Update

Hey everyone hows it going!? man its been a while since ive updated yall, well things are going great here, Brenda got baptized a few weeks ago, and we have another bap date set for the 24th of this month. with a kid named lewis, hes a pretty cool kid that has been coming to play basketball with us on saturdays, weve been doing basketball for about 3 months now i think? and in that time, i havent really gotten any better.... guess i can scratch that on off of the lists of talents that i need to develop. But Lewis has talked with us more about how he's been looking for the truth, and wants to do the right thing... well guess he came to the right place haha.. Elder Banner and I have been trying to get the area into the shape its supposed to be in, its close but not fully there. its been a lot of tough work but it will be worth it when its done. we havent really had to many people to teach otherwise so its been a little rough. but all in all things are good, and cant belive this year is basically over, my "black out year" is almost gone. But Hope everyone is doing well, sorry for not writing more lately, i'll try harder, promise!

Merry Christmas everyone,

love,

Elder Holcombe

Crazy Times!

Well this week was a pretty good week. First we set a baptismal date with Delores's daughter in law for the last sunday of this month, she really loves the church and the gospel and is reading like crazy. We have been having trouble finding new people to teach here lately, so nothing to new as for people really. (prayers for finding greatly accepted). So last night. crazy stuff happened, straight out of a movie or something! As we were heading back from dinner, to town, there was a van on the side of the free way that was broken down, so we decided to be nice and pull over to see if they needed any help. it was the one lady who was crying histarically. well "crying" she wasnt really really crying, it seemed like a show. and she recovered from the crazy crying really fast which was also really weird. then she wouldnt let us ask her any questions about her day or recent things that happened to her. she told us that she closed down a walmart, maxed out her Debt card, went 371 miles but you have to add 5 miles to that because she didnt restart her trip log. she was out of gas, lost looking for her bi-polar sister. she didnt know how to get back to her hotel. she tried to get us to take her to the gas station down the street. but we explained that we couldnt give her a ride or anything. but she quickly turned it to she just wanted us to follow her with our hazards on so no one would hit her. then a few min later as were following her, this car comes flying up with its hazards on and cuts us off then they get out of the car and start talking to her, then she comes and tells us that she found 2 other angels to help her. so we waited a few min, and then one of the people come and over to us and told us that they were going to take her to the gas station. The whole thing seemed weird though. the way everything played out, was really weird feeling. almost like the three were all a team and were trying to kidnap people. man who knows what would have happened if they kidnaped me, i woulda been cryin like a baby for my mommy...just kidding i wouldnt cry. haha.. but for real, this thursday is my year mark?! already?! man time has gone by so fast! happy birthday rick!

hope all is going good for you all,

love,

Elder Holcombe

Week 49

Well this week was pretty good. We have been out working pretty hard. Trying to find people to teach, with not too much success so far. We did find one person, but now they aren't too interested any more because females can't hold the priesthood, or become a bishop... but we told her that this was the Lords church and that if she read and prayed she will know the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon for herself. But she told us the next day she wasnt interested. then on saturday we went to a members daughters wedding. Oh man what an adventure that was! We ended up getting put into the bridal party and had to walk down the isle! Only on a mission.... it was crazy stuff. But the Bishop said would be ok. The girl I walked down with wasn't a member and didn't know the unwritten rule us missionaries have and scooped up my arm! Man it was super akward but hey, what can you do! Other than that not too much else has happened this week. We had our "fall festival" with no trunk or treat, they dont do that in this ward for some reason..... feel bad for the kids they are so missing out!

Well love you all,

Elder Holcombe