Howdy! Bryan is pretty great. Last tuesday we got to go to the temple w/ our zone and it was wonderful! Our mission president has given us permission to go to the temple once every transfer because the temple is in our mission boundaries! So that is awesome!

I don't think I've ever met so many funny/odd people in my life. Bryan is full of crazy people but you really can't help not to love them. We were visting one of our investigators (Charles) and their mom (sister Gillis), they also had a friend over. Charles and his friend have a pretty rough criminal/drug background but they have both cleaned up quite a bit. Anyway, his friend was telling us all of the terrible things that have ever happened to him and at one point he said "I don't even tell my psych this stuff" I guess people just trust you more when you're a missionary? It was a little scary.

We also visit a less-active who swears like a sailor and smokes like there's no tomorrow but we still love her.  We have to change our clothes after we visit we because we smell very strongly of smoke; its nasty.She has expressed interest in the church's AA program so hopefully we can get her to that.

 We are still excited about Erica but she's having a hard time coming to church so we'll have to change her baptismal date but that is okay.

Oh my goodness! We told this lady in our ward that we would help her clean her house and wow, it was quite the experience. We helped her with a lot of stuff but the scariest part was the kitchen. I better get dad over there because some of the pots had mold growing inside. Service is service, however and we are just so happy to help.

Saturday was kind of a rough day. All of our appointment fell through and none the less-actives we had hoped to visit were home. I think, from what I'e experienced thus far, is that missionary is hard work mentally. It is so easy it to get discouraged but at least for me, knowing that everything happens in God's time has really been a comfort. I just need to be more patient.

Also, something I've become more aware of is all the tender mercies that we're blessed with and how they're a sure sign of how God is keenly aware of us and our circumstances. Whenever I feel kind of discouraged or like we're not accomplishing much something happens or someone says something that reminds me of my purpose and that no effort is wasted.

On a different note, it is getting a little colder here. I'll probably want to eventually get a warm coat b/c apparantly it does get pretty chilly in the winter.

That is so exciting for Cathy! Yay!

Yeah Sister Pingree is the one that does all the blogging and I imagine she also does the newsletter (I didn't know we had a newsletter) but it is a really awesome mission. I haven't met a lot of the other missionaries but so far everyone seems so focused and happy to do the work.

People to teach just keep popping up. Its great! And they're all so prepared.

The ward is really nice, mostly the people that feed us are people with missionaries out or people who are about to send missionaries.

I think its best to send mail to the 2300 address but if its labeled 2301 I should still get it....

Anyway, what is new with the familia?

I love you all (not y'all)

I have some more time so here's a funny thing that happened:

We met with a Sister who just moved into the ward and she's a single mom with two really cute/crazy young kids.

While we were talking to her, her son whose probably 3 was getting into something in the kitchen. So the mom went to go see what he was doing and from the living room we heard her say "Kellyn (thats his name), you..." and before she could finish, Kellyn, in his cute little voice said "...stinker."