New companion

I noticed Tab was on the computer and sent him a little message. He responded by saying......

oh Hey! 

you sneaky mom.............

Hi again Mom! 

This week was great! I have a great companion. He's like Elder Thompson who I love. Both are great. We didn't have any dinner dates during conference... SOMEONE planned a nice little mission-wide fast so we didn't get invited to the chinese restaurant with the ward. It was good though - the fast was good for us. It prepped me real nice for the Saturday session of conference. I loved conference!

The hand is good. I got my cast off like two weeks ago! I go to therapy twice a week and they have helped me get back to 60% mobility or so. It will keep getting better as the swelling goes down. I attached two photos. Did you get my letter? 

Man Clark writes to you more than he writes to me! That goon!

I do know Hadley. She was in my seminary class. That is really sad. Lot's of weird stuff has happened since I left!

You always say "don't worry".... I don't ever worry! Haha ain't nobody got time for that. 

Yeah Elder Thompson's got like 1 transfer left. Elder Marchant is like Elder Thompson. His first name is Braydon. 

I don't know what to write about! 

Love you,

Tab

Hi Dad! 

You are right - most of the weeks go by quickly but generally the length of the day, from my perspective, depends on how hard I work. Sometimes the weather changes things a little bit too. I would say that this week most of the days were pretty short! My new companion is Elder Marchant. He is from Warren, Utah. He is pretty funny. He reminds me quite a lot of Elder Thompson. I get along with him really well and he works hard and I am sure that we will get along very well. I am happy to be his companion. He knows how to contact people, too. 

I was able to watch all of conference. I really enjoyed the talks in the priesthood session. I liked Elder Oaks' and Elder Hallstrom's and Elder Uchtdorf's talks. All of Saturday was great. I was less engaged during the Sunday sessions of conference and so I didn't get as much from those talks. But I will be going back and reading them like you. What was your favorite?

Elder VanWagoner was transferred to East Orange driving! My old area. So I am happy for him and I am sure he is even happier. I talked to him about it after he left. He is going to say hi to all my friends there :)

Sandy Hook is just right up the road from our area! Will you be tutoring him over the internet? Yeah see if you can get us a referral :) maybe he'll take us out to lunch?

I had a difficult time coming up with goals for my consecration contract but I figured it out. I'm not trying to say that I am a perfect missionary, but I really didn't know what to put on the "things to be more obedient" section. I put a few, like having effective studies, keeping lessons to 45 min and writing in my journal more often. And contacting 10 people a day, which we have been doing. Elder Marchant gets down to the nitty gritty and just does it so that has motivated me to talk to more people. He's great. We'll find some good people. 

Well! I can't think of much else to talk about. I like the quote you shared with me -- that was a good talk. So I'll keep at it... I don't want a desolate house!

Love you,

Tab

Cast off.....

Healing nicely!