I would much rather be on dry roads than icy roads. It gets a little scary driving down the highway at 70 and have your car's back end slide out. I like Montana but I dont think I could live somewhere that snowed and had sub zero temperatures. The last week was really long. But, really good. I like being able to see all of the missionaries and see how they are doing. We finished off the week in Great Falls, Helena, and Butte. After doing the same presentation 4 times in a row it gets a little bit redundant. We still have 6 more to go. This week is Bozeman, Billings, then Glendive. They should be good.

Its kind of a bummer not being in an area full-time. I feel like there are lots of things we miss out on. I think the times when I'm happiest are when I know I have a good relationship with the ward, when we are finding, and teaching, etc. Its a little bit harder to do that here, especially when you leave Monday and get back Saturday night. But, things are good.

I don't know what will happen the last transfer. I propose that I either stay or go back to an old area. I'm good with whatever happens but that would be my proposal.

We spent another evening in Helena seeing oldies. We saw a lady who Elder Jensen and I baptized. I didnt tell you but, she hasnt been going to church for the last 6 months. We talked for quite a while and she had all kinds of concerns. It came down to her not having a strong testimony and getting baptized for some of the wrong reasons. She talked about all of the stresses and problems in her life and told me how hard things were for her... financially, with family, with church, work, etc. I felt like I needed to do something about it so I made her a promise. I told her that if she would read the BofM she would have more peace in her life. I asked her if she would try to read through the whole things with me before I went home and she politely told me that she wouldnt. It almost had me in tears. Its been a long time since I was that depressed. What can you do? Overall, our visits went good.
Here in Billings we are still teaching K. She had a mild stroke on last Wednesday and I think things have been a little bit scary for her. She came to church Sunday and we sent her right back to the emergency room because she was trippin on her new meds. It was pretty bad. I thought we were going to have another stroke right there in the foyer. She is crazy for coming. She is doing well. She will soon have her interview with PG and send a letter to the first Presidency.

Our new theme for the year is: 2011 Entrusted by Heaven. We had a couple other ideas that rhymed with 2011 but they didnt really fit: 2011, Beware of the Pharisees Leaven. And... Dos Cero Uno Uno, Learn to Blog with Frank Bruno. haha. There is a guy on facebook named Frank Bruno who is part of the church program. He is always helping missionaries do different things online so we decided that could be one of the new themes. Prez didnt go for it.
Thats all
Love
Elder Heywood