Blake-May 28, 2008

TRANSFER DAY!!! THINGS ARE GOOD HERE IN ANACOSTIA STILL…ELDER COATS AND I ARE STAYING TOGETHER, WHICH IS SUPER SWEET!! WE HAVE SO MUCH GOING ON RIGHT NOW AND HOPE TO HAVE ANOTHER AWESOME TRANSFER…HE IS SO MUCH FUN TO WORK WITH AND WE REALLY COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER PRETTY WELL. OUR ROOMMATES, ELDER SANT & ELDER NORMAN ARE BOTH GONE…I WON’T GO INTO DETAILS BECAUSE I DON’T WANT TO TALK BAD ABOUT THEM, BUT IT IS A HUGE RELIEF. LAST TRANSFER WAS ONE OF THE WORST LIVING SITUATIONS, BUT WE REALLY DID OUR BEST TO MAKE IT WORK. WE MANAGED, BUT THIS TRANSFER WILL BE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. WE ARE LIVING WITH THE ANACOSTIA NORTH ELDERS STILL, BUT NOW IT’S ELDER ANDERSON AND ELDER WHITE…BOTH OF THEM ARE COOL KIDS AND SHOULD BE MUCH BETTER TO LIVE WITH. WE WILL PROBABLY BE MOVING APARTMENTS THIS WEEK JUST BECAUSE OF ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE HAD SINCE I HAVE LIVED HERE. IT WILL STILL BE IN THE SAME COMPLEX, JUST A DIFFERENT BUILDING AND ON THE TOP FLOOR INSTEAD OF THE BASEMENT…WE SHOULDN’T HAVE ALL THE LEAK PROBLEMS NOW, AND HOPEFULLY NOT AS MANY ROACHES AND STUFF. WE’LL SEE…ANYWAYS, THIS NEXT TRANSFER WILL PROBABLY BE MY LAST HERE AND THEN I WILL MOVE TO MY DEATH AREA. WE HAVE LOTS OF STUFF LINED UP RIGHT NOW AND PLENTY OF WORK TO DO…NOTHING IS SET IN STONE LIKE THE BEGINNING OF NEXT TRANSFER, BUT WE HAVE 6 PEOPLE WITH SERIOUS POTENTIAL THAT WE COULD BAPTIZE THIS TRANSFER. HOPEFULLY WE’LL BE GETTING WET A FEW TIMES…THINGS ARE GOOD WITH THE WARD AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT TOO. THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY CAN AND I HAVE ADJUSTED AND COME TO APPRECIATE MY WARD THAT MUCH MORE…BOTH OF OUR BAPTISMS WENT DOWN THIS PAST SUNDAY TOO. THE WARD SUPPORT WAS OK, BUT THE PROGRAM WAS GREAT…ELDER COATS BAPTIZED WILLIAM SMITH (16) AND I BAPTIZED GENEA SMITH (15)…BOTH ARE GEMILLA SMITH’S KIDS AND ARE AWESOME!! THEY ARE ALL DOING REALLY WELL RIGHT NOW AND BISHOP IS WORKING WITH GEMILLA AT GETTING HER AN APARTMENT. ALL OF OUR OTHERS ARE DOING GREAT TOO…BEULAH IS AWESOME, AND WE ARE STILL TEACHING HER GRANDDAUGHTER TIERSA. WE WENT OVER TO OUR WARD MISSION LEADER’S HOUSE, BROTHER BRISCOE, FOR A COOKOUT ON MONDAY AND THEN UP TO ONE OF ELDER COATS’ FAMILY FRIENDS IN BETHESDA FOR DINNER…THEY ARE ALL GREAT AND WE HAD AN AWESOME DAY. LIFE IS GREAT!! WE HAVE AN AWESOME ZONE AND AWESOME LEADERS IN THE MISSION AND I FINALLY FEEL LIKE I HAVE A GRASP ON THINGS. I LOVE THIS WORK SO MUCH AND LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER AWESOME 6 WEEKS WITH ELDER COATS!! THE CHURCH IS TRUE WITHOUT A DOUBT…NO DOUBT IN MY MIND!! NOTHING CAN STOP OUR WORK FROM PROGRESSING WHEN WE DO ALL WE CAN TO HAVE THE LORD ON OUR SIDE…I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT WEEK…LOVE YOU ALL TONS!!!
LOVE,
ELDER BLAKE HARBER