nearly half way through august

hey guys. here we are, nearly half way through august...goodness! alll is well here.

we are still on for august 17 with shawn and julie. they are going real well. after their baptism. so, shawn and julie are doing real nice. everything is going well. we have finished teaching them all of the "required" stuff, but we are gonna meet with them again before their baptism.

we had zti last week. president summerhays is the most awesome person. he is so nice and sincere. he is soooo good for this mission. im excited to be with him for 15 months of my mission. president ertel was good, but i get a different feeling with pres summerhays. sister summerhays is awesome too. i love her. she is sooo sweet and cute. sorry, a little off track...

we also met with steve rogers. he is coming along, but slowly. he still is woking on some work of wisdom issues and waiting for his answer/witness/sign. we think his Word of wisdom might be kind of holding him back, but we cant take away his agency. he is a suprer nice guy and is real cool. he just doesnt want to set a dat or anytihing right yet. thats all we got going on now. britt, thanks for the cookies and letters. YuMMY.

ill be sending home my memory stick, so no worries. im glad to hear you got my package. the letters were starting to take some space, so i got rid of them....sorry they are not in any order. you dont have to put them in a book or anything, i just wanted to get them out of my suit case for now.

ilove you all tons. see ya

e russell