Oct. 19

Dear Mom,

That´s ok about the letter last week. It happens. I am glad that you two had a good time on your anniversary.

We decided to not wear our nametags in case something happened. You know how crazy people are about these soccer games. It was better to go like that than to risk some incident.

Why was dad in Nome?

He sent the same letter to me i think. I was very suprised to hear that he did that. I was so proud of him.

Unfortunately my life is boring now too. My companion and i are having difficulties. He is one of those types that is 150% with everything and never shuts up. While i am trying to get my stuff done he doesnt leave me alone. Everybody asks me how things are going with my companion. He annoyes everybody. I have done my best to ignore things that normally get me mad and i have done well so far.

We were looking for a less active and when we knocked on his door a woman answered. We asked if he was home and she said that he had moved fifteen days ago. We asked her some questions and she said that she already went to church and was almost baptized. We asked her what the problem was and she said that she didnt feel like she had a response from God. So we went in and taught her a lesson. We explained the importance of baptism and how God responds to our prayers. At the end she asked Heavenly Father in prayer to show her the way and to touch her heart by Saturday so that she could be baptized on Sunday. We followed up with her on the next day ,Thursday, and she read and prayed. She said she felt good when she read but was still unsure about being baptized. Yesterday when we went to talk to her she was not home. As we asked her neighbors we found her sister who was also not baptized and agreed to listen to the lesson today. We are very pleased that we found these two people. We have high hopes that they will be baptized soon. If all goes well we will baptize the first tomorrow.

I got thinking the other day. I only have six months left. I got a really wierd feeling and imagined myself getting home. It was super strange. I cant imagine the mission ending. It has so much finality to it. It is hard to imagine the continuation of my life.

Anyway Love you :)