RELAY FOR LIFE SERVICE...

Hey!

So I really don't have to much to say this week. It was a good week. We got Trisha some Home and Visiting Teachers. We put A. on date for the 2nd of August. She is still progressing really well. We did a ton of service. We helped out with the 'Relay for Life' which was so much fun!! We got to drive a gator around all day and drop people off places. It was probably the funnest service of my mission thus far. 

For preparation day we went shed hunting and golfing. It was a long but fun day. Unfortunately we didn't find any sheds but we did get to see some cool stuff. A couple of big bucks around 40 elk with a couple of small bulls. I actually cow called to them and we got 6 of the elk to come to like 100 yards and they were calling back, and some coyotes. It was a really fun hike. Golfing was alright but I didn't play all to well. 

I also got to plan district meeting which is fun but can be stressful. Hopefully it turns out alright. We also saw the most redneck thing ever. We were driving home when we saw on the side of the road a dog strapped to a bike carriage thing with a harness. We expected to see some little kid trying to get his dog to pull him around. It actually was a 6o year old 100 pound shirtless man smoking a cigarette!! By far on of the funniest things I have seen. I will attach a picture!

It sounds like your week was good. I am jealous of the rain you are getting! I miss monsoon season so much!!!

I am also bummed about the family reunion wish we could have gone! Looked fun. We will have to do something similar after my mission!

 Well I hope you have a fantastic week!

-Elder Richardson

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Hey Dad!

Not much to say about this week. We put our investigator A. on date for the 2nd of August which was exciting! We also got Trish Home and Visiting Teachers set up. We are going to start teaching her the new member lessons this week. We had an awesome lesson with them last week and they seem pretty committed which is great!

 We have Zone conference coming up on the 24th which should be good. Shed hunting was a bust. We didn't find any but we saw a lot of elk. About 40 head. I will send some pictures later on. I even called in 3 calves, 2 cows, and a spike to like 100 yards cow calling with my small coyote call. It was pretty fun. The were talking like crazy which was neat to experience! We also saw a couple yotes and 2 nice bucks! Makes me want to be archery hunting muleys in the velvet come late August!! It would be so sweet if we could get up to Colorado and help out on a couple of hunts! I am so excited for this hunting season!! By the way I changed my mind about the money I made off the sheds. I am going to split it half and half. I figure I should use some of it for my mission and some for fun stuff. So if you add like 70-90 bucks for hunting stuff what should we spend it on? Put it towards a new pair of binos? Buy another trail cam? Let me know what you think!

I hope you have a great week! Love ya!

-Jake