Sorry it's been a few weeks, but I've been kind of busy trying to work a couple things out, things I needed from home and stuff like that.
Anyway, things have been going great in Boise! I'm really bummed because the computer I've been using doesn't have Picture Manager, so I can't compress my pictures to send them in e-mails more than one at a time, which takes a while anyway (10M pictures are huge.)
But there are some cool things that have happened recently. For starters, I participated in my first mission baptism. It was for a lady named Carol we had been working with. We had been teaching her for a while, and some missionaries had been teaching her before I even got here. She decided that she wanted to join the church after we had a few meetings with her, which Elder Nelson said was pretty miraculous.
Other than that, we've been teaching a lot and having tons of fun. We actually got to play paintball with some members this past Saturday, as well as some people who were investigating the church. It was really really fun. I got shot in the behind, among other places. We had a really good course to play on with bunkers and hideouts and stuff like that. It was REALLY hot though. Just under 100 and we were out in the open sun. We also were able to hang out with one of our favorite member families, the Weybrights. We played a couple games with them and they gave us good food!
We've been working really hard lately, doing some sheet-rocking and other service things around the community, as well as teaching a lot of people who are interested in the church. It's kind of a tough area, because most people here are either already members or know they don't want to be. It's funny, how you'll walk (or bike) down the street and have people yell at you and tell you that you worship the Devil and stuff. It really gets under Elder Nelson's skin, but it always just makes me laugh that they would make an effort to yell at someone as if what they say would make us completely rethink our lives and decide to go home. Silly people.
Anyway, thanks for all the letters you guys have sent! I know everyone is starting school, so if you haven't already, send me your college addresses!
I'll write again soon!
-Elder Hopkins
Also, here is a picture that I (Alex) found on Mike's Facebook that someone had taken of him and another Elder outside the Provo temple near the MTC in Utah!
We're all glad to know that he's doing well. Please remember to pray for him to be happy and to be able to influence everyone around him for good. :)
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