Blake-September 17, 2008

I'M KINDA SCARED TO START WRITING THIS E-MAIL BECAUSE AS SOON AS I'M DONE I'M ONLY GOING TO E-MAIL ONE MORE TIME ON MY MISSION!! WOW, THAT'S PRETTY CRAZY TO THINK ABOUT. WELL, ANOTHER GOOD WEEK...NOTHING TOO CRAZY GOING ON IN ROCKVILLE. WE HAD A GOOD ZONE CONFERENCE WITH ELDER GARN...HE IS A SUPER COOL GENERAL AUTHORITY!! ME AND MY COMPANION ALSO GOT TO HAVE A MEETING WITH HIM AND PRESIDENT AND SOME OTHER MISSIONARIES ALSO, SO THAT WAS PRETTY SWEET TOO BECAUSE IT WAS A LITTLE MORE PERSONAL. WE WERE WITH PRESIDENT 5 DAYS IN A ROW THIS WEEK BECAUSE OF ALL THE MEETING WE GOT TO GO TO...ON SATURDAY WE WENT TO A STAKE WARD MISSIONARY TRAINING MEETING SO BOTH ME AND MY COMPANION COULD EACH GIVE A LITTLE 15 MINUTE TRAINING SESSION. THE STAKE HIGH COUNSELOR OVER MISSIONARY WORK INVITED US TO DO THAT, BUT THERE WEREN'T ANY OTHER MISSIONARIES AT THAT ONE...IT WAS PRETTY COOL AND WENT WELL. THEN ON SUNDAY WE HAD OUR STAKE CORRELATION MEETING WITH THAT SAME HIGH COUNSELOR, PRESIDENT MANSELL, AND THE DC STAKE PRESIDENT, RON HARRISON. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN IN A MEETING WITH PRESIDENT HARRISON AND IT WAS SUPER SWEET!! HE'S A COOL GUY TO WORK WITH...ENERGETIC, BUT SERIOUS...I FELT LIKE IT WAS A REALLY EFFECTIVE MEETING!! UNFORTUNATELY, ALL THESE MEETINGS DIDN'T LEAVE US A TON OF TIME TO WORK IN OUR AREA THIS WEEK, BUT THINGS ARE STILL GOING SMOOTH. THE MAIN THING TO REPORT ON IS THAT CZARINA IS GETTING BAPTIZED THIS SUNDAY AND WE ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT!! LIFE IS GREAT...THE WORK IS GREAT...LOVE YOU ALL TONS!!
LOVE,
ELDER BLAKE HARBER