Almost a Record...

Things here are going well. The month is ending and we have the final baptism count in. We had a goal for 24 baptisms, and a final count of 21. So we came up 3 short of the goal and the record. We're going to be working on it again in February. We have a goal of 31 baptisms. So it should be pretty good. We currently have 30 people on date for baptism. It'll be pretty close. As a companionship we have a goal for 5 baptisms, with 3 people currently on date. We have 2 more that we're hoping to put on tonight. The 2 sisters out in Randolph. The work here is slowing down some, but we're still managing to stay busy. Right now we're still working with some Peruvians that are pretty humble. They're great guys. We were in a lesson with them and some JW's walked in. We were just smiling and talking, they felt awkward and uncomfortable. It was great. We're still working with the brother of the girl that we baptized a few weeks ago. He'll be getting baptized on the 12th. Then on the 19th we have a girl from Randolph. We'll be meeting with her for the 2nd time tonight. Her mom is LA, but supportive of it. And then on the 26th we have a baptism for a boy name Hyrum Yates. He's here on Thursdays and every other weekend. He's ready right now, they just have to wait for grandma. Yesterday was stake conference here. We got up and gave our testimonies. I got up and saw 700 people looking back at me, plus whatever people were at the other building receiving the broadcast. It was a fun time. We ate lunch afterwards with a part member family and one of the high councilmen. We had steak and shrimp. I didn't have anything to complain about. We had transfers last Wednesday. Elder Salisbury left and Elder Byrd came in. He's been out for about a year and is from Boonville, Mississippi. Things are going good. I received my acceptance into BYU this week. So I will be able to go back there. I was pretty worried about it. But it looks like they'll accept me back after I'm done. I haven't messed up too much. Well I'm excited for this upcoming month of February, and can't believe it's already here. Time is flying by, and I'm loving it. I'm kind of scared to go back, but it's part of life.