Mom, i got your letter and all of your many thought provoking questions so i decided i would answer them finally ;)

so it is officially my second week in Moses Lake Washington, a town in washington and it has been incredible, Yes mom i got my coat and thank you it has been pretty cold up here, like overcast and bone chilling wind cold, so yeah its like paradise haha, but the members here are so awesome and this last week has been incredible. Sorry about not emailing yesterday, we had a confrence with Elder Richards of the seventy, he was such an incredible speaker his thoughts on how to teach and invite the spirit were so incredible, (hence i took lots of notes haha) but the coolest part of it was he asked us to turn to 2 Nephi and for someone to start reading with power and conviction so i stood up and read the verses, while i was doing this, everyone kept turning around and looking at me but i kept going and when i was done i looked up and elder Richards was staring at me, then he said, "you are the image of nephi, you are nephi" when a general authority calls you nephi its pretty cool haha, the only downfall is everyone in the mission calls me nephi now. but anyways the work has really picked up and the members are being awesome, we were able to put two more people on date for December and one is moving into our ward that already has a date. its so cool to see because elder Barnes and i made a goal to be exactly obedient to every rule, it is hard but we are starting to see all of these blessings and progress just by being exactly obedient it is so cool Then we have 3 potentials that i could see us putting on date so the work here is awesome, the members help a ton, you don't realize but members are really able to help a lot with the work, so i challenge all of you back at home to look for opportunities to serve and to share the gospel, elder Barnes and i don't have a car so we have to walk everywhere, but i don't mind because it gives us an opportunity to talk with the people and share the gospel that way, the zone is awesome i love all of the elders and sisters out here they are all so committed to the work and i love it, i got to see all of my old district pals on Friday because their was a trainer trainee meeting on Friday, it was so awesome to see all of them again and to hear how they were doing. I love you all and if you want me to address and talk to me personally, please send a letter we only get like an hour on the computer, so i will send this general email to everyone and if thats all you want, awesome but if you want me to talk to you personally i will write a letter. and mom if you could forward this to the other family members that would be great, Aunt April really wants to get it :) love you all and ill write you in a week!!!