Still No Snow

Hi everybody! How are you? I'm doing pretty well myself. This week was pretty cool. I have to agree with the most recent email from E. Gluch and say that the weeks are becoming blurs and it's tough to remember everything that goes on. It never ceases to amaze me how time can keep going faster and faster every week, but it definitely seems like it does.

Well, first things first. Yesterday was Bryan's confirmation. It went very well. I got to stand in the circle with him, which was very cool. His mom, who was at church for the first time in years last week, was there again. Hopefully she was able to feel a special spirit and want to come back every week. I really feel that Bryan is going to be a big help with getting his family back to church. Sacrament meeting was so good yesterday too, because it was also the Primary Program. Bryan's mom had bought him a new suit last week for his baptism, and yesterday, his two little brothers were in new suits as well. That was pretty cool. THe program was awesome. It had all of the typical shy kids, loud scream-in-the-mic kids, and the one kid that is like 4 and knows all of the Articles of Faith, and basically gave a 5 minute talk about faith. That was pretty funny. He was also the one that sang the loudest. It was a great meeting. The last song they sang was such a cool song. I don't know what it's called, and I don't think I've ever heard it before, but it was amazing. The Spirit was so strong. Made me kinda miss being in primary. haha.

So I also got your letters about Disneyworld. Sounds like that was pretty fun, huh? That's cool. I am glad to hear that you all had a great time and want to go back, but I am in very strong opposition for the idea of going next Thanksgiving. That is definitely a bad idea. I don't think you could stand to go there twice without me. I think you would have more fun if you waited til like St. Patricks day or something, that way I could come along. But anyway, I'm happy you had fun. Good to hear that Coby's nursing skills are paying off too ;)

Now that Bryan is a member and everything, we are short on investigators. We met with Mike yesterday after church, but that was uneventful, except that we dropped him. That stinks. He had a pack of cigarettes on his table when we walked in, and he tried covering them up, and then told us that he had had some company over, and the cigarettes weren't his. yeah... But, we had to drop him cause he said he is an unbeliever, and won't find a way to get to church by himself rather than making us set up a ride for him every week. He needs to be independent. So we dropped him, but we also picked up a new investigator lastnight as well. His name is Peter and he is a pretty cool guy. He is a senior in High School, and his best friend of like 15 years named Brittany, is a Mormon, and apparently just moved to Lindon, UT. That's cool. But, he told us that he is curious to find out what she believes in. We talked to him on the phone about a week and a half ago, and he said that he was super busy, but that he could call us back this weekend. He actually did call us back, so that was the first of many good signs. We took one of our members with us to the lesson and taught him about the restoration. It was a really good lesson. I feel like Peter understood all of it, and was very willing to accept the commitments we extended to him. He said he needed some time to think about baptism, so he didn't accept a date yet, but I feel that he will very soon. I'm excited to work with him and help him to progress in the Gospel.

And, that's about all's I got for this week. The weather again decided to go back up near 60 last week, but today is colder and looks like we might get some rain. Probably not snow yet, but it'll be here soon enough. Mom, in answer to your questions about the girls on facebook, Danielle is Bro. Buckley's daughter. She's 12 and is pretty cool. I bet she was pretty weirded out that it was you, not me. I'll have to ask her about it. And Liz is another of our member's daughters. She is currently on break from BYU-Idaho, and is staying with her mom out here. She's pretty cool too. I didn't even know she had added me on there, but I guess she did.

I was also very happy to hear that BYU crushed CSU. But I think I was even more happy to hear that Utah got beat up again. haha. That's so great. Good stuff. By the way, if you're wondering how I know all this stuff, it's from members in our ward. I don't know if I've told you about our ward or not, but it is mostly made up of BYU grads that are going to Tufts University for Dental School. I'd say about 60% of our ward falls into that category. They keep us updated on those types of things.

Alrighty then. I think we're headed to play some ball today, so I'd best be going now. Always good to hear from you. Kurtis, I still haven't heard from you about how your season ended up or about your perspective of Disneyworld. Same to you Kasey. I'd like to hear from you both again sometime before I come home. That would be nice. haha. Ok. Hope you all have a wonderful week. Love you all!!


Love,
Elder Hammer