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Holy cow, I can't believe it's official now! Seriously? Well, Brock, I expect a card-board cut out of me and a tie. Repeating what I said last time. Also, if you could send me the money, I would prefer that. I'm low on MSF because I've bought so many tubes this month. I've bought three thorn resistant tires now. THORN RESISTANT! Oh, by the way, I got....AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! another flat on Saturday. For the first time, this wasn't the stem getting ripped off. Instead, a wicked half inch screw went right through. Yep, that's five flat tires now. But I held my cool well. Howard and I walked it off.

Ooh, along with that. While we were walking, we past "St. Joseph's" Catholic Cathedral. Howard and I were going to take pictures in front of it and, not only are we not supposed to, but mass was about to start. So, yup. Howard and I went to a Catholic Mass. Mom, Dad, family. It's ridiculous. Seriously! You stand, you sit, stand again, repeat pre-written prayers, sit back down, kneel, sit, stand, sit. But, I was surprised by how nice they were. They tried to give a tour of the building...HA! It was no where near as spiritual as our church tours. In fact, the Spirit wasn't there. Reckon, there was a spirit of reverence, but it wasn't the Spirit of God, which, like a fire, 'tis burning. Well, anyways, I didn't like it. We couldn't take the sacrament because we weren't "Catholic" and....well, I can't imagine Christ liking a church building full of statues, alter-pieces and paintings of Himself dead, dying or in pain. Yup, pretty much. It was morbid. There was a full size statue of Christ on the cross. Don't worry, I won't be Catholic anytime soon.

Oh, by the way, when we walked out of the church, guess who was standing there. One of our investigators. NO JOKE! Shamar just happened to walk by on that exact street, at that exact moment. Yup, he made a stink about it. But he came to "The Lord's True" church and actually liked it. Whether or not he'll progress is another story.

The works been amazing. We visited a former couple and, well, here's the amazing story. We hadn't contacted them recently because Mark was in the hospital and Katherine got sick. We thought they just lost interest. I suggested we visit someone who lived near them, and Howard stopped by at their apartment. Mark jumps out of the bed (which was in the front room, since there isn't a bedroom) and yells: "Come in!" We sit down and found out what happened. Mark, after nine months of staying away from meth, got some free and did it. It totally messed with his Parkinson's and almost killed him. When he finally got home, and recovered, he decided that he was going to kill himself. We showed before he was going to do it. He said to us that he was: "Just another drug addict," and that he: "Didn't understand what his purpose was." Uh...PLAN OF SALVATION!! Boo-yah! They loved it. They committed to being baptized on the 28th and came to church yesterday! It's a great miracle.

Also, Ludie got confirmed. And guess what! She brought her husband. He totally came to church and said to the bishop and the priest quorum: "I'll be back." He loved church. There's just so many amazing miracles going on right now. It's a total contrast from Olalla. This is just amazing! Well, the work is on fire and I'm having a good time. I sent home my...apostate stuff. The work really picked up since I had those things out of my possession.

MOM! I HATE MY NAME!
Well, I love you all...so much. You all mean everything to me. And, Jesus too. Hugs, handshakes and loves to y'all.

Elder Courtney Casselman


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