This week was pretty good. We had a member of the seventy come for a mission tour so that was awesome! And we are getting taken care of tomorrow for thanksgiving! The Yorgasons are having us over. The member that grew up with Sister Zundel! That will be really fun because they have their own turkeys so they already slaughtered one for us to eat. It'll be a blast.
And I'm not gonna lie, I was pretty sad that I wasn't on that choir trip. But I am glad that I am where I am!
So Thursday was when we had zone conference with Elder Dyches of the seventy! That was a great meeting. He really taught about a lot of the stuff I have been struggling with or had questions about. So it really helped me! He used to be the mission President of the Oregon Portland mission so when he told stories I knew all the places he was talking about so that was really cool! We learned about how to make our prayers more meaningful which I have been trying to work on so the advice that we were given really helped.
Friday was pretty good! We were in the middle of personal study and we got a call from some Elders in a different area that said one of their investigators was moving to Bellefontaine! So that was good news! So we helped them move in that morning and she is really interested in the church and really thankful that we helped her move! Later that day we had lessons with some people and it was good! It's always nice when we have lessons because I get to testify of things I know to be true. And when you testify your testimony is strengthened. It's much better than being yelled at for what you believe that's for sure.
Saturday we had a crazy rainstorm! It flooded a lot of places! The rain sure reminded me of home so that was fun. We were gonna play basketball with Jason but we couldn't because of how rainy it was. That's alright though. Later in the day we went and tried to visit Patrick one of our investigators. His son answered the door and we got to talk to him for quite awhile and he said that his dad has been reading the Book of Mormon and he already sees him changing! Me and Elder Hutchins were so excited! We know that there is power in that book and it brings people closer to our Savior Jesus Christ.
Sunday was stake conference for the Dayton Ohio East Stake! The stake presidency was reorganized. So two general authorities were there! Elder Clay and Elder Dyches. That was a really powerful meeting. And Elder Clay spoke about how we shouldn't let our questions weaken the testimony we have. If we have questions we should hold on to what we know to be true and have faith t hay our questions will be answered and then they will! I know that that is true. We aren't going to know everything right now but eventually we will have our questions answered. 
Monday was a pretty good day! Just lots of finding again and we had one lesson that night so that was good! The work here is picking up and I am so thankful for that. The Lord wants the Bellefontaine Branch to become a ward I know it.
Yesterday we had exchanges with the Zone leaders! So we were in Huber heights all day! That was a lot of fun. I went with Elder Madruga. He is really cool and one of the nicest people I have ever met and he went to the same high school as Tyler Haws and a bunch of other BYU basketball players (lucky). We taught a really powerful lesson and we worked really well together while teaching. It was really cool. We taught that lesson over Facebook video chat and after it ended Elder Hutchins and Elder Traughber came in the room told us that Patrick (our investigator) called and said he wants to be a Mormon and asked how he can do that. I almost cried I was so happy. It was the happiest moment so far on my mission. I am so excited to keep working with him and see him progress!
It was a really good week! I love you mom and I am so thankful for you! Happy thanksgiving!
Your son,
Elder Collier
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