It is always sad when you see a missionary go home early. This last week we had 2 go home early. One was for something he did out here. It is so sad to see that. It kills President Riggs. Thursday we were in the office all day dealing with it...

One a brighter note, Suzy Brown came to church! She is sooooo catholic (she teaches catechism) but she came! Funny story... I was on an exchange with a zone leader from the Centreville Zone, and we were taking Suzy on a tour of the church building. We had a young man who was preparing for a mission, and a Lady from the ward who lives close to her. Suzy brought her 2 year old and her 2 month old with her. She has 5 kids all under the age of 10. We went through most of the rooms and it was a very good experience! We got to the chapel and the spirit hit all of us SO STRONG! We had Brandon (the young man) talk about the sacrament. We had Suzy sit on the front row so she could see all of the trays and such. As he was talking, her little one starts crying. Out of nowhere she picks the baby up, pulls up her shirt, and, as she says it, "plugs her baby in"... The look on Brandon's face was PRICELESS!!!! However, he regained his composure and went on. We talked to his parents about it a couple days later and they were laughing as well. It's an inside joke between us and the family now... She loved the tour nonetheless. 

This next week we have Mission Leadership Council (formerly Zone Leader Council, since Sisters come now)... I'm supposed to give a 15 min presentation, but I don't know what to talk about... I will be praying for revelation on what to say. Wish me luck!

We have a new missionary come to our mission tonight! He is a spanish speaker, and since he knows the language well enough, the MTC sends him out early so they can house another missionary. We are having dinner with President Riggs at the mission home tonight with this new missionary. 

Well, I'm gonna go play some basketball...

Love ya!

Elder Michael Litchfield