On the road again huh? ha must be nice to be able to do all of this traveling and go visit people and different places! it sounds like you had lots of fun on your get away to Idaho, i'm glad to hear. so today is my 18th month mark, crazy to think huh? i will have to record me burning a pair of paints and send it to you here within the week. i've been trying to take lots of pictures so you can see what it's like over here.
Everything has been going well for me out here even though the work hasn't been the best but we are still trying to find people. we've been going through that ward list and also doing tracting and just haven't had any success, which is hard sometimes because you feel like you're doing all of it and not seeing anything from it. but i know that whether or not i'm seeing the blessings in this area or not, that i am still recieving them some way or another.

Dave and Holly a part member family that we were teaching in my last area are going to get married this Saturday and then Dave (who is not a member) is going to be baptized the next Saturday. It is so funny because i was joking with Elder Woollard (my last comp) telling me that i do all the preparing in the field and get them ready and then he is able to harvest lol he laughed. but i think it is so awesome that 2 people (jodi is the other one) i worked with and taught in my last area are getting baptized.

so on Monday we were sitting in the apartment for lunch and i wanted to call Jonathon Van Vleet and see how he was because i hadn't talked with him in awhile and we've been staying in touch. well i left a voicemail because they didn't answer and then they call back like 5 minutes later telling me that they were in Glenwood Springs and asked if they could take us out to dinner, so of course me being my fat self said yes! lol but it was his whole family and it was so good to see them and catch up on whats been going on. David Van Vleet who is Jonathons dad told me that i can come back down to Paonia after my mission and work for him if i want, they are planning on buying a big Ranch out that way and so he offered me a job. it really made me miss Paonia and the people there.

what are the odds of them being in Glenwood at the time i called them!? ha it was great! :) that is one thing i have loved so much about being on my mission, i have been able to make so many great friends that i will stay in touch with forever. and some of those include the ones i was able to share the Gospel with. i think either sometime at the end of this month or begining of next month Brother Benton and Sister Benton (from Highlands Ranch) are planning on going through the temple to be sealed and i really hope that i will be able to get permission to go over there to that. i'm so happy for them!

It is such a blessing to be able to see the growth that people have when they except the gospel and how much it can change their lives. we were also able to give some service this week and hlep a family move out of the ward, i dont know what it is about service work but i absolutely love it. i just feel good while doing it and afterwards, well not physically cuz i'm getting too old for that type of stuff but inside i feel good! lol


so the Warren family here in the ward Darrell (not spelt like dads) Warren is our Bishop and his boy Jeff is like best friends with Wayne Riner! ha we were talking about him the other night. it is such a small world, but the whole Warren family knows him and thinks the world of him! i was like do you know the same Wayne Riner i know! lol just kidding ugly if you read this! but it is neat talking with people about familair things back home. another family in the ward the Page family grew up and graduated from Kenniwick high in '81.. and he said somehow he is related to the Caspers out that way and he is familiar with the basin area.

i love you and am so grateful for all that you do. i hope your week goes well! and i cant wait to hear from you!
Love Randy