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More of the same from Collin. Everyone else is doing pretty good. Life just moves on whether we're ready or not.

So my new companion is Elder Landon Palmer and he is from Castlerock, Colorado. He has been out a little over 18 months. He went to BYU Idaho for a bit. He likes motorcycles and he really likes music. He took 13 semesters of choir in high school. He is a great missionary, and i am excited to be with him. We have a couple of people that are ready for baptism. Actually, the funny thing was that Elder Palmer prayed his whole mission that he wouldnt get sent to Plano, and then he got sent here. he had heard a bunch of bad things about the place, and had bad experiences in rich parts of Allen. But once he got here, he saw it was really good, and now he is really excited. i think all the horror stories are about west plano. We have the east side and it is more humble.

We had a couple of cool things happen this week. We had a cool experience on thursday. We had a referral we were contacting and we missed the turn as we went there. we had to take a 15 min detour to get back. When we got there, the girl we were supposed to teach was just pulling up. There was a guy there too, and we taught both of them the 1st lesson. He had actually read the Book of Mormon in jail and it changed his life. We wouldnt have met them if we hadnt missed the turn.

Another Cool experience. Remember we got to hear Elder M. Russell Ballard last week. WELL.........

This week apparently President Uchtdorf was in town, so the whole mission got to hear him yesterday and we all got to shake his hand and his wife's hand. It was sweet.

How are things going at home. i had a couple missionaries ask me about my sisters and how old they were. Emily is being hunted in RMville.

i now need to send my notes of both Elder Ballards and Pres Uchtdorfs talks. This week was stake conference though, so i didnt get to the copier. oh and this week we had our Zone leaders living with us while they found the sisters housing. that was a bit interesting and a bit cramped. they are funny guys though.

That is all for now.

i love you very much. i think i will try and send the picutres today. i need to do some shuffling around on the cards though. a CD doesnt hold enough.

Love,

Elder Collin Brown