This week has been really good and also really busy. Monday was fairly boring, we did P-day stuff then we had dinner with the Milnes and Taught Tamra the new member lessons. On Tuesday we had district meeting. It was very good and I got my meds there. Mom you had sent them to Pocahontas so they had brought them. After district meeting we went on exchanges. I stayed in Paragould with a new missionary named Elder Mulvey. He is cool and has a lot of enthusiasm. I thought it was fun to be the senior companion and it helped me realize what it will be like shortly when transfers comes. Wednesday we went and did service in the morning for Bro Charles. We carried about 10 wheelbarrows each of dirt from one side of his yard to the other. My arms hurt afterward. Then we drove home and exchanged back. Elder Salisbury and I went with the Kirkseys up to Piggott to see some people. Up in Piggott is where all of our baptism candidates are. We came back from Piggott around 6 and got dropped off at our apartment. From there we went straight to Jonesboro to meet with the zone leaders. Since the last transfer the mission went from 5 zones to 10 zones. It's crazy how fast the mission is growing. We went with the zone leaders down to Little Rock. We arrived there around 9ish. We stayed at the Pinnacle Mountain Elders apartment that night. Thursday we woke up and went to my doctors appointment. It went very well. They did a blood test and an echo, and an EKG, and a chest x-ray. It was a lot of tests. I asked them why they were doing all of the tests and they said they just do that every 6 months. We then drove around Little Rock for a little and went to lunch with the Pinnacle Mountain Elders and the Little Rock Spanish North Elders. We went to Gus's chicken. It was really good chicken. We then went to the mission office and hung out for an hour or so till the Zone leaders got done in their meeting there. We got a new phone, it is nice. It is a slide touch screen one. After the meeting got out we talked to the missionaries. I got to talk with Elder Jacobson and Elder Adams. It was lots of fun. We then drove back to Jonesboro and went to the Kirkseys for dinner. Friday we went up to Piggott and one of the members up there had given us a referral so we went to see him. He is really awesome and lives right next door to one of our part member familyies we are teaching named the Tinsley's. On Sunday, church was good. Fast and testimony is always good. That evening we had a good talk with Tamra's parents about the church.
That is about it for my week. As far as the baptisms go, one should happen on the 18th, another should happen on the 24th, and the third is up in the air because they don't know where he is. I will have to read that article on that ancestor of ours. Hope y'all get better from your braces and have a great week.
-Elder Talbert
