Another week has gone by already, it is crazy to think about how fast it seems every wednesday comes and goes. things have been going good for me out here. it has been an event filled week with all sorts of different things going on, which has kept me very busy but in a good way! :)

i get quite a few letters and within the first 3 weeks of being here Elder Harmon was like you've gotten more letter in these couple of weeks than i have in the past 9 weeks or so and i was like dang that stinks. but then i also thought of how blessed i am that all of you continue to write me and support me. i'm very grateful for y'all! but maybe i just need the support more than they do? ha i think every companion i have served with says that i have been the companion that has gotten the most mail out of anyone they know. i'm blessed with good friends and family that love me!

so this week like i said has been a pretty event filled week with the highlight probably being Elder Perry coming to the mission and speaking to us. it was such a great experience and he asked if he could shake all of our hands so we all got to shake hands with him and you could just feel the presence of the spirit so strongly!!! he is a big guy, i'm not sure exactly how tall he is but he is at least 6'3" or 6'4" ha and has huge hands. we all thought he was going to talk on the Ward Missionary Coordilation thing that was introduced last year but he just spoke to us about the Gospel on a broad topic. it was a spiritual experience but at the same time it is always neat to see that they are just normal people in a way he was making jokes left and right and had a great personality. He would share stories about him and other Apostles and he would call them by their first names. the day before Elder Perry came we got to have that leadership training with President Christison and it was the zone leaders and the district leaders it was good being able to be so close with President and be able to be trained by him in a small group setting. the mission as a whole is doing really well right now and he seems to be pleased as well as Elder Perry and Elder Hallstrom of the Predidency of the Seventy. oh when we were in that training we found out who our new mission President is going to be his name is President Allen R. Maynes and he works with the church educational system and is currently in Price Utah teaching institute, im not sure where he is actually from but he comes in July 1st so it will be sad to see President and Sister Christison leave.

i also got to conduct my first baptismal interview.. with being a district leader whenever anyone in your district has a baptism coming up you are in charge of interviewing the person and making sure that he or she is worthy and ready to go. this gentlmans name was Edwin and he is from liberia, the zone leaders taught him and he will be going to the singles ward. i'll tell you what, doing that interview was an experience in itself just to see Edwin make this choice and to hear his testimony and knowing that he has had the spirit bear witness to him of its truthfullness. i'd tell ya more but yeah.... it was a great experience i'll just say that! :) we had another district meeting yesterday and this one i centered everything on Christlike Attributes and i thought it went really well. so yeah that is pretty much how my weeek has been it was a good one, and i hope that this next week will be just as positive and exciting!

I miss you all and love you all so much! keep in touch and have a great rest of the week! :) bye bey

love Randy



oh and you asked when transfers are, well they are the 11th of March so it's coming up.