Blake-September 10, 2008

THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR ALL THE HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES!! OF COURSE I DON'T REALLY FEEL ANY OLDER, BUT IT'S COOL TO BE 21 I GUESS...AT LEAST I REMEMBER WHAT I DID LAST NIGHT...HAHA. IT WAS A PRETTY COOL BIRTHDAY...ABOUT AS GOOD AS A MISSION BIRTHDAY CAN BE I SUPPOSE. I TOPPED IT OFF WITH A SWEET NIGHT AT THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY...I'LL EVEN ATTACH A PICTURE FOR YOU GUYS. YA, SO IT'S BEEN A PRETTY SOLID WEEK...NOT TOO MUCH TO WRITE ABOUT THESE DAYS...YOU KNOW THE ROUTINE BY NOW...WE GO OUT AND TRY TO FIND SOME PEOPLE, TEACH SOME LESSONS, DO OUR THING. BUT SERIOUSLY...WE DID JUST THAT, BUT WE DID SET A BAPTISM DATE WITH CZARINA ON MONDAY NIGHT, SO THAT WAS SWEET!! SHE WILL BE GETTING BAPTIZED ON SEPTEMBER 21...I THOUGHT ABOUT MAKING IT THE 28th SO THAT IT COULD BE ON MY LAST SUNDAY, BUT I WANT TO BE THERE FOR THE CONFIRMATION TOO AND SHE'S TOTALLY READY, SO WE'RE JUST GONNA DO IT. SHE'S SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT...WHEN I EXTENDED THE DATE TO HER, SHE GOT THIS HUGE SMILE ON HER FACE...IT WAS SO COOL!! THE LESSONS ARE REALLY HELPING OUT HER MOM TOO...I THINK SHE GETS A TON OUT OF THEM AND THEY'VE BEEN STRONG ABOUT COMING TO CHURCH THE PAST 2 WEEKS, SO I THINK WE'VE GOT OURSELVES A SOLID LITTLE MOTHER/DAUGHTER COMBO HERE. IT'S PRETTY SWEET...OTHER THAN THAT, NOTHING TOO SPECIAL UP AND COMING. TODAY WE HAD AN INTERZONE ACTIVITY WITH 3 OF THE 7 ZONES IN OUR MISSION, UP AT A MEMBER'S RANCH IN OLNEY, MD...IT WAS SO SWEET!! THEY HAD TONS OF STUFF, BUT I PLAYED HOCKEY AND FOOTBALL. THE HOCKEY IS ACTUALLY IN A RINK, BUT JUST ON THE SPORTCOURT MATERIAL, SO YOU JUST RUN AND GO...IT WAS PRETTY SWEET AND THEN THE FOOTBALL WAS A PRETTY BIG, NICE GREEN FIELD SO THAT WAS SWEET TOO. I HAD A KID FROM THE BYU FOOTBALL TEAM AND A KID FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH FOOTBALL TEAM ON MY SIDE, SO NEEDLESS TO SAY WE HOOKED UP FOR A COUPLE OF TOUCHDOWNS AND SMASHED EVERYONE. THE BYU PLAYER IS A KICKER AND THE U OF U PLAYER IS A RECEIVER...PRESIDENT MANSELL EVEN PLAYED TOO!! IT WAS SUPER FUN!! TOMORROW IS MY LAST ZONE CONFERENCE...WE ARE HAVING ELDER GARN OF THE 70 COME TALK TO US...IT SHOULD BE AWESOME!! WELL, LIFE IS GOOD...I HAD BETTER RUN, BUT I LOVE YOU ALL AND OF COURSE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE SOON...HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!
LOVE,
ELDER BLAKE HARBER