July 20, 2010-Email

hey how are you guys doing today? well i'm doing good but i'm sick... i have a cold, which i don't even know how i could possibly get in this humidity and heat but here i have one. so i feel really drained this last 2 days. but would you like to know whats going on with transfers? ok so here it is i'm leaving ardmore oklahoma... and i'm going to edmond 1st ward. which is just north of Oklahoma city. and i found out some other news to i will be staying senior companion and going district leader there. i'm really nervous about it. i found out that my companion is elder riches and hes been out like 16 months and everybody else in the district will be out longer then me by about a year so that makes me a little nervous. but i guess thats what suppose to happen. i've heard that elder riches is cool so i sure am hoping so. i will be having a car but i wont have to many miles though but hopefully i can get some more when i go there. so transfers are tomorrow in moore so we will be leaving probably about 8 to get up there. but elder staggs is staying here and hes getting an elder that will be interesting. i'm glad i'm leaving for that reason. but when i told the members on sunday they were all sad that i was going and said that i have to come back when i get home. i told them i would. our 2 investigators that we have been working with for like 3 months took it really hard that i'm leaving they said that i should just stay it was funny they told me to come back and visit to so i have lots of people to see down here. umm so thats the big news here not much else has happened down here charles is still planning on going to logan to get baptized. he doesn't know when i gave them your phone number and told them to call and get in contact with you. their names are charles and jeri lewis. so yeah hes planning on going the first week in august and getting baptized half way through! i'll send a picture of staggs and me actually we don't have one together so i will get one. the tomatos plants look huge!!!!! i can't believe how big they are! and it sounds like dad is really trunky! but i would be too. time is flying by i remember when he was excited that it was a year away and now its only like 2 months! jon got a new truck? nope didn't hear that... what kind is it? pictures? yeah i e-mail my family! of course i do! i will send my memory card this next week i've been really busy this last week getting things ready for elder staggs to take over. lets just say he has been here for 3 months and still doesn't know where he is going and doesn't know where half the people live. i'm a little scared to leave the area because of that but i have to so yeah... yeah i'm using my camel bag. we had to bike this last week most of the week to save miles. so we were out in the 110 degree heat biking about 12 miles around ardmore. i'm pretty sure that nobody should have to do that. yeah i drink lots of water thats pretty much all i drink. besides oj but this last week i didn't buy any to save some money and look what happened i got sick : lets see thats about all thats going on here. i'll write when i get to edmond tomorrow to tell you guys my new address! oh i bought a duffle bag for 20 bucks so you know. i have so much stuff i didn't think that i had that much. but i would get rid of some of it but i use all of it! well thats all i got for today. sounds like dad is doing good in the bishopric and had fun at youth conference and will at scout camp. well have a good week talk to you next week and tell you how stressed i am with being district leader!
love y'all Elder Downs