2/10/14

Another week has come and gone but this week has been very eventful. The area is starting to pick up which is awesome and we were able to extend a baptismal invitation to a family, they accepted, which was pretty sweet. I was able to help set up Elder Hernandez to invite this family. The family we invited was the Crose family and we invited Kristan (single mother, mid-30's) and her son Adryk (13 years old). She has another son but he is only 6 years old right now but we will continue to work with the whole family. Unfortunately they did not come to church this week but they still have enough weeks to be able to come in order to be baptized on March 8th (this the current date for their baptism). They accepted but she also wants her brother (a return missionary) to be the one to baptize her and her son and she would need to contact him and plan a day and time. In addition to that excitement I was able to see Tolan on Thursday and we went out to lunch together which was really fun to be able to see him again. I have attached a couple pictures below one is a picture with Tolan and the other is a picture with Elder Felton (he was my companion when we covered the Paris Idaho Stake). Elder Felton goes home on Wednesday and so I was able to get a picture with him before he went home. I also went to the eye doctor to get contacts this week which has been pretty interesting trying to get used to them. It still takes me awhile to get them in and take them out but I am getting quicker. They gave me a trial pack to use for a week before we order some after my return appointment on Wednesday. Oh and I forgot to tell y'all last week but we found out at interviews that we will be having a mission conference coming this Saturday, Feb 15, where we will be meeting Elder Bednar!! I have a suspicion that there will some talk about iPads and that we may get our iPads on Saturday!!! For obvious reasons I am getting pretty excited about meeting an apostle and hopefully he will have some presents for us ;) Well I have to go now but I love y'all very much and thank you again for all the letters and support that y'all have given me :)

An extra picture for your viewing pleasure:  James and Elder Hernadez eating dinner with Amanda's friend Erin.  Erin mentioned she was moving to IF on FB, Amanda replied with "My brother serves there," and Andrea, a friend of Erin's saw that and mentioned she was serving dinner to an Elder Curtis in IF that very night.  Erin needed to go to IF to make arrangements for the move, so she asked if she could join too.  And so James was surprised by dinner with Amanda's old friend Erin and new friend Andrea.