Elder Kasey Lightheart

Look! Jesus is watching over us! Hey everyone! I hope you are all doing well! This week has been an interesting one for sure. On Wednesday we got some exciting news that we will be moving into Phase 1 in Michigan, meaning our missionary work has opened up just a little bit! This means that we can now have other meetings with missionaries in person, like district councils, zone councils, and district P-days. We can also meet with our investigators in person now, however, we still need to set them up over the phone and use masks and social distancing for any of our meetings. Nonetheless, our options are expanded now, and we are super excited to have permission to do more now! In fact, on that same day (before knowing all the rules behind doing visits) we drove down to Harbor Beach towards the edge of our area to track down someone who was being taught months ago, Josh, that would not answer any of our calls. And trust me, we called him many times. But Elder Palmer really liked this guy a...

Elder Christiansen, Elder Palmer, and me at Lake Huron. Hey everyone!! Long time no see! It's been a few months since I was last out in the field, but I'm back out and excited to do the Lord's work again.  I arrived Tuesday night at the Lansing, Michigan airport, stayed with a few other elders in a hotel and then met my companions the next morning. I say companions plural because I've been put in a trio with an Elder Christiansen and Elder Palmer. I am serving now in Bad Axe, Michigan, which is quite a bit more up north from Lansing. It turns out the mission is huge, and so is our area. In fact, because they have no missionaries in our neighboring area called Caro right now, we are covering both the Bad Axe and Caro areas. And yes I know, Bad Axe is a very interesting name for a town, but its real! All the elders that have been in the Bad Axe area sign this, well, bad axe we have in our apartment. 😆 I had the opportunity my first day to see one of the great lakes, Lake...