April 15, 2008

hey everyone,
it turns out that my p-day is actually on tuesday. so here i am. it is so amazing here. it is so green and yellow.(pollen) you can see it all over the car. so no i'm not in a bike area right now but its been great here so far. my companions name is Elder Yelton and Elder Neilson. Elder Yelton leaves in a month. he tells me he is very jealous. he is from Denver Colorado. my other companion is from idaho(i cant remember where). it been great here, the fisrt day the heat really got me but it's been fine since. i alsop have had two meals with members. one was a hispanic family and they were very nice. i liked the meal they had, chicken, rice, and salad. that was the second, the first was my first day here. it was an older sister, she was incredibly nice, the meal i'm still suprised it sayed down. it was sweet and sour macroni with meatballs, something that was supposed to be chicken, and canned fruit, all in a cassorale. it tasted much worse than it sounds, but i ate it. so be proud. there has been very many investigators were teeaching, so far evry lesson has fallen through sense i've been here but, i've meet most of them. one person's name is Jack. he is a retired lawyer, who is now selling realistate and cars. he is very friendly and is very intersted in the gospel. we also have been teaching a sister's friend in her home. her name is elouise and last saturday and her friend committed her to be baptized. she accepted. there another family that sounds very close to wanting to be baptized. it's been amazing here. oh yeah the area i'm in is called Gayton, it's still considered Richmond. it's just north of Richmond. i have also seen a Papa Johns here and i have also seen a Maggie Moo's. so it's got both my old jobs here. i'm really loving it here. the ward is very nice and many are trying to get friends intesrted in the gospel. my address here right now is
2532 Potomac Hunt Lane #1a
Richmond VA 23233
A few days ago we were tracting and turned out we were in a spanish area. so we had our jackets on and knocked on a door. we saw a light in a peephole and it goes dark and the lights turn off as we heard some scampering. so later we think they thought we were border patrol or something. we thought it was a little funny. we also served a nonmember on saturday. they had some friends who were members and asked if we could help them out. we filled up about thrity bags of leaves and rainign off and on. it started wehen we arrived but quit miost of the time we were working. she was very appreciative. she asked how many times we call home and we told her and she couldn't believe it. she said she would be praying that our mothers could handle it. she was very nice. so thats all that's really happened so far. i don't know if i need a phone card or not but i'll let you know. so for now that's all.