Friday

We had a Zone Conference all day today...long day.  We were excited though because after it was over we were going to a concert in town of Marie Osmond, her brothers, and Alex Boye.  But when we got about  half there the sky opened up and it rained like it only does here in buckets.  You couldn't see the road and down the mountain were rivers of muddy water.  We crawled along and finally gave up, turned around and came back.  They close the roads for hours when the flooding is bad and we didn't want to get caught on the other side and not be able to get home after the concert.
Wouldn't you know it, as we drove into Laie it started slowing down and stopped.  But there are still advisories out on the roads so we are glad we changed our minds, although it looks okay here now at 7:00.

We were tired after a full day of sitting and listening at Zone conference.  We sat through about 30 something missionaries testimonies, either the new ones just arrived or the old ones leaving in November.  All were enlightening and spiritual but after a couple of hours you get tired.  I took a quick shot of Elder Collins, our Zone leader and missionary here we are close to.  He bore his testimony and then we left about 3:30.  We are going to miss this young spiritual giant! Like I said he reminds me of my son Adam...

Elder Brayden Collins

I just talked to a new couple that have moved in our Sunset Family branch.  They sound really nice and know some Sanft's from New Zealand.  We will meet them on Sunday.  Always nice to have more people in our branch!