July 27, 2010-Email

Hey whats going on everybody?
so i am finally here in edmond and its quite a different place. i like it so far but not as much as ardmore. i really miss it down there but i think i will like this place too hopefully. so umm yeah this is the way rich part of our mission. everybody around here calls it hollywood of oklahoma. our area is huge alot bigger then my first area but not as big as ardmore. but the depressing news is that this area use to have a car but the elder before me got t-boned and theres alot of missionaries around the mission that got in accidents so we wont be getting the car back for a while. so we are biking around our huge area! and let me tell you i have never seen so many big hills before in my life and it seams like they are all around were we need to go. we have alot of investigators which is a reallly good thing we are really busy and its a completely different change then it was in ardmore. we have an investigator who is planning on getting baptized in like 3 weeks!!!!! its way cool and 3 kids that are planning on it too so it should be great. district leader is really stressfull. and its just been really a long first week. and it just weird everybody in my district is out at least 6 months longer then me so its really hard. my companion is having a hard time to since i'm district leader and senior over him when he has been out 16 months. he actuallly has only 8months left basically how long i have been out so its been kind of a struggle but he is a really cool kid. i like him alot more then i did elder staggs. my first district meeting when really well i thought the zone leaders said that they were really impressed with it so i guess thats good. oh my companion is from midvale so its way cool. hes pretty tall too like 6 2 so we are a pretty cool companionship. we have sisters in our zone and also another set of elders. they all live about a mile away from each other so its cool to be close to other missionaries for a change. so lets see your questions... a district leader planns out district meeting does baptism interviews makes sure everything is going good in the district takes numbers every sunday night. and thats about it then i go on exchanges with the elders and with the zone leaders once a transfer. so its really kind of stressful. we have a little disgusting apartment. its really gross and small about half the size of our house in ardmore. which is a shock i only have 2 drawers and a small closet so i might be sending some stuff home because i have to much stuff i think. they pretty much have everything here you could think of. i have no idea if we will be able to golf probably not but you never know. its way bigger then ardmore. its a big city there is 3 wards in edmond. i am happy here for now kind of stressed with the whole younger then everybody by alot. i get alot of crap for it. yeah thats about it. i forgot my address so i will write a letter when i get back to my apartment with it in it. lets see i guess thats about it i forgot my camera cord so i will send some pictures next week.... well thats about it for this week i have to go so talk to y'all later... have a good week love y'all
elder downs