crying and laughing and super happy so that was a testimony to me of priesthood power. This week I also went on an exchange with my zone leader Elder Keller who I served around in Moscow. This was his first time in his mission on a bike and he had the time of his life. We found this really cool lady and referred her to the sisters whose area she lived in and we proceeded to have a really great day where I learned a lot about l

  There is a lot of moral decay in society, so grateful am I for the gospel. We have been working as hard as we can here in Spokane, the bikes take us places that never would be possible in a vehicle. We have witnessed the effects of poverty, fatherless homes, alcohol and drug abuse, etc etc. We essentially have 2 parts of our teaching area, the South Hill where there are more established homes and the North Side (aka "the boot") where people are more humble in circumstance. That is where we meet a lot of interesting folk and try to focus our time. We have a friend named Jeremy who had some doubts about Joseph Smith but after reading Alma 32 (chapter about faith) and attending a baptismal service he is now ready to move forward with faith and pursue baptism! The fall colors are really beautiful here. People here really love Halloween. How has your week been?

  A collection of short stories from my week. - On an exchange with the zone leader he literally broke 2 gears from off his bike. The next day with my regular companion we swapped bikes with the "bike fixer upper" and he lent us his sons old bike. Later that day that bike tire goes flat, so we have to take it to the bike shop across town in the morning to get it aired up. On the way to the bus stop my companion broke the chain. I was so done with bikes by that point.  - We helped a lady move some furniture and totes out of a really gross hoarder house. There was green milk with flies in it! That smell lingered longer than it should have. Yuck - I was biking down the South Hill (huge hill in Spokane) and I saw a guy walking his dog on the opposite side of the road. Without missing a beat, I immediately crossed the road through a busy 4 way. We started talking to him and he said he knew everything about Jesus. So we asked him if he knew that Jesus had come to the Americas and t