LOVING THE NEW AREA!

Hey!

This week has been crazy to say the least, but I will get to that later! First off my new area in Wyoming is awesome! Dubois is so pretty! Pavillion not so much, but the people are awesome. We were only able to spend 2 days up in Dubois because we had a meeting back in Riverton on Saturday. Our Branch Mission leader there is so sick! He took us out after dinner one night to look for bighorn sheep but we didn't see any although we did see a herd of 60 elk and tons of deer!!! Our house in DuBois is awesome the Wind River is 20 yards from our back door! To bad I can't fish because the members that own the house we stay at said the fishing is excellent!

 Pavillion is a very big/spread out area. We went to church in Pavillion and ended up teaching Gospel Doctrine, which is no surprise since whenever someone doesn't show up the Elders are asked to do it -haha. It was actually a really good lesson and we even had a few people in tears!! The family we live with there is pretty cool. The Dad is a big hunter so we get along pretty well! Litterally everyone up here hunts it is great!!! It makes it so much easier to talk to people and help them feel comfortable around the missionaries! I feel that I was definitely sent to this area for a reason. 

Apparently we are going to have to regain the trust of some of the members though. One of the last Elders that was here is pretty bold/pushy/thought he knew everything. Everyone here that we have met has told us about him. I hope we can rebuild some trust and really get the members involved! Our Branch mission leader in Pavillion is very on top of missionary work. I am looking forward to working with him. 

We have a few investigators and one is even on date but we have not been able to meet many of them since we have been all over the place. This next week should be more normal since we will be in Pavillion the whole time! We have a car again. Our area would be impossible to cover without a car! It is nice to have a car and not have to walk around in the cold! We go to Riverton on Monday's so we can email since Pavillion doesn't have a library. That is where all that money went. I hardly have anyfood because when I randomly got transferred from Harlo after Elder Sagers went home, I had to leave like $80 of food!! So I am sorry about spending so much money and I should be good now since we get paid in a week!

I am so excited to talk to you!! We are going to be able to Skype from the Stahelis who we live with. I don't know there skype info though so I will just call you and figure it all out Wednesday. What time would work best for you guys to skype me? I should be able to do it almost anytime but there is only one computer so I will have to check with Elder Kilmon on when he wants to skype. It will all work out though! I know/have heard of three of the Elders you mentioned! That is pretty crazy! I will make sure to tell them!

Well I am so grateful for this time of year! I love the Christmas season! Everyone just seems so much more happy. my outlook on Christmas has changed since I have been on a mission. Which I am so grateful for! I am so grateful for my Savior and what he did for me! There is no better time of the year to be a missionary than right now! I hope you all will remember what Christmas is truly about! I love you tons and can not wait to talk to you in a couple of days!

-Elder Richardson

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Hey Dad!

First off you need to send me a picture of you in all your camo! Haha! I am glad you were able to get out and hunt a little and see some deer and a few bucks! I litterally could have killed 5 bucks within 20 yards of me in the 2 days we were in Dubois! 

My new area is awesome! Everyone here hunts so we should get along pretty well and hopefully I can use that to my advantage and get in some houses other missionaries could not! You would seriously love it here!

 I will make sure to send some pictures next week! I am going to keep this weeks email short since we have to go soon but I can't wait to talk to you on Wednesday! We should be able to skype so that will be awesome!

 I love you tons!

-Jake

ELDER RICHARDSON'S NEW ADDRESS:

Elder Richardson

11653 HWY 26

Kinnear, Wyoming82516