Hey!
Well, this week has probably been the slowest week of my mission and I honestly feel awful. We had a great P-day on Monday and played a bunch of golf which we will probably do the same today! Then we received good and bad news on Tuesday. At District meeting we were informed that we would be getting Sister Missionaries in the 2nd ward that afternoon! Man I was not ready for this! They showed up around 4 and we gave them the area book and everything else they needed. More than half of the work we were doing was in 2nd ward and now we have all of one investigator and like 4 less actives. We met with our ward mission leader on Thursday and I expressed to him that we just don't have enough work to keep us busy. I gave him an area book we created (It isn't the actual area book) and he is going to go through it and get back to us sometime this week. He has actually been really busy with his work and has been in Africa for 2 weeks filming some hunts! 
So some big news kind of - haha! This past Saturday we got to help move Brandon Davis and his family! Yup - that is right, Brandon Davis! Probably the coolest thing I have done on my mission other than missionary work! He is seriously so awesome! He even invited us out to shoot with him past 1000 yards, but I had to say no. That was super hard. He is such a nice and genuine guy. I think we are going to go to lunch with him sometime in early September! Also when we were moving him he had a huge tub full of hunting magazines and was going to throw them away! He said I could have them. There is way over 100 magazines! Anyway, I think I am going to write my name on the box and hide it somewhere in the Potts and then pick it up when we visit after my mission!
I am now an online missionary! I have a facebook and you guys can follow me but you can't be my friends. Not sure exactly how that works yet but I think you just send me a friend request and I just say not now and then you are following me. Any way my facebook is Elder Jake Richardson. It is a really cool way to do missionary work and I hope it will help us find some new investigators!
Yeah - I saw the pic and I did get the camera! Thanks a bunch!!!
I think that is it for this week!
I love you guys tons.
-Elder Richardson
P.S. -
Oh, for my package this month I would love some money so I can get some more body spray and hair gel - if that is possible!
Thanks,
love ya!
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Dad!!!
So your thought on knowing when you have the spirit and when you don't is spot on! I hate to admit it, but there have been times on my mission when the spirit obviously wasn't with my companion or myself and it sucks. You can simply not be the missionary you are supposed to be without the spirit! After all - the spirit is what converts, not us!
I am seriously so pumped to hear you are getting in better shape! When I get back I want you to be able to hike further than me! Sounds like you are on your way! Mom was saying she is riding a bike and trying to lose some weight and get in shape?!? Please don't let her kill herself!!!
I can't believe you didn't see any deer at that roost! We saw 3-4 bucks when we went last year? I hope you are getting excited for your hunt! I am and I am not even going - haha! So I got to help move Brandon Davis and his family! Holy crap he is so awesome and such a real and nice guy! First off he knows everybody! Lee and Tiffany, Michael Waddel, Pete Sheply, Stephen Renelli, etc.. Anyway some cool facts. The owner of Best of the West is an active Member also the owner of the gunwerks is also an active member and they go to the same ward in Burlington! Can you say awkward - there have been tons of lawsuits between them and then they go to church together hahaha! Also Brandon Davis fought and knocked out Jim Burnworth from the show Western Extreme. Anyway I wish you could hear the stories Brandon has and could see the pictures he showed me on his phone! He is actually headed to AZ next week to help film an elk hunt on the hualapai indian reservation. Apparently it is a $100,000 tag one of there clients bought and he is guaranteed a 420"+ bull!!!!! Anyway maybe one day when we come up to visit I can introduce you hahah! I continue to keep my eye out for ammo and those are 20 round boxes for $20 which is the price I paid before my mission. Iit is the Vmax ammo!
Anyway keep getting in shape and scouting! Also Brandon gave me a bunch of hunting magazines and one of them is even an Eastman hunting magazine that was guy eastmans brother!!!!! Anyway one of the magazines has a 3 page coues deer story written by none other than Jake Lindsey Himself! I will make sure to send that one along with some others home to you!!!
Anyway Love you tons,
Jake
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