County Fair!

Wow last Tuesday was one of the best days of my mission! We went to
the Imperial Valley County Fair! Our friend from Food Bank, Kris, gave
us a tour of the fair, and while we were there this lady named Betsy
came up to us and told us that she had arranged for us to get free
corn dogs, fries, churros, and a drink! And the discounted tickets
ended up just being free tickets! We didn't pay a thing! It was so fun
and we had a blast. Unfortunately there were no Texas Tenderloins and
no fried Oreos......but we won't hold that against them. They also
didn't have any Nigerian Dwarf goats there......awkward.

Then on Wednesday we took a journey to Camp Wildwood in Ramona and had
a special zone conference in the mountains! Honestly, that was
probably one of the coolest experiences of my mission. I learned a lot
of lessons up there, not only in the formal training part where we
discussed teaching by the spirit and lesson plans, but by some fun,
outdoor activities we did. Almost all of them included balancing on
either a plank of wood, a log, or something along those lines, which
isn't exactly my specialty, but there was a lot of teamwork involved,
so it ended up working super well. Then we had a silent hike up to the
top of a mountain, which was pretty awesome.

Updates on the investigators:

Erica totally bailed out on us.  We are still trying to see her, but
she has done pretty well at avoiding us. That's ok, there are plenty
of other fish in the sea.
Miguel is doing awesome and has been reading the Book of Mormon. We
are starting to see them less often and give them a little more space.
I love the Sanchez family so much!
George is perfect. He is already in 1 Nephi 16 after a week of knowing
us. He reads all the pamphlets and loved church on Sunday. He also
agreed to prepare himself to be baptized on March 26. He is a miracle.

Today for pday my companion, the other El Centro elders, and another
missionary from Calexico all had doctors appointment in San Diego, so
Elder Rodriguez (from Calexico) and I went up to Brawley with the
elders up there (Elder Fehrenbach and Elder Thomson) and we played
racquetball and basketball for hours and hours. We had a blast!

What a sacred privilege it is to be a missionary! It is weird to think
that I only have 5 months left to go! What happened? I know these last
five months will fly by, but I'm ready to give everything I have to
the Lord during this time! Missionary work is the best! Go make
someone's day today!

Elder Dahl


Again, way too much fun at the fair! That corn dog was a shout out to
my sister, Lauren!

Random pictures of us at the zone conference and at different

missionary meetings!

Here are some pictures of us at pday! Elder Rodriguez, Elder
Fehrenbach, Elder Thomson, and I had soooo much fun! Elder Fehrenbach
and I make a pretty mean team!