Hello everybody!!

I hope you are all doing awesome. This week was a good one for us. We were able to do some service, and find a couple new people to teach! We have still been painting that basement, it's huge, but we also have been able to go out to the community gardens and help prepare for winter. Luckily, the weather has been super nice this week. It was good to get outside and chuck some dirt around.

Anyway, some other exciting things happened this week. We called our friend Debra, and found out she had read all of 1 Nephi! She was super excited about the Book of Mormon and it was a pleasant surprise for us. Another amazing miracle this week is we met Pam. Pam had seen a church ad about how we can hear God's voice through modern prophets, and she gave the church her contact info. We called and setup an in-person lesson at the church. The lesson went super well! The spirit was so strong, and she said she felt the spirit telling her it was all true. She was so excited, she wanted to meet with us the next day(which is today, pday). We rescheduled for Tuesday, so we are excited to see where that goes.

Spiritual thought: I just want to bear my testimony about fasting and prayer. This past week, I have fasted and prayed so much to find new people to teach. I know God has answered my prayers because he led Pam to us, as well as another man named Jonathan who messaged me on Facebook. I know that as we faithfully fast and pray, God will bless us.

Things I like: Quick funny story, we went to shoot hoops at the park during our walk time, so we were in proselyting clothes. There was a 8-10 year old boy on the court and as we approached, he said "for a second I thought you were the Jonas Brothers" It was so funny.

Things I hate: to paint that basement, we only have small hand rollers. It takes forever. But, at least it keeps the job going longer so we always have service haha.

Photos!
1. Some cool graffiti we found on one of our walks
2. the beautiful Shenandoah river 
3. Elder Dixon Grilling a ham steak ( I had never seen a ham steak before the mission, they are pretty tasty)