Elder Max Richards 2023-2025

Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023 Well my first week at Provo is complete! It was honestly a great week. I got here last Wednesday and met my district and companion. We got settled in and had a welcome devotional.  The next day we met our branch, and our branch presidency. Our branch presidency is incredible. President and Sister Shumway were mission president in Arkansas, and they are both so kind and loving. President Shumway has amazing advice and counsel and had incredible stories and life lessons. And the first counselor is President Sitake and his wife. He is Kalani Sitake's uncle which is pretty awesome. He brings the spirit very strongly and is such an incredible man.  After we met with them I got called to be District Leader! Which has been so awesome. I love my district so much. The food here is not as bad as people have said. It's honestly pretty good. Only one meal was completely terrible.  My district has loved playing beach volleyball and we do that pretty much every...

Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023 Dropoff at the Provo Missionary Training Center.

Sept. 19, 2023 Que tal! I have officially finished my first week as a full time missionary! I have been loving it! I had about 50 hours on zoom this week, which was exhausting at times, but still awesome. The days are filled with the spirit, and I have learned so much! My Spanish is coming along pretty well actually! I can already see the gift of tongues. I absolutely love my companion and district. My companion is Elder Clark from Arizona, and he also loves pickleball! So you already know we will be playing whenever we can in the MTC. My district is already best friends with each other. We are all going to Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Mexico. I can't wait to meet my comp and district in person. Which will be tomorrow! Yep, tomorrow I will enter the Provo MTC, and I am super excited. I will miss my family, but I know that I am on the lord's errand. I am so grateful and blessed to be a representative of Jesucristo. Here's a little spiritual drizzle: 2 Corinthians ...

Tuesday, April 11, 2023 and Wednesday, April 12, 2023 Mission call opening Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023 Bountiful Utah Temple Temple trips and being with friends. Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023 Mission farewell, and set apart as a missionary. Set apart in the evening.