Bremerton

Hey, new address in Manette, B-town is

1121 Callahan Dr.  Apt. 222

Bremerton, WA  98310

Bremerton is awesome!!!!!  I'm serving in the Manette ward, and it's the best ward ever!  This place is so legit, I wish I could explain... First of all, I'm in a 4-some again, but the other 2 missionaries are sisters, if that makes sense.  We share the same ward and apt complex, and we have to coordinate all the time to make sure we don't tract the same areas and stuff, but it works out really well, We have such cool sister missionaries in the WATAC.  Sister G and Sister V are "Womanette" :)  Oh, and Elder C (new companion) is great!  We are quickly becoming friends, and we really like each other.  (hahaha, I just thought it would be way funny if, as i'm writing this, he's over on his computer complaining about me.  but hopefully thats not true!)  He's a very very very talented pianist and pretty darn good beatboxer (his brother is in Vocal Point)  He has also only been out for like 7 1/2 months or so.  So he's considerably more experienced than I am, but at the same time that's relatively young for a missionary.  It's really awesome though, because we both have that greeny fire :)  We have really been pushing ourselves to be exact in our obedience, and to be the best "preach my gospel" missionaries we can be.  I LOVE it.

The week went by fast, but at the same time it feels like it's been forever since I last emailed, I have no idea what to include, so much has happened.

Let's start with transfer meeting. 

Elder K and I performed Nearer my God to Thee, I played piano and he sang.  I made a pretty intense piano part, and played it pretty well, so i was happy, and Keeney sang great of course.  It was really cool to be able to play at this transfer meeting, cuz we were both saying bye to Elder W.  His farewell testimony was so powerful, and he just cried a lot.  He cried again when we were hugging goodbye, and I started to tear up too, I miss him so much.  Now Elder K is a single father (his-co-trainer has gone home), but I won't be an Orphan (when both his original trainers have gone home) until around November I think, so that's good at least.  Saying goodbye to the Lacey Zone was hard too, but that was a week ago, and now I'm making new friends  haha :)  First of all, my companion is awesome.  I'll probably end up writing about him later in a letter, I don't really feel like it at the moment.  Womanette is awesome, and sis. G and I sang a song at a baptism they had a few days ago, we (g, me, and c on piano) threw it together a few hours before, but it sounded way better than that.  Elder C arranged this really cool piano thing, and the best part was the last verse, which was just way big and epic, and I sang G#'s !  belting and everything.  it sounded really good :)  It was Joseph Smith's First Prayer, to the tune of Come Thou Fount.

When I came out to the field, there were a few missionaries who were in the same group as me, but a different MTC district, so I didn't really know them, one of them was Sister N,  We are in the same zone now!  she's emailing on the computer right next to me at the moment actually haha, and made me promise to write something about her.  I think that's only fair, since I got her to title her email "Lonas".

 Some other stuff this week?  I've been into a video documentation mood lately, So when I send home the SD card you should get some cool videos!  But I also had to delete some stuff because I'm out of space, and I think the SD card you sent up is in Lacey, and I'm out here (Oh, General Apology to anyone who wrote me a letter that went to Lacey that I didn't reply to, there's a good chance I'll never get it)  So I'm trying to get Elder D to send it to me.  But anyways, one video I have briefly documents a cool experience we had tracting the other day!  It we were only about 15 minutes into our 5-7, and we met this couple that were trying to move in, so we offered our help!  they accepted because there was no way they were getting those couches in without help.  we tried really hard to get it in through the door, but to no avail, it was just not going to work.  We decided it was a good idea to take the couch around back, and have Elder C and I push it up onto their second story balcony, them to grab onto it and start pulling it up, and then to have C run upstairs and help them pull it over.  The video I have documents our excitement just before we tried this.  Amazingly, it actually worked.  They were very grateful for our help, and we started talking to them about church and stuff.  They had a scheduled church tour, but it fell through, but we are definitely going to follow up this week, they seemed really sincere.  But I'll keep you guys updated!

 I'm pretty much done emailing, it was a lot easier to feel motivated to do this in the morning, but this library doesnt even open until 1 o'clock!

 Summary:  Manette is awesome,  I love my companions.

Alright, gonna go now, but I love you, and hope to hear from you this week now that you all have my address!!!

Lonas