Steven's letter Jan 11

Dear Family
Hey how has the week been?  Is everyone enjoying being back in school? It sounds like Stake Conference was really good. That’s interesting that they talked about complacency.  That is something that our mission president has talked to us a lot about in the last couple of months.  The goal for baptisms for the year was 409.  We beat the goal, but president Drewes thinks we can do better.  The goal for this year is 712 baptisms.  Its going to be a tuff goal to get to, but we will be able to do it.   It will defiantly stretch us.
Its been a good week here.  It got real cold though.  It snowed and everything.  Just enough to turn the ground white, but they shut the schools down for a couple of days because of it.  Some of the businesses were closed too.  This week was our walk week.  We were able to talk to a lot of people.   We were able to start talking to a guy who was unloading groceries out of his car.  We started talking to him about families and how they could be sealed together in the temple for time and all eternity.  He asked us to come back and teach him and his family next Sunday.  Elder Kelly and I are both pretty excited to go talk to them.  We also went back to talk to the Baptist minister.  He and his wife are such nice people.  They both know a lot about the bible.  A lot more than Elder Kelly and I do.  We ate dinner with them last Tuesday.  They are very nice people.  She has had a lot of good friends that are LDS.  We are going back tomorrow to talk to them again.  I think we are going to watch the restoration DVD with them that we give out to people.  
Elder Kelly and I are doing great together.  I love serving with him.  This week is the half way mark for the transfer.  It feels like we just started the transfer.  Time has really started to fly by.  Well I hope you have a great week.  I miss you all.
Love Elder Marshall
Quote of the week:
“And I was led by the spirit, not knowing beforehand the things which I should do.
Nevertheless I went forth…”
1Ne. 4:6-7