July 20, 2009

Another email from Ronnie and all is well. Here is what he had to say about his week.

"This week was pretty good, I got to go on another exchange! I love exchanges! Its a break from the ordinary and I get to have fun getting to know other missionaries. Tuesday night is when we started the exchange and we would exchange back at Zone Conf. on Thursday. Elder Duval went to Windham ME with Elder Binford. Elder Binford is sooooo awesome! He is from Salt Lake and he's way funny! He came out with Elder Schow so we have been out about the same or else I might have been able to go on the exchange with him.... I wish! His companion Elder Farrell came here with me. He is from Riverside CA. I had a lot of fun getting to know him. Wednesday morning we actually went running. KILL ME!! Elder Farrell wanted to go running and its been sometime since I have run so it was a KILLER! It felt way good though.
Zone Conference on Thurs. was good. Its fun to see how many missionaries I've already gotten to know. Of course Elder Parkinson and I were having a blast, but it was fun to see all the other missionaries. I have a picture of me and Elder Schow giving each other a wicked bear hug! Its kinda funny. It was fun to see Elder Nielson (his previous comp.) and to hear about how Pushaw ( his area in Bangor ME) was doing. But my favorite part about that was their ride down to Augusta was this kid named Jared. He is sooooo cool and he is easily one of my favorite people in Pushaw area. He gave them a ride down there just so he could see me! He sat by me all of Zone Conf. Jared has had a rough past. His dad kind of let him grow up on his own after him mom died. But he just got the Mel. Priesthood yesterday and is turning in his papers in October! He'll be in Utah at UVU at the end of August. He plays goalie on the Hockey team there. I was just stoked to see him there!! He even got me a cool Boston Redsox hat and brought it to me at Zone Conf. "

So that ends that week. I'm glad he is doing great. I love it at the end of his letters when he expresses his love to me, his dad, and to his brother and sisters. They had written to him and he loves their letters. They miss him a lot but know that he is doing what he should be right now. Ronnie is a great example to them.