Well another week has gone by and it's been awhile since i emailed last, but it still feels like it was only a week. this past week was awesome with the different confrences & meetings we had.

Tuesday we were able to go up to Frisco for a leadership training and i really enjoyed the confrence he trainned on how it important or crucial it is to have the spirit with us as we teach. it went from 9 to 2 so it was pretty lengthy but it was well worth going, having the opportunity to be trained by a member of the seventy. it was funny on the way up there we left at about 6:30 that morning and we met up with some other Elders in Glenwood so our companions could go on team ups while we were gone and so there were 5 of us in some sort of leader ship in the car and Elder Christensen was driving (he's the one from Walla Walla) and we figured we were going to be late and he did not want to speed so we pulled over and i jumped in the drivers seat and we were making good time until we came up behind a cop and so i didn't want to pass him speeding so i just stayed behind him and he was going faster than the speed limit as much as 15 mph above it so i just stayed behind up until about 5 miles out from Frisco he turns his lights on pulls over to the side of the road and so i go around him and then he turns his lights off and gets in right behind me and followed us the rest of the way 'til we exited of at Frisco! haha it was so scary i thought for sure i was going to get pulled over or get my first ticket! then on the way home that night we stopped by and had dinner at the Larsens in Glenwood, it was so awesome to see them again! i miss going over to there place and visiting with them.

Anyways then the next day we went to Grand Junction for our Zone Confrence and we were trainned by him again, so i got to spend 2 days being instructed by a General Authority it was really neat! i was able to jot down lots of notes and things on how to help me become a better missionary.

we're still working with trying to figure out who everyone is in Parachute and it really suprises me how many members there are down there. there are 124 house holds in Parachute that are on the ward roster but i dont even think 1/4 of them are active! i've noticed that there are lots of part member famlies, so that is a big focus we are tyring to make right now. but just think if on average those 124 house holds had 2 people in them that would be 248 people, that is plenty to make a ward! not only a branch but a full ward! we have been able to meet with lots of them throughout the past week and we are hoping that our next appt's will go through. Parachute is where lots of the workers that work in the oil/gas fields live and within the past year or so more than half the town has moved out because the work slowed down with some new deal they did in the government is what i heard. it's crazy walking or driving through town and seeing so may empty trailers and homes it looks like it should be on a movie or something.

i think once the branch opens we will see lots more of these families become active because they wont have to drive 20 minutes to get to church. i was talking with the stake President the other day and he said it probably wont be open for the next couple months at least that's what they're hoping for. i really hope i'll be here to see it open!

i need to get going, the other Elders are ready to leave and we are going to grab some lunch. i hope to hear from everyone again soo! i'm trying to write y'all back as i get the time i'm writng little by little so i'll send those out when i finish. i hope you got the sd card or you should be getting it soon, it's nothing special. i miss you and love you!
love Randy








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