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It has been cloudy, and it rained hard twice. I am super blessed to have a previous elder leave his raincoat for me! I can't believe how hard it rains out here, it's like somebody is standing above me pouring a bucket of water on my head! I hear that in Pensacola, a Burger King was flooded out, and the first floor of their hospital had a layer of water. It didn't stop the work! Only slowed it a bit. I am super thankful we have a car! I filmed the thunderstorm, but accidentally deleted it... It's alright, it was way too long anyways. The scariest thunderbolt so far happened a couple months ago. We were at a track meet, and it started to storm, but far away to the west. We thought we were good for an hour or two. We saw the lightning moving closer and then a random lightning bolt flashed behind us to the east! It scared so many people, the track meet stopped as soon as it happened. People took it seriously, we walked into a nearby shed, and waited out the rain/thunderstorm for about an hour. It was exciting, and we got to talk with some people who were also stuck with us.

That's awesome that Coree is starting to go to Sunday School again! I didn't know that Hannah Montana is getting married...or is it Miley Sirus? :) I bet in a few years they both will be married to two different men... haha. I hope that she enjoys the gospel lessons, we had to teach gospel principles for the past two weeks. Does she know all of the doctrine? I know that she grew up in the church, but did she learn it that well? I know that if the teacher is good, and uses the Spirit, not their own wisdom, to teach, then it'll be really beneficial. Yesterday, we had a girl invite two of her friends from Marianna; one was a member, one wasn't. They all barely graduated. She told them that they needed to come to our ward, because it's so much better! I believe her too! :) I laughed when she told me, those two kids were awesome, I enjoyed talking with them.

We have been doing a little shaky these past few weeks. We are planning on doing a lot better this week, I have really learned to use the Spirit while teaching. It is hard to stop thinking of what I'm going to say, and just listen. As I do it though I know that whatever needs to be said, gets said, and the lesson goes a whole lot better! Something funny happened recently. Elder T and I drove out to visit a less-active member who lives quite a ways south of Chipley, and when we were driving through the dirt roads, we came upon a really nice house, and it was the address we were looking for. We went around their driveway and got out. This big white dog, who looked as if he'd been in many fights, was standing in between us and the door. We were talking with each other, trying to convince ourselves that this dog was nice but not getting anywhere. We ended up calling him (the guy they were going to visit, I assume:) and he said to pass the house that we stopped at, so we got right back in the car and headed down. I was pretty sure that that would be the day to get bit by an animal!

That's what's going on here! We actually got kicked off the computers at the library because of a thunderstorm. We found some members that let us use their computer, so that's why I sent this so late. Who's winning in the goatee contest? I noticed that Dad isn't even competing, is it still going on?

It's always good to hear from y'all! I hope I have some good stories for you guys next week. Thank you dad for the help!

Love y'all! Talk to ya later!