So as for my week, it has been pretty crazy. to start off i really miss Glenwood Springs and wish that i would have been able to stay there at least one more, i've been able to stay in touch with the Larsens and we went down to Glenwood yesterday for district meeting and i stopped and talked with Brother Larsen for a little while, it was weird being in Glenwood but not serving there ya know? i hope we'll be able to go through there when we come back through next year, i've told everyone that i am so i gotta keep my word! ha as Sister Larsen told you i got transferred into an area called Parachute, which is just down I-70 about 45 miles from Glenwood so it's not too bad.

i have only been able to work in the area for 3 days so far this transfer but we were able to teach a 14 year old boy named Erik and we invited him to be baptized, he has to talk with his parents to figure out a date that we can do it but they have given him permission to do it so we are way excited! his fellowship family is doing a great job, he is bestfriends with their boy. there is so much work that is going to be going on down there i am really looking forward to serving there.

the church is really making a push to do work with less active, inactive, and part member families so that is what we are going to be focusing on. we dont keep track of hours tracted anymore and when we teach lessons to active members they dont count as our numbers we report.

i have so much to say and i'm so scatter brained right now i apologize if none of this makes since. so my new companion is Elder Alcocer, he is from Midland, Texas which is where Nate Eppich is serving right now! But he goes home this transfer so i'm "killing" my 4th missionary, he is a spanish speaking missionary so we are a spanglish companionship. i'm the district leader in the district and have driving privileges so i'm happy because i hate not driving.

so the church is planning on opening up a branch in Parachute within the next few months, which is really exciting. it kind of gives us the motivation we need to get the work going so they can do that. but that's why they brought missionaries into this area is to get it going before the branch opens. right now the members that live in Parachute go to the Rifle 1st ward which is 15 miles away and that is actually where we are living now with 4 other missionaries! so everday we have to drive 30 miles round trip to just work in our area. they haven't found a place for us to live down there yet and have kind of left us on our own to find a place then they will pay for. i cant even un-pack my stuff, i'm literally living out of my suitcases and then i'm sleeping on the couch and my comp is on the ground with a matress! so that address you got of mine is just temporarily hopefully but i'll let you know if it changes, i look forward to getting mail from everyone.

i'm looking forward to serving here and i would imagine that this will be my last area, overall the people out this way are lots more humble then those in Glenwood. this next week our pday will be on monday so make sure to email me sunday night or monday, it's this way because Elder Richards of the Seventy is coming into our mission and we are having zone confrence with him on wednesday. i'm looking forward to meeting him and being trainned by him. tuesday the district leaders and zone leaders get to drive to frisco to be trainned by him in a leadership meeting so it will be more of a personal type basis. then on the way back from that we are going to stop and have dinner at the Larsens in Glenwood springs so i'm excited for that as well. i miss you and love you all so much, please continue to pray for me and pray that we'll find somewhere to live! ha i hope to hear back from you soon. tell everyone hello! thanks for all you do! :)
love Randy