My new companion!

Oh my Family!

-The Pictures- District picture (all those in my last district), the 4 elders one (Elder Kimball (Assistant to the President), me, Elder Pace (Zone Leader), Elder Krall (my trainer, District Leader)), and the monkey picture (we went to the musium of natural history and there was a mirror with large ape stickers, so we stood behind it as though were were really there with the apes).

How's life in the real world? Anything good? Hope so. It sounds like Roger and Hillary are having a great time. It's exciting to have a new addition to the family coming and definately good to hear all the new words and things my nieces and nephews a learning! My week has been way good! After transfers, my new companion took off and worked the way I knew missionaries worked. With my trainer, my last companion, we averaged about nine or ten lessons a week and 50-70 contacts per week. *contacts are people we talk to on the street or people we tract into. With my new companion, in only three days, we taught eight lessons and got 161 contacts! Its great to have a companion that is on the same page you are. He's a super hard worker and has a ton of faith. His hard work ethic comes from growing up on a farm, I think. He's from Delta, Utah, so not too far away. He's naturally a shy, timmid person. I can see it in his personality and he talks it, but he knows what he's supposed to do and does it, so together we've been "tearin' it up!" He's very humble. Probably the most humble person I know.Its a lot of fun working with him. His Name is Elder Skyler Roper.Last week we were talking to some people and this guy was pushing a table up some stairs in the apartment complex we were at and while I continued to talk to a guy, Elder Roper helped this other guy carry his table up to his apartment and when I finished talking to my person I went in and to where Elder Roper was and we taught Antuan and Jerolyn (the table guy and his wife) the Restoration. I was sweet! Just yesterday, I was talking to a guy from Nigeria and he wanted us to teach him, so right then and there we taught Olu. Its so fun! There is a wide variety of races here in Norman because of Oklahoma University, so I get to experience almost every culture. I'm loving it! Well, hope to hear from you soon!

Love, Elder Osness