On the Farm

Hey guys.
Well, I'm in my new area with a new comp. He is quite the character. This transfer with him will be fun. We are in the Lehi Stake in Mesa, covering three wards. It is a lot different from the area I just came from. My last area was about 300 square miles, this area is barely two square miles (however, we still have a car. My comp has medical issues, so he can't ride a bike, but he also can't drive, so I'm the designated driver for six weeks.) The last area was nothing but millionaires, but in this area all of our time is spent in trailer parks. One cool thing, however, is that we live in our own house. Three bedroom, seperate from all other buildings, completely ours, just Elder Ellsworth and I. It's on a small horse ranch, so as such when I sleep the only thing seperating my head from a dozen cows is three feet of space, and six inches of brick and sheetrock. It's pretty legit. So, this new area should be fun. Oh yeah, I did get to go back to Cave Creek to see that family baptized. It was really really cool. I hope you all are doing well, and I love and miss you all!

Transfers. . . . .

I am being transferred back to Mesa. It actually might be part of an indian reservation, but I'm not sure. I will be getting a new companion. I'm not too happy about leaving, though. The family I have been teaching gets baptized this weekend, but I'll be gone by then. Hopefully I'll be able to get permission to come back for that baptism. Anyways, I guess my time in Cave Creek has come to an end. I spent all day yesterday saying bye to everyone. It was so sad. Bishop Morgan of the Cave Creek ward even made an announcement in sacrament meeting that I was leaving and he wanted to thank me for serving here. This is probably the hardest transfer I'll ever do. I've been here so long and the people here are so great that I've become part of them. Well, we're definately coming back here to visit. Love you guys so much!!!

My Email from Scott this week. . . .

Hey sis. So ironically enough, we had interviews with President on
Thursday. Just as I thought the interview was coming to an end, he
asks me how things are going back home. I tell him that I knew very
little how things were. Little did I know how little I knew. Wow,
almost down to single digits of months left. But I'm not gunna think
about that. Well, the work here is going great. There was a baptism
that was scheduled for this coming weekend. It's the family I was
telling you guys about over Christmas. They are progressing super
fast, but they want to push it back a week as they have prior
commitments on that day. So the baptism will be 3 days after
transfers. =( Hope and pray that I don't get transfered!!! It's a
long shot, but it's still possible. Anyways, other than that, we've
had a really good week. There are a lot of confusing things going on
right now in the work. There was a couple (not married) who were
working on getting baptized by the end of the year. She is an
excommunicated member, but we baptized her 14 year-old son in
November. The boyfriend had a date on New Years Eve, and we we're
hoping that he would have been ready to be baptized then, but a few
days before Christmas, they left for Hawaii together. =( We've been
spending the last few weeks trying to contact them, but they fell off
the radar. Then on Sunday, they randomly showed up to church! But
they skipped out before sacrament was over and we didn't have a chance
to talk to them! Oh well. Other then that, things are going great.
I love you so much!!!
Elder Denison