Elder Dayton Talbot: Alaska Anchorage Mission 2017-2019

I've been hearing about how there are more storms/fires/earthquakes going on. What a crazy season we are having. It sounds to me like there are thousands of people down in Houston that are thankful for every one that came down to help. Service is the one thing Christ did his whole life, when we serve none of it is about us.  The work down here in Kodiak is slow. Slower than I ever could have imagined. Not a single person investigating. I always imagined before I came out that we would always have someone to teach. But in this case it's more the opposite. One thing this is teaching me is to always have faith. My faith is being tested and I know that we will find someone as long as we have the faith to find. Not only having faith but being obedient and following the mission rules. Thanks for the encouragement and the support that you all give me weekly. It helps a ton. Almost every day I wake up and the first thought that comes to my head is ...

  It's so great to hear from you. Sounds like the family is getting back to school, it's super strange not going back to school this year for the first time. But I'm having a really great time out here in Kodiak. As a missionary I haven't heard that much about any news, besides hurricane Harvey. Was there a lot of people who died? Or was there just a lot of people who lost their homes due to flooding? I'm super glad Austin didn't get effected but I sure will keep Russ and Jens family in my prayers. I would like to see pictures if they took any. There is a lot of people that talk about the hurricane up here and know I'm from Texas. So I think it would be helpful to show them pictures of the flooding in Houston. I'm pretty curious how bad it was. It's been raining here for about a week strait.  The sun might be shining for an hour a day at max. It's just constant rain and cloudy all day. I've counted about 3 nice days while I have been here....