Remember Remember the 5th of November ...

Hello One and All,

So despite a fun movie quote it is in fact November here in Kennewick. The trees are turning pretty colors and the mornings and evenings are usually hovering just around freezing. No snow or ice yet, but it can't be too far off. When I was in Hermiston last year (Wow! it feels really weird to be able to talk about my mission a year ago!) the snow came shortly before thanksgiving. From what I've been lead to believe the weather is pretty similar here in the tri-cities.

Quick side note for mom: So I did know that the office is supposed to put a slip in my mail box when I have a package, but no slip was ever put in the box. Bummer, so I'll have to stop by there later today and ask them what's up. Also on a side note, it seems like every time I hear some sort of update on Kat she is injured.

So, this was a pretty good week. I'll start with an interesting story. So last Pday we get a phone call from a member up in Richland saying he has a referral for us and has taken the trouble of setting up an appointment that night and will meet us near by the apartments.

So we meet up with him and he seems like a nice enough guy. We never could find the referral so he said "let's go tracting!" As a common courtesy we don't really tract after 7:30 or so. It's too dark, most people are down for the night, and it's not a very effective use of time. But we said sure why not because he seemed pretty insistive. So we start contacting people on the streets and knocking doors and it becomes quite evident that this guy is nuts! Very socially inept and saying things that just aren't appropriate to say to strangers on the street.

I won't get into the details but it was rather uncomfortable. We eventually found a family and we had a pretty good visit with them, they have a lot of potential. After the exchange ended we called some elders over in pasco to ask them what was up with this guy, and they informed us that if we wanted to keep any of our investigators we had to ditch this guy as soon as possible. Well after a few more experiences with him we did so (it turns out that by good favor we are not supposed to take people out with us from outside our branch) so we thanked him for his help and invited him to "lift where he stood." In the end it made for a fun story and we found a super solid family that could really go places.

We also had interviews with President and Sister Greer this last week which were pretty good. I always enjoy a chance to sit and chat with them. There's a lot of amazing council this man has.

This next Friday we will be having an all day training with Elder Christiansen from the 70. It should be way good and I am very excited.

Well, life is good here in Kennewick, me and Elder Anderson continue to get along swimmingly. And we continue to find super awesome people that are prepared to hear the message of the restored gospel. I love all of you and thank you for your continued support!

Love,
Elder Richards