1 February 2016 - Week 14

So these past few weeks have been crazy!! So last Monday we went up to Jasper Alabama. That's where Elder Hyde used to be, and Jasper is awesome! The people there are so nice! The members are awesome! We just spent the whole day and visited as many families as we could! Then a baptism for someone that Elder Hyde used to teach. It was crazy! And i was super sick for all of it :( That's what happens when it's like 80 degrees one day and the next it's in the 30's and raining, then the next it's 40's with 100% humidity. But it's whatever.

We had interviews with President Hanks and mine went really well! He's such a cool guy, I'm really sad that he goes home in June.

It's been kind of a hard couple of weeks because everyone is getting to go home and is super trunky. It's crazy, everyone I know in the mission will be gone in about 4 months. Elder Hyde only has 3 more to go. He is really stressed about getting school and life figured out. But Sister Hall (one of the sisters here in Wetumpka) is going home Wednesday! She has served her 18 months. Then Elder Detrich (he is in my district in Alex city) is going home as well.

We have also been working really hard these past couple weeks - we have been taking the car up to some of the little towns that are in our area like Tallassee, Eclectic, and Elmore.

We helped the Moore's move last week. They are one of my fav families here. They are so cute! They are super young, Stanley is 21 and Madeline is 22. They will be married for a full year in March! They were kinda less active but we have got them comin back to church and we are working on getting them to the temple in March! Maddy just gave me Insanity! It's these work out dvds like p90x but way harder! I'm super stoked! But I need to get into better shape before I can even start them! So Elder Hyde and I are hitting the p90x hard.

Transfer calls were Saturday and Elder Hyde and I are both staying here in Wetumpka for another month! Which is good, we work well together and have fun and can do a lot more work here. But I will probably leave next transfer.

Love and thanks to everyone. Have a great week! Elder Gilbert