There's little to recommend the town of Fred, but the elders there do have one of the nicest homes a missionary could hope for -- or did.

Read more Bye-bye Fransion, hello Frack

This week was exhausting for some reason, and Elder Beyeler and I were both more than ready for P-day to come.

Read more Email 18: Brrr!

Matthew didn't have to worry about where all to go for Christmas this year; he tested positive for COVID-19, so he and his comp spent the week quarantined.

The good news for us was that it meant that it was really easy to schedule a video call with him (for which we put up a big screen and invited extended family over), and he had lots of time to send us pictures.

Read more Christmas - COVID edition

Great "Matthew" email, largely about weather (here and there). Lots of little intra-family Q&A

He's really liking his new area; the rural environment agrees with him more than the city.

Read more Email 16

There's now a list of addresses on Matthew's mission info page. Just click "Matthew" in the menu bar above, and you'll find it at the bottom of the page.

Read more Where does Matthew Live?

Not surprisingly, neither Matthew nor his new companion are going anywhere this transfer.

(The thumbnail above shows his old companionship in Spring)

Read more Week 15

(posted a week late)

Matthew started off his weekly email with a list of things & people that reminded him of things & people back home.

Read more Email 14

Matthew's driving a pickup truck in this area, which sounds like a good idea:

In one little town thingy in our area, most of the roads are half sand, half dirt, and half ruts.
-- And that is when it is dry. I heard that the roads can get pretty sketchy when it rains.

Read more Thanksgiving

Emergency transfer!

Saturday evening Matthew got word that he was being transferred today to cover for a missionary that had to go home early.  The missionary in question was training a new elder, so Matthew will take over that responsibility, having only 2 months in the field himself.

Read more Spring-->Woodville

Matthew got to go to the temple! A regular occurence before COVID, this was the 1st time they'd been allowed to attend since.

Read more Email 11