February 2, 2015

Dear Family,

Well its been a really good week. We had some really cool things happen. Well first off, some members from my second area  made the drive over to Auburn(which is about 25 minutes away) and took me and my companion out to lunch. It was super good to see them. It was the Hernandez family one of the coolest families I've gotten to know on my mission. Brayden, there son in law was  there as well(the one that I  taught and baptized last June). So it was just really good to see them again and catch up. The whole family are recent converts besides the husband who I worked a good amount with. I seriously love this family some of the greatest people I've had the blessing of meeting on my mission.

I also got to go to the temple with my two former companions that I served with in Redding and a couple of members from the ward I served in from Redding were there as well. My ward mission leader was there and the one who planned it so we could all see each other again. You become so close with so many people and than get transferred so it good to be reunited and able to see them again. Definitely a highlight from the week.

So we received transfer calls which is always exciting. Nothing too crazy happened besides that my companion is being transferred to Granite Bay. My new companion is Elder Carriero who I've never met before and haven't really heard anything about. I'll meet him tomorrow so hopefully he's a cool guy. I now officially only have 3 transfers left......WEIRD!

Noah finally came to church!! After teaching him forever he finally made it and is starting to make huge strides. He's a producer at a catholic radio show and a die hard catholic so considering he has a huge interest in learning is awesome. He lives in the rural part of our area and took us on a little walk to a waterfall which was almost basically in his backyard. Anyways just a really awesome guy hopefully he keeps progressing.

Love you guys hope you all have a great week!