Chris has a fiance ....

Wow sounds like you guys had an awesome trip and I am glad to hear that you arrived back home safe and sound. It sounds like Kyle is adjusting rather well and I am glad you guys got the letters as well as pictures that I sent.

 

So this last week was good we did quite a bit of service as well as went to the Temple ( which I already told you about in my email home Tuesday and hope to hear a response to that email as well). One of the highlights of the week was doing some service for some members of the ward that have recently moved in. We were doing some yard work for them - but the highlight of it wasn't the actual work but was the fact that I now have a fiancé believe it or not! I didn't think that it would ever happen on my mission. Her name is Jenna and she is maybe 4 years old - ha ha. Throughout the entire time we were there she repeatedly pointed her finger at me and stated rather boldly and loudly "You're going to marry me one day and were going to have 121 zillion kids and your going to hand them to me and I am going to feed them from my boob!" she was quite hilarious to say the least. Saying all these things in front of her Mom and Dad. And she also said we were going to have five dogs and her Dad said that at least when I hear the dogs I'll know to start running.

 

Another awesome thing that happened was we got 6 new ward missionaries this week. Each one of them is one of the counselors of the auxiliaries such as young men's and women's and relief society and so on. Though they were not released from their counselor positions - which I think is awesome because it creates a link between us as missionaries and the rest of the ward and gets the entire ward involved so I am excited for it.

 

Another cool thing is the attitude behind how we are trying to get the ward involved. We looked at it almost from a business perspective in how a business can have an awesome product and tell what it is and how it works but it still doesn't sell well until they focus more on the why aspect.  Why they sell it and why it's needed.  I believe with this way of doing things it will help out the work in the ward a lot. I hope this all makes sense. I feel like in some ways it may just sound like rambling.

 

As far as the rest of the week it was pretty normal but really good. We taught roughly 2 lessons a day between lessons taught to random people, investigators, recent converts, and less active members. I am still loving my mission and wouldn't trade it for anything right now. It is helping me grow and change in ways that I never had thought it would and I am excited to see the person I become over the next year and a half.

As always though you guys are awesome and I miss you all as well. I am quite comforted by knowing you still carry around that little rhino Ryan - I give you props for doing so. I hope to hear back from you all soon and look forward to email every week! Tell everyone back at home I love and miss them! Let me know if I can do anything for you guys. You are always in my prayers! 

Love Chris