In our mission we get to go to the temple every time we hit a 6 month mark of our mission or if our companion hits that mark. So I've been able to go twice so far! This time I went for my year mark. It was the best. We went with Jordan Ellington last week and today he is Elder Ellington! He flew out and entered the MTC today. 
Thank you for sending the packages! I'm excited to get them. Also that is so cool what Dad got you! Is that just an NES with the games already downloaded inside? That is sweet. It's just missing Sonic! Has Dad gotten more records for his Vinyl collection?
So this week was CRAZY! But also so good! I honestly can go on and on about how much I love Marsyville.
So let's start with what happened on Thursday! After district council I went on an exchange with Elder Paul in Worthington. It was a blast. He is such a great missionary and we had some great experiences. We met a crazy guy. But we also met a ton of really interested people. The last contact of the evening was at 8:55 PM. We knew the Lord would put someone in our path. We turned the corner and there was this lady sitting in front of her apartment with her kids! We got talking to her and she was super cool and set up a time for the Worthington Elders to meet with them. It may not seem like a miracle but to us it really was. Also this will blow your mind. Elder Paul and I were talking and he brought up thst one of his best friends served in the Washington Vancouver Mission. Guess who it was. ELDER CALKINS. JONNY'S MTC COMPANION. It blew my mind. It's such a small world!
So because this week was so crazy I'll skip to some other highlights.
We had a great lesson with Paul on Saturday evening to discuss the Word of Wisdom. He knows that it's going to be difficult to live but he is super committed to living it. We were able to give him a blessing right then for strength and comfort to be able to live this commandment. He came to church on Sunday and had a great experience again! He is progressing so well. We fasted for him on Sunday and then we fasted again on Monday. (Not 48 hours straight don't worry. We ate food in between the fasts.) But then we had such a sweet miracle Monday evening with him. We came back to help him set goals and plans and he has already made huge improvements by himself!! We are so excited for him. He also said his first vocal prayer after that lesson and he started out by saying "Dear Heavenly Father, I'm thankful for my go-to guys" I could not stop smiling when he said that. I about cried. There is so much love that us and him share for each other. That's what the gospel brings! We feel pure Christlike love when we share His Gospel and when we try to align our walk with His. I LOVE PAUL.
Okay so now I wanna tell a funny story from this week.
So on Monday we were out at this apartment complex and we saw this guy and we just said hello to him and then he just started yelling like crazy at us! Yelling lots of things that we have already heard before like "you are a cult, you don't believe in Jesus." All that stuff that is obviously not true. And we just stood there and were like "no sir we aren't a cult. We believe in Jesus. Okay have a good day sir. Talk to you later." And then he walked away but then turned back around and started yelling at us more! And this is where I almost busted out laughing because he yelled "you are both Brainwarshed" and because we are in Ohio he definitely said it with an R. "Brainwarshed". It was so funny. It seemed like it would be such a terrible thing to get yelled at like that but we just laughed it off afterwards. It was great.
I'm doing great Mom! And so is Paul! Thank you for everything. Keep me updated on how Skyla is doing. I'll keep praying for her. Last week I was prompted to put her name on the prayer roll in the temple and now I know why! I love you so much mom!
Your son,
Elder Collier
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