Brett-September 9, 2008

Happy birthday Blake and Andrew!! Well this has been a great weekend. We had stake conference this weekend and it was really great. Elder Richard J. Maynes was here and spoke in all the sessions. He's a great speaker and it was a very spiritual conference. He talked a little bit about the Plan of Salvation and celestial traditions vs false traditions. He talked a lot about the family and how these traditions should start in the home such as FHE, hopefully y'all are having it. Well it was a great weekend and yesterday we got to go hike Sierra Blanca up in Ruidoso. That's why I didn't have the chance to email yesterday. We got up at 4 in the morning and it's an hour and a half drive to Ruidoso. We had to start our hike before 6 because they are doing some construction on the road up to the ski resort and we had to beat the workers. It was kind of a long day but it was a beautiful hike. It took just under four hours to get to the top and just less than two to get back down. Its nice to finally see some mountains again. Sierra Blanca is the highest point in our mission at 12,000 ft. I'll try and attach some pictures for ya. It was probably the best P-day I've had yet. There wasn't too much to do in Pecos. Well as for the missionary work its been kinda slow. We've been knocking on a lot of doors trying to find people to teach. We've set lots of appointments with people but hardly any of them hold. I guess we're just going to have to keep knocking until we find someone that's ready. I know if we keep trying our hardest and talking to everybody the Lord will put someone in our path that is ready to hear the gospel. I love y'all and hope you have an awesome week.
Elder Brett Harber