Dear Family,
>> Hey how is everyone doing this week?  Is everyone liking being out of
>> school?  It sounds like it is good and hot there.  It isn’t getting
>> that hot here yet.  It hasn’t been over 95 or 96 yet.  It feels pretty
>> hot though.  A lot of the houses and apartments we go into are old and
>> run down and don’t have air conditioning.  My companion is having a
>> pretty hard time of it.  Lol He is always sweating.  Our air
>> conditioning went out a couple weeks ago.  I didn’t think it was too
>> bad.  It was only out one night.  I slept fine, but I guess he didn’t.
>>  He said he was up most of the night.  There was a sweat outline of a
>> body on his sheets when he got out of the bed.  He keeps telling
>> everyone that it was -15 when he left Washington and it was perfect
>> there.  It not real hot, its just real humid.  Even when I’m not hot
>> I’m still sweating.   We are having a great time serving together.
>> Transfers are coming up next week.  We should be getting a call next
>> Sunday night.  I’m kindof hoping I get moved this one.  I’m ready to
>> get moved back out of the city.  I miss being out in the country.
>> What ever happens will be good though.  I’m hoping I get switched back
>> to Spanish this transfer.  There are two Spanish elders going home
>> this week and none coming back out.  I guess we’ll see what happens.
>> Its been a good week here this week.  Elder Arnold and I have been
>> staying busy.  We are having trouble getting the people we set baptism
>> dates with, keep their dates and get baptized on that day.   Right now
>> we are trying to figure out how we can help them keep their
>> commitments better, or what we can do better to help them.  We have
>> been working a lot with Tina and Jerry.  We found Jerry while he was
>> watching a guy get arrested.  They have a great family.  They have
>> been coming to church for the last couple weeks in a row now.  We have
>> been trying to get them married for a while now.  Well on Sunday we
>> finally got them to go set up an appointment with the bishop.  They
>> are going to meet with him on Tuesday to talk about when they can get
>> married.  I really hope the get married and baptized pretty soon.
>> They are my favorite family that we have been working with.  They come
>> play basket ball with us every Wednesday night.  They bring their 4
>> kids too.  O so Elder Yoshihiko Kikuchi showed up at sacrament meeting
>> yesterday.  That was pretty neat.  He spoke for about 10 minutes.  It
>> was really great to hear from him.  We came and shook all the
>> missionaries hands.  Our investigators that were there really felt the
>> spirit while he was talking.  Even the ones that hadn’t been to church
>> before were really impressed by him and the things he talked about.
>> It was awesome.  Well I hope everything is going great there this
>> week.  Have a great time out of school.  I love you
>> Love Elder Marshall
>>
>> Quote of the week:  “Elders, keep working hard.”
>>                                             - Elder Kikuchi to Elder
>> Arnold and I.  it was pretty cool meeting him.
>>
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