Writings from West Virginia: Hello everyone!

Another week come and gone! Some great things have been happening here in Buckhannon! Elder Sawyer and I have really started to see some miracles take place. We, unfortunately didn't get 8 new investigators (freaking Ryan. I'm so covetous right now. ;D), but we did have some really sweet lessons with some really sweet people!

(Mom insert: Ryan, his cousin, is serving in the Bangkok, Thailand mission)

Last P-day we went to Ron Hinkle Glass! It was pretty swell, and from what I hear Emma liked her penguin! (Sorry other family and loved ones, but custom glass is expensive!) We got to see firsthand how they make glass ornaments! They did a demonstration for us, and I did take a video, but MyLDSMail doesn't let us send videos, unless it's 7 seconds long or less. Oh well! Maybe when this SD card fills up I'll send it home and you can all see then. :)

Tuesday started off a pretty great week! We headed up to Weston with Roy Chapman to give a member a blessing who was in the hospital up there. Elder Sawyer was asked to give the blessing, and I anointed. It was a great blessing, and from what I hear she is doing well! We also got to stop by R's house, a recent convert and discuss with her about the Book of Mormon! We do it every Tuesday, and it's a great time!

On Wednesday we had a great opportunity to talk to D.! It was a pretty good visit, and we encouraged her to keep seeking the answer she is looking for, and to be serious about it. Keep praying for her everyone! She sure needs it.

We had some fun things happen the rest of the week, but nothing too major. On Saturday we had some extra miles left over, so we headed down south to a part of our area where we don't get to go very often! Not much to do down there, the cities don't get much bigger than three or four streets, but it was still really fun to be able to see all the trees and stuff like that down Southernward.

Yeah. I think I'm leaving. 90% sure. The Zone Leaders are calling us on Saturday and giving us a number, 0 1 or 2, and that means how many people are leaving the area. Then they call us on Tuesday and tell us who, where they are going, and who is coming in. I'll be honest, I'm really freaking nervous! I don't want to leave. As Elder Fielding would say the last week that he was here in Buckhannon, "Change sucks." Very well put.

Church was fantastic, as usual. Fast and testimony meeting is always great! The oldest member of the ward, Goldie Chapman, stood up in the congregation (she's too old to get up to the podium) and bore her testimony right there in the middle. First experience ever like that! It was awesome. She's a really spunky old lady. Really fun to talk to. She has over 200 posterity, 51 years of church experience, 92 years of total life! That was a powerful testimony. She'd never really been "prominent" in the church, just a nice lady doing her thing. She grew up on a farm, was a housewife and stay at home mom, her husband died almost two decades ago, and she is reaching the end of her mortal existence, but there was no doubt in her frail voice. She's knows just as well as The Quorum of the Twelve, The Counselors, and even President Monson that this church is true.

Thanks for all your support and emails and letters and packages and everything! I appreciate them more than you all know. I love all of you! Talk to you all next week!

Love, Brax