Writings from West Virginia: Bound for the Promised Land!

Hello hello family and friends!

This is my last week in Pikeville! And what a week is was at that! The big news of the week--- On Saturday The Zone Leaders called us to throw us a curveball! Elder Davis and I are both leaving Pikeville! They are shutting us down. This is way better for the area. There really isn't enough work here for two companionships. We were a little surprised, but hey, some serious mysterious ways going on right now.

On Tuesday we got the call! Transfer doctrine! Elder Davis is going to Martinsville, Virginia, and is with Elder Kamaluu! A Hawaiian whom we've only heard good things about! I am headed to Wytheville, Virginia! That's right! For the next 6 to 24 weeks I get to sound like I have a lisp everytime I tell people where I am! I am with Elder Larsen, whom I do not know, but have also only heard good things about. Exciting times are right ahead!

Thanksgiving! Our first meal appointment was with Brother W! and his sweet wife. Sister W! Brother and Sister in Law were in from Michigan and Brother W.'s Brother and Sister in Law were in from Georgia! Sister W.'s Brother is a big golfer, and he actually golfs 36 holes every DAY. Yeah. He was fun to talk to for a while. Elder Davis was having the time of his life because of how much he loves golf. They had some amazing food there! I actually ate Sweet Potatoes Mom! (Don't gasp) they were covered in Brown Sugar and were delicious. Everything else was good too. They had some AWESOME Key-Lime Pie.

Our second appointment was with B&C, our landlords! They are an awesome older couple who own the entire hollar that we live in! Mrs. C had made this stuff called Bread Pudding. I was a little skeptical at first... but that first bite.... that's what we will be eating in the celestial kingdom. It was basically melted Cinnamon rolls. IT WAS SO GOOD. We're going over tonight to see if we can #stealimeanask for the recipe.

Our last appointment was with The Wms family in Williamson! We were told by every sister that we talked to that The Wms are amazing, but they live 60 miles away, and we have a 40 mile a day budget, so we were thus far unable to meet them (they don't come to church much apparently) . They are a great family! I wish I would have been able to snag a picture with them. J&V are the parents. They have a great family and great boys and had a lot of questions for us. We had a great three hour conversation with all of them. Great, great family! They just need to start coming to church more!

The rest of the time has just been cleaning and packing and cleaning and packing! They are selling the apartment we are living in currently, so we are purging everything we own. All the food, cleaning supplies, random crap, furniture, our stuff, etc. has to be gone. So that was pretty much my week after Thanksgiving.

Hope you all had a good week! Am I sad to be leaving.... a little. I think I could have done a lot more here if I would have had more time, so I have a little bit of an unfulfilled feeling. But then again it is Eastern Kentucky and the bad taste might be from all the lit cigarettes (haha). All will work out I suppose. More areas means more stories!

I will have lots to talk about next week with new adventures to report about!

Love you all,

Elder Brax