July 8, 2008

well so far it hasn't been to hot. so far, knock on wood. there has been thunderstorms the last couple of nights and been raining alot here. but Virginia is needing it. this week was very interesting. on wensday we went to a golden corral before elder neilson transfered. it was very good. elder neilson had found four five dollar gift cards in an old area so we used them that day. i tried these things called hushpuppies. they were very good. there like these scones, but more of sticks, but there more like bread. they were delicious. that was supposed to be elder neilson's last day. we arrived back at the apartment that evening, and there was a message from the zone leaders. transfers were postponed a day. it turns out that the new group of missionaries plane broke down before they left salt lake. so they were stuck at the mtc another day. so we had another day together. so it was strange. i'm now elder neilson longest companion, three months and a day. so after we dropped elder neilson off we had a lesson with a new family that just moved into our ward. it was in another ward with sisters, now they passed them to us. the parents are members but the kids have not been baptized. right now the oldest is set for baptism but the youngest the mom wants to wait on, because he thinks of it more like a game. so we know have someone set for baptism. then we had a barbque with the ward mission leader. it was good and fun. so that day we didn't get much missionary work in except for the lesson. yesterday we helped someone move in. there an older couple, one is dutch, and the other is german. they are very friendly. one is an art teacher and his wife is a designer. they mostly had some things they needed help with, like a marble slab that was ridiciously heavy. so we are still alittle tired from it. so far i have met three of the new elders that have come out. the first one is Elder Green, and he is from bountiful. but he's just north of the temple. so opposite end. then i met an elder simmons. he said, i flew farther to go to the MTC, then to my mission. he's from new york. then the last one i've just heard his name. his anme is elder lovelady. he's going to get jokes about his name for two years. well thats it for this week. it looks like my address cancelltion didn't work, so i'm going to have to try it a third time. so hopefully it will get fixed soon. but that's it for today.