Writings from West Virginia: Hello everyone!

We are half way through the transfer now, and time is flying by! Thank you for all your prayers in our behalf, we saw some great miracles this week!

We went on exchanges this week on Wednesday! I went to Elkins with Elder Jackson! Elder De Graff came here and worked Buckhannon with Elder Sawyer. We had a great time in Elkins! They have "Forest Festival" every year where they celebrate the start of Fall. I just so happened to be there on Nashville night! Tons of fun! Think the carnival/Fiesta Days in Spanish Fork. :) Just with a lot more country.

Thursday, we exchanged back in Clarksburg for Zone Meeting! Once a month on the first Friday, the Zone convenes in Clarksburg to receive instruction from our amazing Zone Leaders! The end of this Zone Meeting brought a surprise though, President Salisbury showed up, with the movie Meet the Mormons in tow! IT WAS SO GOOD! Maybe I'm just a huge film nut, and I've been suffering through movie withdrawl for the last 4 months, but it was still absolutely awesome!

That night we were able to meet with an investigator who has been coming to church the past couple weeks! M.R. He is dating a member named J. (Ryan knows her brother out in Khong Khen, Thailand), and is great friends with J's brother in law and his wife. It was a great lesson, he is super prepared, and Elder Sawyer set him on date for October 26! Unfortunately I will probably be leaving October 22, so I may not be there for it. Unfortunate, but one thing I've learned is that the work still goes on even if I'm not there. He's a great man and I know he will do great things as a member of the church!

Then it was General Conference! Woo hoo! Conference weekend was awesome! So many good talks. So many awesome talks! So many awesome things to talk about. Don't ask me what my favorite was. Elder Christofferson? Elder Robbins? President Uchtdorf? President Monson? Ah! All so good! I don't even know! There really isn't any way to pick my favorite. I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did! Make sure to review them often. Conference weekend provides no benefit if you only listen to them once. The church leaders don't spend months praying and fasting over their talks so you can only hear it once for 15 minutes. I've noticed a great change in myself as I've started to listen to talks more frequently. Elder Holland is my favorite. :) Don't tell him I said that.

I love you all! Thank you for your prayers in my behalf! I know they are working, and as you guys receive blessings from my service, I am also getting blessings from your prayers. I love you all! Thank you all for everything you do for me! Keep writing!

Brax

p.s. Five Fish sightings at General Conference Mom!