Blake-June 25, 2008

I AM SOAKING WET RIGHT NOW IN THIS FREEZING COLD ROOM HERE AT THE SUITLAND STAKE CENTER BECAUSE WE JUST GOT DONE WITH OUR ZONE ACTIVITY OF WATER KICKBALL...IT WAS SO SWEET!! WE PLAYED KICKBALL, BUT THE BASES WERE LITTLE KIDDY POOLS AND HOME PLATE WAS A SLIP & SLIDE...WE HAD A BLAST!! IT HAS BEEN A PRETTY AWESOME WEEK...LOTS OF WORK TO DO. WE KEPT BUSY WITH LESS-ACTIVES AND SOME INVESTIGATORS, ALONG WITH OUR COMBINED DISTRICT MEETING. PRESIDENT MANSELL TOLD ME THAT I'LL BE MOVING THIS TRANSFER (COMING UP ON JULY 9), AND THEN I'LL HAVE 2 MORE WHEREVER I GO. THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING I'M PROBABLY GOING TO GO TO THE DC 2nd SINGLE'S WARD, BUT IT'S NOT FOR SURE...JUST A GUESS. WE HAS STAKE CORRELATION WITH THE STAKE PRESIDENCY AND MISSION PRESIDENCY THIS WEEK, AND THEY GOT INTO SOME MORE DETAILED STUFF THAN USUAL, SO THAT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE HOW SOME THINGS RUN IN THE STAKE AND MISSION. WE GOT TO GO UP TO THE VISITOR'S CENTER ON SUNDAY NIGHT WITH BEULAH TO SEE SAM PAYNE AND MARVIN GOLDSTEIN PERFORM...THAT WAS AWESOME. MARVIN KNOWS THE PIANO BETTER THAN THE BACK OF HIS HAND!! MARK BENDALL CAME UP AND SAID HI AFTERWARDS...HE SERVED IN THE VEGAS WEST MISSION AND WAS IN MY WARD FOR 6 WEEKS. WE SET UP A LUNCH APPOINTMENT THE NEXT DAY, WHICH WAS SUPER FUN. WE GOT TO TALK ALL ABOUT THE MISSION HERE AND THE MISSION THERE, AND HAD A REALLY GREAT TIME. HE'S GOING TO THE DC 2nd SINGLE'S WARD RIGHT NOW AND WILL BE AT BYU IN THE FALL, SO I SHOULD BE SEEING HIM AGAIN. HE'S A COOL GUY!! HE TOOK US TO CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN AND IT WAS SWEET...TIERSA RIDLEY HAS A BAPTISM DATE NOW, AND WE ARE WORKING ON HER MOM REALLY HARD RIGHT NOW TOO. A LESS-ACTIVE WE ARE WORKING WITH TOLD US LAST NIGHT THAT HIS WIFE IS READY TO BE BAPTIZED TOO, SO WE POTENTIALLY HAVE 3 COMING UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SORRY FOR NO SPECIFICS ON THE WORK, BUT IT'S MAINLY JUST BEEN SEEING PEOPLE, TEACHING LESSONS, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. NOTHING SPECIAL YET...HAHA. ANYWAYS, I LOVE YOU ALL...I LOVE WASHINGTON DC!! IT IS THE COOLEST MISSION EVER...I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE NOT BEING A MISSIONARY. HAVE A GREAT WEEK...THE GOSPEL IS TRUE!!
LOVE,
ELDER BLAKE HARBER