Brett-October 6, 2008

Hola familia. Well this transfer has just flown by!! I can't believe its over already and I definitely can't believe that Blake is home. Crazy!! Well Elder Spencer is leaving but he's not going far. He's the new District Leader in Ruidoso so I'll still get to be around him. I got a call from the assistants yesterday after conference. They told me that they're making me a senior companion. I'm kinda nervous but excited at the same time. I feel like I just got out here and I feel like I still have a lot to learn but I think I'm ready. This last transfer has definitely prepared me for it. Well conference was awesome this weekend. I really loved the second session on Saturday. Elder Wirthlin followed by Elder Holland...It doesn't get any better than that. It was a great conference, I learned a lot and it made me realize that there are a few things I need to work on. There are a lot of changes this transfer in the District. Elder Roper the ZL got released and is going down south. Our District Leader Elder Griffin is going to be one of the new Zone Leaders in Lubbock and one of the sisters are leaving as well. The work has been going well this last week. We picked up about 5 new Spanish investigators. My Spanish is still improving and there's definitely more room for improvement. We got to go on exchanges this past week. Elder Hill (ZL) came and worked our area with me. It went really well. We picked up a couple new investigators and we sat down and taught this Spanish guy named Martin. He doesn't speak a whole lot of English and Elder Hill doesn't speak any Spanish so I got to teach him a whole first lesson by my self. It was a neat experience. Elder Spencer and I also started teaching this couple this week, Kathy and Honario. Kathy speaks no Spanish and Honario speaks no English. Its an interesting relationship. Not a lot of communication there lol We sat down and taught them a couple times this week. It's pretty fun to teach them. What happens is I'll teach a principle in Spanish and Elder Spencer will translate for Kathy and then he'll teach a principle in Spanish and I'll translate. The work has definitely been improving here and I'm excited for this upcoming transfer. I love y'all.
Elder Brett Harber