It was President Lincoln

Subject Line: Missionaries who go foreign leave boys and come back men. Missionaries who go stateside leave men and come back leaders!

Hola,

Sorry, Mom. It was President Lincoln who was the first president to check out the Book of Mormon out of the Library of Congress.

Fun fact: in Vegas you can make as much noise as you want from 7 am to 10 pm and no one can do anything about it. But once it hits 10, it's quiet time or else the PO-PO are called.

We lost our car!!! Nooooo!!!!!! Elder Touchin's hand has healed so now we are back on bike. Baby its cooold outside! Winters here are so painful. Even when you are wearing a sweater the windchill pierces you to the bone. Oh well, more blessings for us.

Our teaching pool is very big now. I dont even know where to start. We have a couple of baptisms coming up on Nov 28. Daniel Grantham (11) asked me to baptize him on that day. I was so honored. It made me feel good. He will be my first baptism ever in the mission and I have the opportunity to baptize him. I feel so blessed. I know that I am.

The other baptisms we have that day will be Antonio who has just been waiting to be baptized for awhile now. Then there is Jessica who has been waiting too. She had some Work of Wisdom issues but it's not a problem anymore.

I'm praying so hard for these people because I know now that now they have accepted baptism that Satan will work VERY hard on them. I've seen it already on Juanita and Travelius. They are still going strong but they can feel Satan trying to get a grip on them. We taught them the 3rd lesson and broke the news to them that they need to get married before they are baptized. They said they have been thinking about it already. I hope and pray for them everyday, because I love them and I want them to be happy.

We have been visiting a less active family called Brooks. They are so cool. Sister Brooks has 8 kids in a two bedroom apartment. It's really hard for them but they are coming back to Church and stay happy. They taught us the soulja boy the other day. Now I finally know how to do it! I can also so the clown walk too. They say I'mm a quick learner. haha I love that family.

My companion was sick for 2 days this week and it drove me nuts. I was stuck in the apartment doing nothing but reading my scriptures. Halfway through the 2nd day I called my district leader and begged him to go on splits. So he came over and saved me. I went with his comp and we tracted out a neighborhood that I have been wanting to go to for awhile now. We got 2 return appointments and handed out a Book of Mormon. It felt so good to get out of there.

The Church is true. It makes sense. I love you

Elder Richards