January 7. 2009

Bensen is doing awesome. He is almost squared away to get the aaronic priesthood. The church is pushing for all worthy converts to recieve the priesthood as quickly as possible. I've heard a statistic that if a convert doesnt recieve the preisthood within the first three weeks after their baptism, the likelyhood is that they won't recieve it is their lifetime. I love Bensen though, he is already helping spread the gospel. He has visited 3 people with us already.
I should be going to Puerto Rico sometime before I come home. The Dewsnups have the phone number of my dentist their so they are supposed to be making an appointment.
Its nice being in a threesome. There's never a quiet moment. Especially with Elder Haag still around. He's always trying to debate some topic. My new companion is Elder Barker. He is from North Carolina. He was in the Naval Academy just before he left on his mission. This is only his second transfer in the mission field.
Well, we will be off to play basketball with the locals pretty soon. They play almost every night at 5 p.m. Its fun playing with them. Fouls dont really exist though. It stays cleaner then church ball though, amazingly.
All the new students just arrived for the next semester at Ross. We have already met a couple of the new members and I dont think it will be as empty in the branch as originally thought.
Love
Elder Osterloh