Another great week in DC!

We all survived transfers! It was crazy, but we made it through. We opened up 5 new areas and everything went as smoothly as it could have gone. 

On Tuesday we picked up the 23 new missionaries. We had 3 missionaries come in who are waiting for their visa. One is from the Ukraine, and is serving his mission in the new Ukraine mission. He is from Sumy! I believe that is where Anthony is serving right now. Anyways, he has a cool accent.... We drove them to DC right after we picked them up and it was crazy! So many police officers were there! EVERYWHERE! I saw a ton of helicopters flying around as well. I have never seen so many cops in my life. 

Well another start to another transfer. This is Elder Norris' last one. It's freaking him out. But he is as focused as ever. This last week we had a great first lesson with a guy who was reffered to us by his LDS co-worker. In PMG there is a section on How to Begin Teaching, and we used many of the bullet points from that. It started the lesson off great! We have another lesson with him this Thursday. He has been Catholic his whole life, but isn't happy with the lack of answers to his questions that his church has. Well, that's what we are here for! Is to answer those questions.

Funny story... As I have said in past emails, Elder Norris and I have had a hard time to stay awake during sacrament meeting. Well yesterday was sacrament meeting. (starting at 3 doesnt help either...). Well I was struggling during the administering of the sacrament, but after I was wide awake. Elder Norris on the other hand was out cold. It wasn't in the program, but Bishop Forsyth had a young man bear (spelling?) his testimony right after the sacrament. He is preparing to serve a mission. Anyways, in his testimony he made a special remark about how Elder Norris helped him prepare for a mission. When he did that, EVERYONE looked over at us... I turned to look at my companion. His head was cocked back, mouth wide open, DEAD asleep... He slept the WHOLE 30 min! Everyone was giving him a hard time afterward. We were laughing so hard after church.

Love ya!

Elder Michael Litchfield