January 6, 2020 The Great Journey

Its been a time with out you my family and friends
But I'll tell you all about it when I see you again
I've come a long way from where I began
But I'll tell you all about it when I see you again... when I see you again... 

Elder Phelon 

December 25, 2019 Merry Christmas!

So this week was lit, got dropped by our 2 most prime people, grinded put in the warm weather, and had a good Christmas, we got a Christmas Eve and Christmas dinner which was super nice since I've only had like 2 meals this while transfer. Hope yall have a very merry Christmas!

Elder Phelon 

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December 16, 2019 Cold one

Hey yall, this was a fast but also hard week. We are using the bus system now and it's slow, every bus is about 20 mins late but it's whatever. We did exchanges with the Zone leaders and I was with Elder Brady. We worked in the Capital/ YSA area, and found a couple people to teach and we did a video lesson as well. We also went to the food bank for service as well.  Wednesday we taught Charles and also had to push his baptism date a week to make sure he keeps commitments. We had a member dinner with him as well, then went out with the Elders Quorum President for the rest of the night. I had my last zone Conference and it was actually pretty good. We talked about actually Doctrine instead of rules the whole time, we learned about the roots of the book if Mormon line up with the Bible in Jeremiah and tons of other places too. Crazy man. I gave my departing testimony and I got everyone to laugh but it was also Spiritual as well. I compared my mission to a Ford car with a NOS bottle (makes your car super fast) and we learn over time how to control how much boost we need to work effectively.  We taught Charles again and went over the law of Chastity, it actually went pretty well. He also decided to start a 1000 piece puzzle so his apartment was a mess. He also came to church which was good. That's about it for this week. Love yall. 

Elder Phelon 

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December 9, 2019 Fired up

Hey yall so this week was pretty good, got some good work done out here in Lincoln and yeah. Started this week with service at a food bank and that was pretty fun, we basically went through baskets to make sure everyone had what they needed, then we hit the pavement, taught Charles the rest if the Plan of Salvation at a members home and it went pretty good. We set him on date for December 21st!  We were able to help a set if YSA missionaries give a blessing which was pretty cool, and worked the ghetto areas a lot and seen miracles from it!  We also taught a part member family which was pretty cool, Friday was a pretty tough day, we got out and tried tons of people but didnt get very far. We taught Charles again with one of his friends and taught the Gospel of Jesus Christ and reminded him about his commitments especially with baptism and his friend was super receptive and the lesson was cash. Saturday we had the ward Christmas party and we ran the hot chocolate bar and shared a little message about Light the World. Church was good, we had a family and the part member family came as well, it was sweet. The new family just came off an invite which was sweet, we had a good elders Quorum lesson and yeah. The rest of the day working the ghetto. Welp im out if time so love yall!

Elder Phelon 

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Mac & cheese temple we built at service 

Zone council

Grinding

December 2, 2019 Short Pass

Hey yall this is gonna be a short one since it's only been a few days. We have been teaching a new guy named Charles who is pretty sweet, we have taught him about the Restoration and part of the plan of salvation and he came to freaking church! It was sick, the members fellowshipped him and life was good. We also had another guy we are teaching come as well. Slowly we are getting fed but it's still hard to fit others schedules but it's getting better that all that matters. We found a couple lost sheep while finding and watch a couple go at it, yelling and screaming at each other. Geez Louise. I love that the Gospel, especially the Book of Moron can answer any question like how can I strengthen my family! (3 Nephi 13&14) so yeah that's about it fam. Have a great one! 

Elder Phelon

November 28, 2019 Thanksgiving MaMoney!

