April 2, 2008

this week has been intersting. it was tough at first trying to get used to my new companionship. atleast i knew them already but it was still a challenge. Elder Riley Peterson, from Wellsville, Utah, was a soccer player for Mountain Crest, but he blew out both his knees early in the season. he said he was having a great year at the time. he thinks he could hav made all-state. then my other Companion, Elder Jarvis Beames, from Peoria, Idaho, was a wrestler and an allstate runningback. howver he can no longer play, he injured himself really bad and he told a story how when he entered the field that game, he just felt like it was his last game. he said if it is, i't's going to be one of my greatest. he said he had his best game ever in the first three quaters but then he went down in the fourth. it was very sad stroy but he said how it nevr hurt and how he stayed at the game. then he had surgery to repair it and it ended up not healing right. but he says how much it's strengthened him though. then this week as flown compared to the last one. the first week was dreadfully slow, but now your wondering where it's gone. yetserday we had Marcus b. Nash of the seventy speak to us. it was excellent. but nothing really bi is standing our right now. other than we taught a lesson on monday. we taught the Plan of Salvation and we were supposed to extend a baptismal commitment. the person we had however was incredibly stubborn and was supossed to believe in the Book of Mormon. he did think so, so it made it quite difficult.
> i also got my first referal at the RC. i called him up and it was a business so i though great no way anyone is going to talk. it turns out that he was just so thrilled that i called. he wanted to know so much more after watching the Lamb of God, and it was so amazing. another intesrting story there was from elder Burmiester. he had a person call him and just said that man found this card on the ground with that phone number and just felt like he needed to call it. they ended up talking for about an hour. he taught him pretty the whole first lesson. then my companion elder Peterson called someone up and said how they were praying for someone. it was so cool. it's just amazing there.
> now for a funny story. one of the Elders in our disrtict, Elder Barr(also going to Richmond) talks very loud in his sleep. i have also heard he's yelled a couple of times. wakes everyone up except him. so his Comapaion yesterday bought earplugs and ended up sleeping through the alarm clock. it was funny but i'm so glad i don't share the room with them lucky i never have heard him yell, yet.
> last thurdays we all got our plane information. i have a two hour layover in Atlanta, Georgia. so i will be in Richmond next wensday about 6:00 PM. just one week left here at the MTc before i make it to the missionfield.
> so everything is going great here, i can't wait to see confernce this weekend and who the new apostle will be.
> steven