Steven's letter Aug 17

Dear Family
This week has been pretty good here in Pocahontas.  We had a baptism for Duke pinn on Saturday.  It was a really neat baptism.  Duke even got up and bore his testimony after he got baptized.  He said he had never felt the spirit as strong as he was feeling it then.  He is a really neat guy.  He is going to make an awesome member.  We have two more baptisms next week for Tina and her son Travis.  Tina’s husband died about a month ago now.  She is really excited to get baptized and eventually go through the temple and be sealed to her husband.  There are a lot of really nice people here.  Elder Hansen and I keep meeting more every day. 
Transfers are coming up next week.  Elder Hansen doesn’t think either of us is going to get moved.  We will find out on Sunday if either of us is going to get moved though.  We will be together at least till next Tuesday though. 
I met sister May’s cousin on Sunday.  We got a new senior  couple.  They said they used to be serving in Nauvoo.  I asked them if they knew sister May and it was her cousin.  They are the Normans from Cash Valley.  Elder Norman was in the Tabernacle choir for 18 years.  They are living out by Ash Flat. 

We were in Memphis on Tuesday for zone meeting.  That’s about a two hour drive each way.  Elder Hansen and I have been spending a lot of time in the car lately.  We have to go to ash flat twice a week which is about an hour each way, Jonesboro once a week, another hour each way.  Then this week we had to go to Memphis.   Lol that was a pretty good story about the snake getting into the house.  You’ll have to let me know how that turns out.    Well that’s about all that’s going on here.  Have a good last week without school.
Love Elder Marshall