Letter #19 - May 7th, 2012

Dear non-interested readers, I'm still alive, checking in from Hillsdale, Michigan. Things are going pretty good here in missionary land. I'll recap the last few weeks or something. I went to back to Coldwater to see a baptism and it was way fun. I got to see Elder Fletcher, a friend from before the mission, and he was awesome. My last companion is doing so great. He's getting ready to go home in a few weeks so he's super ready for that business. The baptism went very well. It was a great feeling to know I helped somebody in that manner. I know she'll do fantastic. Let's see. A story that happened. So we were in Lansing for a zone conference. Afterward, some missionaries and I ate at Chipotle and then we were walking around and found a record store. I got stoked. So, I went inside and started talking to the guy who was working there about music. We talked about everything from Grizzley Bear to Say Anything (he actually knew that "Baseball" was their first album, not "...Is a Real Boy."). Eventually, I was able to turn it into the gospel. We talked about Christ and the Book of Mormon and all of that. Before we left, he asked for a Book of Mormon. It was sweet. But, I didn't have one on me. So another missionary we were with was just like "I can have one in like 30 seconds." And just took off to the car. We got it to him. I remembered why I love this work. We had some more finding success. I can't wait to see how things work out. I really don't know what else to say. I hope the summer is being prepared. Everyone needs to go like 100X harder than usual, I won't be there to pick up the slack. My friends need to jump off some cliffs for me. You know who you are. Take it easy, Damon.