November 1, 2010

Hey Mom,
Thank you so much for the pictures of Makayla, she is super cute.  It's super sad that I am not able to see her till she is old and no fun anymore....not j/k, but it is a bummer.  I am so very grateful that she and Kate are doing great.  I had the feeling Wednesday that she had some.  It was a great feeling that I felt.  how is Grandma Snap doing?  I have not heard lately how she is doing,  I pray that she is still doing great and lively.
     Snow?   Wow!  That is nuts, I mean it get super cold here and there is no way that I am ready for the winter..the humidity? it is just nasty, it bites through everything.  It would be nice if you were to send me some thermal garments and an oil vial.  That cheap plastic one broke a while ago so I need a new one.  The seasons are changing and it is just beautiful, the deer are moving and the colors are great.
     It is to bad that I was not able to meet up with Scott and Wendy.  That would have been awesome, but Lord is sending them to Florida so I would not have the distraction of family in my mission. It would have been cool if I could have had that chance.  It is crazy that the people in Idaho send more referrals to Indiana than the people in Indiana do.  It's good to see that some one is willing to help the missionaries here.  I can't do anything until I am where all those referrals are at.  Maybe the next transfer I might be able to look some of them up.
     Once again I am not able to vote for my own Father and won't be till I am 21 that I will be able to vote for the first time.  Oh well, at least I tried.  Tell Dad food luck.  I hope that he winds by a landslide.  Did anyone ever run against him?  If I remember last time nobody even did.  He must be doing something right in order to do so.
     Its kinda nice to help this member in the ward rebuild her house.  It is something that I am actually good at.  We all know I am a hands on person and not a talking person.  Against my will I am becoming one fast.  I have a feeling that after this next transfer in the middle of January, I think that I will be made a Sr companion.  All of the elders that have been serving around me say that I will be made one soon.  I don't know, it will be cool to find out.
     Everything in Fort Wayne is going just as slow as ever, we are slowly but surely getting more of the wards support and their interaction with the investigators that we have is really good to see them interact with each other.  We have been trying alot of the less active and inactive families and have been able to meet with a bunch of them and are able to teach them the lessons again.  So we have been focusing alot of our  time and energy to those.  We are also teaching a lot of young kids that are 9-11 age group.  Technically they are investigators.  We have been finding out that they stay focused more if we do Book of Mormon stories.  Some of the good ones are the Title of Liberty, and Samuel the Lamanite on the wall, and the Burying the Weapons of War.  So far it has been working really well and they are slowly understanding.  Other that that everything is going great, we are having alot of fun finding different ways to teach people.
I love you all and hope all is going well.
Love Elder Bair