Sept. 21,2009

WOOOOORD!
Hey how come im never invited to go places? every time you guys write you have gone on some trip or something dang exciting has happened. that's good that you are staying busy, things are boring otherwise. i cant believe that Eric is going to Melbourne. that is so awesome. Tell Ben and Eric to write to me or ill rip up their friend card. Josh emailed me this week. yay! he is such a cool kid. Tell Kory to send me pics of his system and i want to hear all of his new songs. tell him ill rip up his card if he doesnt too! im pretty rich this month because Sister Rogers bought us so much. Im glad you found my coat! it hasnt been too cold here its actually been about perfect. the temperature for this whole month has been like 70 so it has been very nice. You probably should send it next transfer tho. im not sure if i will be staying here or not. Transfers are the first week of October. so you will know then. But i have some requests that you can throw in with it. my shoes! i have been wearing these black globe slippers this whole time and i need some service shoes. so those black and white Circas i think they are would be nice. also, i thought i brought my retainer but i may have left it. so if you could check on that, its probably in the blue case. other matters of business. if you could find me a CHEESE CUTTER!!! like the one we have at home that would be the best present ever! ever! EVER I TELL YOU! BAAH i have looked in every store in my area and Houghton Lakes! dad never told me if he knows Bob Bartlet! his bro, or cousin.....is here and he is the funniest guy we make jokes at each other and have a jolly ol time. i already told you about him tho. mom...Turtle hunting isnt dangerous OR wrong. We just arent supposed to swim. Pres Jones says we can wade in the lakes as long as we arent swimming. I found out H Lake is the biggest inland lake in Michigan too! but its really really shallow. the deepest part is only like 25 feet. anyways thats boring stuff.
So this week we taught Sheila again, she is so awesome. Im really excited for her. she almost started crying twice! once when i was talking about the Atonement and the other when i read the scripture in Alma 40 about the Resurrection. so that was good. crying is good. yup yup. but the best part of the week...SUNDAY! we got Page Nichols to church! oh man it was good. he was asking awesome questions. and he was answering some questions that other people asked. it was perfect! He talked to pretty much the entire branch and he said this last year something has been leading him back to church and so he has studied the bible and watches tv programs and stuff and is really into it. He said the churches he has been to havent been able to answer his questions, he was catcholic, then he tried Seventh day adventists, and the church of the Nazarene. and none could answer his questions straight up. he also said he hasnt been baptized and its something he plans on doing, but he believes you should only do it once, so it should be done the right way......BOOYA! he is from Newfoundland and he was really interested in geneology and stuff. cuz i guess its a saying up there "you cant move forward unless you know your past" or something like that, pretty cool. he could talk until you died on the spot though. eveytime we go over it takes about an hour before he lets us go. haha he is a cool guy. That was probably the highlight of the week. that and we had an awesome time at Houghton Lake on trade-offs. we all played games and stuff and E Richardson taught me how to make chicken alfredo and he made me a blueberry pie and a peach pie. haha we're friends now hah.
Im glad yellowstone was fun even though i wasnt there. good news. i only have to read 8 chapters a day in the BoM to finish it this transfer....oh mercy! thats hard. but dangit im going to do it! and i started a tape to send to yous. so ill get my district to talk to you too! yay ok well im going to go for now. i might come back in like 2 hours and say some more things if i can think of anything. so ya. loves!