Week 8

Hello there my friends and family,

Thank you to everyone who reached out and were concerned and praying for me after my cyst scare. I've been given antibiotics for 10 days. It's not bad at all. I've also been told to have good posture when I sit so it doesn't get irritated, and I've been soaking the area with water. I'm just taking care of it for now.

There has been quite the development this week out here in the Washington Kennewick Mission that has caused quite the ripple in the mission. We're getting smartphones. That's weird. My paper scriptures have been used more this past month than my entire life before. I've gotten used to it and don't want to go back to technology. My family told me the month before my mission that I'd die without my phone on the mission. But at this point, I don't want technology back. Unfortunately it's going to happen. Although I'm looking at this negatively at the moment, it's going to be a good thing in the long run I guess.

In other news, missionary work hasn't been too busy this week. Lexie was sick this week, so no progress there. The Carvers are hooking us up with dinner again. That family is awesome. We are making some real strides with them. Their kids love us. Charlie, Neva, and Joe are adorable. Kolby has a dope beard too. Stephanie is super nice and is a really good cook. I am definitely gonna have to visit them after the mission, I'm calling it already.

Love you all. Take care. The Gospel is true.

Elder Rexinger

I found a source of "Eagle Powers." That's from Nacho Libre in case you didn't know.

Week 7

Dear Family and Friends,

Things have been going good with the Work up here in West Richland. Elder Lindholm and I are working well together. We have some awesome investigators named Lexi and Chris. They are making some real progress. We had a lesson with them last week, and it went really well. We also had our Ward Mission Leader from the Paradise Ward come with us, which is great. We are also working with a less-active, part-member family named the Carver's. They are feeding us again, so I'm pretty sure that's a good sign that they like us. They are still doing awesome, but it is going a bit on the slow side. We also received a couple more referrals that we're gonna follow up on in the coming weeks. We probably do more fellowshipping than teaching at this point, but the Gospel is true and the Work is moving along.

The weather has been nice up here. It hasn't been storming at all. In fact, I've been told it can get hot up in the 100's, so I am not looking forward to that. I think I will definitely have my mom send me some short-sleeve shirts.

On a personal note, I had a bit of a scare this week. Long story short-I had surgery last year at home for a Pilonidal cyst on my lower back. That took 4-6 months to fully recover from, and I thought it was coming back this week. I started seeing some signs that another one was forming, and I freaked out a bit. I scheduled a doctors appointment to try and get some antibiotics to deal with it before it becomes a problem again. I will have an update in the next letter. I pray I don't have another issue with this, because it sucks.

Talk to you all later. Thank you for the support and prayers.

Elder Rexinger

Me and Elder Lindholm chillin' at a great dinner appointment

Week 6

Dear Family and Friends,

I hope everyone is doing well. Happy Birthday to my oldest sister, Kiley.

The days in the mission just keep blending together, especially when it's like Sunday everyday. The Work is moving along up here in Washington. We have a couple of awesome people we've been in contact with. We are working with a lot of less-active members at the moment. Lexi is a less-active member that wants to learn more about the gospel. Chris is her boyfriend and a non-member who is taking the discussions right now. We actually have another appointment with them tomorrow. They are a super-awesome family. They have a baby named Everly who was blessed yesterday by Bishop Christensen. They are already coming to church, so that's sweet. 

In other news, we've been working with a less-active/part-member family, the Carvers. The are also a super-awesome family. They have three little kids, Charlie, Neva, and Joe. I love playing with those kids, and we are super-close with them already. Hopefully, they'll be receptive to the Gospel very soon. 

Walking just keeps getting easier and easier. Less feeling in your feet would normally be a bad thing, but I am gratefully accepting it at this point.

Thanks for the love and support.

Elder Rexinger

Love the support from the members up in Washington. We received this random text from a family that had the Elders over for dinner. 

Week 5

What is up? 

I hope everyone back home is doing well. Things are going good up here in Washington. We received an investigator referral from the Bishop of the Paradise Ward. I can't wait to start teaching them. All in all, we do lots of walking, lots of talking, lots of fun. We got Whitewashed into the Paradise Ward. Whitewashed into an area means two missionaries who don't know the people at all are put into it. My companion, Elder Lindholm, has been in the Lakes Ward before I got here, so it's nice not having to run around meeting everyone. Elder Lindholm is from Spanish Fork by the way. We’re covering two wards on foot because the Sisters got to keep the car. It takes 45 minutes to walk to the Paradise building. We usually walk everywhere, but we get rides from members sometimes. By the way, my belts are all pointless now. I have lost too much weight, and I am on the last hole of the belt. It is pretty much just there for show now.

Walking areas are really beneficial, but super painful at times. At the end of the day on Saturday, I walked into my apartment, took off my shoes and I noticed two huge bumps on the inside of my feet. That was interesting. I prayed for healing and comfort, iced them for like 15 minutes and went to bed. When I woke up the next morning, the bumps were totally gone, like they had never been there. Miracles are real my friends.

If you want to email and talk to me, the email is dallin.rexinger@myldsmail.net. You can hit me up whenever in the late morning on my p-days.  We usually have p-days on Mondays. I have an hour and a half to email, so I will probably be able to respond to you. 

Counting the MTC, I'm over a month into my mission. Time is going too fast. 

Love,

Elder Rexinger