So for starters You will be receiving a letter from me, probably Wednesday saying that you won't be getting an email today because it is not p-day today...disregard that letter I lied....not intentionally, the information we were given was false. SO because you received this email today proves that it is p-day today! We didn't know until last night that it would be p-day, and so we have been dreading this week with out it all week, it was a blessed occasions filled with dancing and maybe a little bit of squealing...

We get to go to the temple on Friday! I am so excited! Thank you for telling grandpa to send those names! I really appreciate that a lot! I have not been through the temple for anyone but my family before and I don't want that streak to stop now! words can't express how excited I am to go! :)

Last week sounded like a pretty crazy week for you, winning doughnuts, power outages and Scott Horan drinking whisky at the ward party! Man what's going on in Coltman??? It's almost as bad as the time when we did karaoke at the church...you know what I'm talking about! :)

It was Jared's Birthday last tuesday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JARED!! :) 

It was also Kyle's birthday on Saturday! I thought about him all day, I felt him with me! It was really awesome! :)    

This week has been quite the week for us! We have been working really hard to get Steve on track for baptism and to do all we can to help him stop drinking coffee and feel ready for baptism! We had a few miracles with him this week! at his lesson on Tuesday we were following up on a commitment to pray for 3 specific things in his prayers and then to listen to what heavenly father had to say. He did that and one of the questions he asked was if Heavenly Father loved him. he said that this answer was "a warm fuzzy feeling inside" we were so happy that he finally got an answer to a prayer! Another miracle was that on Thursday we went to his house for a short lesson, we made a goal for our selves that we weren't leaving Steve's house until we got his coffee pot. We had been praying all week for him to let us take it and be done with coffee. WE talked about how we know and that heavenly father knows that he's ready, and we blessified him with the Word of Wisdom. Sis. garner asked if he would give us his coffee pot, and he said "well I guess it's not going to make a big difference if there's no coffee in the house, so if it will make you feel better than yes you can have it!" MIRACLE OF MIRACLES :) so we took it home and the next morning threw it in the dumpster and celebrated the victory! :)  Since then he has not drank coffee at all at home or at work, and he watched all 4 sessions of conference took a question with him that he had prayed about and I am thinking he got an answer, but he said he wouldn't tell us until our lesson on Tuesday! :) He is on track for baptism on Saturday! I am so excited! 

As far as our relationship as a companionship is going, sometimes it's a bit stressed,Other than that things are going pretty well. She is really good at teaching simply and I still have a hard time with over explaining things and so she has been helping us role play keeping it simple, using her strengths to help us. That is something I appreciate about her. Sis. garner is adjusting very well, she still had her moments where she struggles, but we work through it together and we get out and work until it goes away! She really is great! I am so proud of how far she has come! :) 

With transfers coming up I will be honest with you and say that a change of venue would be nice for me too, but at the same time I don't want to leave where I have known all my mission. Sometimes I feel like I have done all I can here, but then I feel like there is still more. So that's where I am at on staying or going at transfers! 

Transfers will be on tuesday this time, so p-day is the same. so stay tuned to see what happens in the good ole land of zanesville !:)  

Conference was amazing, it was a new experience watching it at a church, I had never done that before, it was awesome, both mike and Steve were there to watch it with us! It was just what I needed. There are so many crazy bold things that were said that I wonder what the world is going to think when they read it. All the counsel on mans laws not being god's laws and stuff like that. It's going to be interesting! I loved all the emphasis on missionary work this conference as well, how many times did they say that the members and the missionaries need to be equally yolked together. So my question to you is: WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO HASTEN THE WORK? not yelling, just emphasizing! :) This goes to all who read this email, not just you mom! :) I would also encourage everyone to go buy the book The Everyday Missionary by Clayton Christensen. It is revolutionary on how members can do missionary work for themselves! Please buy it! It's only 8 dollars! I promise that as you read and implement the things in that book that you will be able to feel God's love for you and bless you more than you could ever imagine! :)

To answer your questions 

1. My contacts are Holding out just great! I just barely opened my last box that has 6 in it! I think I'll be good for at least 6 more months, maybe even a year. probably until I get home I think. Each of them last me 2 months! so I should be good. I'll let you know when I get down to 2 pairs! 

2.I just texted Sis. Nilsen we'll see if she responds! This Just in: The name of the page is: (drum role please) The Great Ohio Columbus Mission