January 14, 2013

Hi mom and dad. You guys really aren't helping me out by telling me that Jaylen is having boys over, and is talking about dating now. Ha ha also that she failed her driving test. That instills a lot of confidence in seeing my car again. So what are your plans with my computer? That is good to hear that Jaylen and Kate are doing so well at sports though. We all know that in the south if you do sports in high school you are a god. That is really cool that Jaylen got a letter from the U! That would be really funny if she went there and I didn't ha ha.

So I got my tire all fixed and Marc did it for super cheep which was really nice. The bad news is that I got a flat the next day ha ha. Marc is being awesome though and is going to bring over a tire tonight to help me replace it. I think God is causing my bike to have so many problems so that we can see Marc a lot and check up on his reading and progression to baptism ha ha. 

This week was pretty normal, we walked a lot because we didn't get my bike fixed till Thursday night. I don't really like being a District Leader, just means I gotta do more stuff and be a better example and all that fun stuff. I am completely content with being a jc (junior companion) the lowest position in the mission. 

We are getting nine 19 year old sisters in about four weeks. It is our fist batch. The mission is kinda pumped because they are suppose to be kinda cute ha ha. I think it is so funny with these 19 year olds coming out. The mission president is going to have so many mission romance problems on his hands. We had a special training meeting for all the leaders specifically on how to deal with stress for the new missionaries because they are coming out younger. We got told that women sometimes have special times when you don't mess with them ha ha, and that men sometimes have feelings too and need to be encouraged. Basically what can happen is new missionaries can arrive and other missionaries can be all like "I want to show them how hard missionary life is" and make it really hard for them. Kinda what my trainer did to me. Well President is worried about this and doesn't want it to happen when these youngins come out.

So we are working on developing a ward missionary plan for the year of 2013 and also we are going to each family and making a ward mission plan. We are setting up three goals and asking them to set them playfully. They are: How many people will you invite to church? How many people will you invite to hear the missionary discussions  How many times do you plan on having someone taught in your home? I think it would be cool if you guys picked numbers for the year 2013 and made your own family mission plan. Maybe that could be a cool FHE. 

I am doing good and we are working hard. I could use some more man soap, shampoo, and contact solution. Thanks for everything that you guys do. I love you!