July 15, 2013

Transfers was today and nothing new really happened with us. We are
still staying the same. We did get our ward split so now 4
missionaries are in our ward. Sister Hawker and her companion will be
covering the south part of the ward while me and Kolega will be
covering the north part. I'm really excited I get to stay in the North
because the coolest families are up there. I kinda pulled some strings
to stay up in that part of the ward also because I got some info ahead
of time they were splitting the ward.

The Sorenson family is really
neat. They are the ones that sent you the picture of me at the BBQ
they have three adopted sons. One of them is LA and doesn't come to
church so we go over and teach them a lot. They are the neatest family
and Sister Sorenson said that I am her adopted son now ha ha. They
really take care about us and they are super cool. Also the Rushforth's in
the ward are in the north. They have a 19 year old who isn't doing
anything with his life. Hasn't gone on a mission are tried to go to
school and kinda plays video games all day. Kinda like I would be if I
hadn't gone on a mission or go to school. So I can connect to him
really well and we are working on getting him to do something with his
life. We take him to a lot of our lessons.
For my b-day I would love to have either a phone or a car. I left on
my mission with both and now I will be returning with neither. If it
is a car just one that runs please if it is a phone then either a HTC
or a Samsung Galaxy or Note. No iphone. I am done with Apple.
The ward has really rallied around Josh a lot which is really neat to
see. Make sure to help any RC feel welcome to the ward because that
really makes a missionary feel really good. Like you care about what
he does.
Don't worry about me going Less Active after my mission. Our house is
going to be the cool house where the missionaries always hang out when
I get home. I'm going to go with them to every single lesson.
Don't get ahead of yourself mom with the whole dating/marriage thing
class. I still need to re-learn how to talk to girls again. It is easy
as a missionary because nothing can ever happen so like it is no
pressure. But when I get home. I am terrified of going out into social
situations again. I don't think I am going to want to date for awhile
when I get home. Lets just get me use to watching TV or not wearing a
Tie every day first ha ha.
I love you guys so much. Thank you for everything that you do!