Hey yall so this past week and few days has been so crazy!  Our Pday got moved since Thanksgiving duh, this last week in Sutherland was good, we got to teach a handful of lessons to members with a youth team up which was super fun.  We had exchanges with the McCook elders and I was with Elder Brandon, we ended up helping a part member family process meat from a couple deers harvested from this hunting season!  It was sweet and soon to be delicious!  We cut up the hind quarters and got it all cleaned up and got most the skin off and fur, then grinded it up with a little bit of hamburger to take away the game taste if ya know what I mean.  It was good, we talked about sending him on a mission lol.  After exchanges we hit up the outer areas of the branch, tired a handful of members and people with intrest, got to work in some cool towns in the middle of no where, saw a sweet dog with some stylish fur, a squirrel and of course farm equipment!  We also had a branch planning meeting, I felt like a little kid at an adult party or meeting, but hey we got dinner out of it so it was good.  We met with Chris and that was good.  Sunday was also good, Elder Newell had to give a 20 min talk lol.  our day was pretty good, met up with Austin again and followed up but the trucking life is soooo busy so hopefully he finds time to read the Book of Mormon and if he wants to continue to learn.  Sunday night about 12:30 AM we got a call from the Lincoln Zone leaders asking where we were...  I questioned their question.  Turns out im being transferred:(  I was pretty pissed so I started packing at 1AM when we got off the phone and yeah.  Turns out I was suppose to get a call from someone else to tell me I was leaving, and had to leave Sunday night to avoid a blizzard.  The next day I packed up and it snowed about 6 inches throughout the day.  We still got around so I could see members before I left, shoveled a few driveways and yeah.  We had dinner with the Elders Quorum president one last time and we played a couple games and with the dog then headed home.  We found out I-80 was closed from Kearney to York which is 86 mile stretch, therefore I cannot make it to transfer point, which was about 4 hours east of Ogallala.  I tried to talk some sense into our APs but ya know they didnt listen.  4:30AM rolls around and we start our trek eastward, in my equinox yay...  We drove on a sheet of ice about the whole time, met up with the McCook elders in case we got stuck and yeah, Elder Brandon is the worst utah driver, freaking tailgating and cutting me off, genius.  Still love them though.  We made it on time actually and the APs were about 2.5 hours late.  Got canes for lunch, then off to Lincoln!  My new area in the Northern part of the city with some boonies as well.  I got a 2019 Toyota Rav4 Hybrid as my car so its pretty hype.  Elder William's is my new comp, came out 1 transfer after me so you got 2 grandpa missionaries out here killing it!  Im pumped to see what we can do, so I hope yall have a great thanksgiving and dont get too stuffed!  

Love yall

Elder Phelon 

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John Deere

Squirrel 

Stylish dog

Buffalo 

November 18, 2019 Service Day

Hey yall so this weekly will be pretty simple.  This whole week we did finding and a little teaching.  We did exchanges with the ZLs and I'll be honest, it was boring.  A lot of our teaching appointments cancelled this week so we ended up going to youth activities to build up the trust there and do missionary work with them, which is like 7 of them.  We played 9 square which is a bigger version of 4 square but mixed with volleyball so it was sweet.  We also had interviews this week along with District Council, I wanted to spice things up a bit so I did a training on the New England Patriots and how you need to be committed to be a good football player then flipped it to being a missionary.  It went pretty well and I made a cover photo of my district I will send in the pics.  Saturday our branch had a service project of cutting wood and splitting it for members who had wood burning stoves.  We started off driving to North Platte with our EQ president, his 4 year old son and Tyson the dog who is like 8 months old.  It was a party, our Branch president a good chunk of land with a ton of trees so we went to town.  We loaded a truck bed and an 8 by 16 trailer along with an 8 by 10 trailer full of wood, then tried to tow it around using chevy trucks (it was a struggle) and delivered it.  It was a good time, I ran a splitter most the time with some of the young men.  I got to help teach one of them to tow a trailer and oh man that was scary, I can only imagine what my dad went through teaching me lol.  Service is one of my favorite ways to invite the Spirit more into my life and with Light the World coming up I invite you to find ways to serve others as Christ did.

Love you most bye, Elder Phelon  

I love my Bowflew

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Old Fords 

District council training 

Service 

Cleaning 

My dream