The new apartment is pretty nice, a smoker lived there before us so it stank like smoke when we first moved in but we have candles going and smell good things plugged into the outlets ha so it's gradually getting better. we got everything moved in Saturday morning, the only thing is we only have 1 chair in the whole apartment so we eat breakfast and lunch sitting on the ground ha but we are hoping to get more chairs sometime this week. I'll have to take pictures of the place and send them to you,

it is pretty nice living in the actual area we work in now because that drive was getting pretty boring everyday twice a day and it was a waste of time. the members down there are excited that we got a place down there because the branch is coming soon! :) this upcoming Sunday (moms 50th ha) the stake President is going to announce the new boundries and the ward split and present the callings to the congregation and on the 26th of December we will have our first meeting down there! :) i'm really excited and looking forward to it, i think with the branch opening up down there it will get a lot of the in-actives coming out again because they cant use the excuse that it is too far to drive. something else that is pretty neat is the day the branch opens will be exactly 2 years after i took my endowment out!

this past sunday Pauline and Brittany came to church and brought Brittany's boyfriend! my comp and i were so excited when we saw there car pull up! it was fast and testimony meeting also so it was great for them to hear so many testimonies, the spirit was so strong there! i even got up and bore my testimony! :) but afterwards i asked pauline what she thought of church and she said it was different than any other church she had been to and i asked what she meant and she said it was peaceful and she felt calm and happy! i was like that's the spirit you felt here today, and read with her the scripture in Galatians 5:22 talkinbout the fruits of the spirit. then we took them on a church tour and showed them all the paintings and explained them and showed them the baptismal font. and when we were at the font the daughter and boyfriend were like what is this and so we said this is the baptismal font and Pauline (the mom) said just like Jesus Christ was baptized by John the Baptist and we were like exactly! ha the only way of baptism is the baptism by emersion by someone holding the Priesthood authority of God. and we have an appointment with them this week and we are going to try and set them with a baptismal date! :)

it was a great day yesterday! :) then last night my companion and i were able to give to Priesthood blessings to a part member family. we gave the blessings to the husband who is not a member and his mother, i know that their hearts will be softened from the experience they will have by witnessing the power of God.

i haven't put my bike on craigs list because i think i'm just going to sell it to Elder Castro. it will be lots easier and i wont have to worry about it. we are heading up to Glenwood today to go get some exercise so that's what we have planned today.

i hope everyones week goes great! i miss you so much! thank you for all the support and letters you send to me! i love you! :)
love Randy