HALLOWEEN!!!

(Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Mission)



The apartment - HOME!!!

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Elder Bartlett and his new companion (Elder Curl ~ from Lehi) are staying super busy with their Zone Leader responsibilities.  Going on exchanges with other missionaries in the zone, planning, participating in and teaching at Zone Conferences.  He loves being a Zone Leader!!!  He loves the added responsibility and the closer association with more missionaries and the Mission President ~ President Topham, who he loves a respects so much!!!


Zone Leader Conference  There are always crazy pics from Zone Leader Conferences!!!



Zone Leader Conference ~ don't even ask becasue I don't have a clue!!!  hahaha!!!  I don't know if he's an angel or has sweet ballet skills we were never aware of!!!



Elder Bartlett and Elder Curl on exchanges

 

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Elder Huber and Elder Bartlett thought they would be together until Elder Huber goes home mid- November.  BUT, you never know what Heavenly Father's plans are or where he (or someone else) might need you!  Elder Huber unexpectedly got transferred Sept. 4th.  Elder Bartlett and Elder Huber were both pretty sad about that!!!

 

 

Elder Huber, Elder Nobbs (the counselor to the mission president that is in the ward), Elder Bartlett
Good luck Elder Huber ~ FINISH STRONG!!!

That means Spence only had Elder Huber to train him as a Zone Leader for one transfer (6 weeks)!  YIKES!!!



HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELDER BARTLETT!!!!!!!

August 28 ~ HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELDER BARTLETT!!!!!

It just happened that Elder Bartlett and Elder Curl's car got replaced with a brand new one the week of Elder Bartlett's birthday!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELDER BARTLETT!!!  hahaha!!!

 

 

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P-Day and a little much needed recreation - - -

Adrianna's baptism - - -



Elder Bartlett, Adrianna, Elder Huber

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Elder Bartlett unexpectedly got transferred July 24th.  He was kind of expecteding his companion to get transferred since he had been there longer.  Elder Bartlett got transferred to Wexford and made a Zone Leader.  His new companion ~ Elder Huber.  Chris Hoke, who just retired from the Pittsburgh Steelers, is the 2nd coundelor in the Bishopric.  Also, one of the counselors to the mission president (President Nobbs) is in his ward.  They have a good, strong, supportive ward.  They have about 300 hundred active members.




Elder Huber

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While in Williamsport Elder Bartlett wrote home, "I LOVE the area, LOVE the people, LOVE my companion and LOVE the Zone Leaders.  I AM A HAPPY BOY!!!"

Service - hahaha - look at that happy face?
 

Sister Kammerer - all of the missionaries LOVE Sister Kammerer!!!  She is so supportive and good to all of them!!!  She is such a blessing in their lives!!!  Thanks Sister Kammerer for all you do!!!





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More from Williamsport - - -

 

Elder Bartlett's District



Baptisms

 




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It rains back east like we're not used to here in Utah!  Sometimes it rains hard enough to break the umbrellas!  Or, fill your shoes with water while you're walking home!!!  If you're not soaked from the humidity you're soaked from the rain .     .     .      .



But - it does make for a BEAUTIFUL landscape!!!

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Elder Bartlett, his companion and the Zone Leaders lived on the second floor of an old house and their bedrooms were on the 3rd floor.  He said there was no air conditioning and their bedrooms were like 1000000 degrees (remember the heatwave they had back east this summer???).  The Zone Leaders they lived with had a vehicle.  Elder Bartlett and his companion were in a walking area (remember the heatwave - hahaha).  He said sometimes he felt like he was going to melt!  They also had a problem with BATS in their apartment!!!  Yes, that's Elder Bartlett huddled in the corner - hahaha!!!

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Elder Bartlett was transferred May 1st to Williamsport.  This was his first transfer in the field so it made him pretty homesick (made him miss home AND his new family in Franklin)!  Williamsport sits right along the Susquehanna River.  If you are a baseball fan, Williamsport is the birthplace of Little League Baseball and where the Little League World Series is held every year.  When he was transferred, he was made District Leader.  He was excited for the new responsibility but also pretty intimidated because the Zone Leaders were in his District.  Turns out, Elder Bartlett and his new companion, Elder Giffin lived with the Zone Leaders and came to love and appreciate them deeply!!!




Elder Bartlett and his companion (Elder Giffin) in the POURING rain!!!






Elder Giffin (American Fork), Elder Bartlett, and the Zone Leaders, Elder Penn (Alpine) and Elder Robbins (Tooele) a bunch of hometown boys!!!  P-day/Memorial Day.

 

 

 

 

 

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While in Franklin, Elder Bartlett and his companion (Elder Daniels) had another baptism, Merle.  It was the Saturday before he was transferred and just perfect! 
Some of the member of the ward went to a lot of work and made Spence a DVD and scrapbook of this time in Franklin.  It was wonderful (thanks for all your hard work girls!!!)

Elder Bartlett and some members of the ward looking at the AWESOME scrapbook they made him the night before he was transferred.  Thank you Franklin ~ Elder Bartlett LOVES you and will miss you!!!

The people in Franklin really wanted Elder Bartlett to stay longer!!!  (I dare say, there were a few adults that wanted to do this!!!)