WONDER how #3 is enjoying the DEEP South?

#3 is serving in Albany Georgia
Here are some of his crazy, fun thoughts, and experiences:
"I love it here in Albany. except its really hot. and there are gnats everywhere. I decided that they didn't have gnats in the garden of Eden because there's no way that they ever would be good. We have the biggest area in the mission and we only have bikes so that's fun.  Ok, so the apartment is pretty small and its only me and Elder Shelton because. the President said that 1 man is a man. 2 men are half a man. and 3 men are no man at all. So he just doesn't want us to be dumb together. Ok mom this is scary but, they have a bunch of spiders down here they are all over the place. They are either wolf spiders of they are brown recluses. Ahhhh that's scary. [The only thing in the world that #3 is afraid of is...spiders]. A man we chop wood for handed us a cigarette box and told us to look inside. That jerk! There was a spider in it. He is a very weird man. His name is J___. Oh, so when I got here I was like, "Oh this humidity isn't that bad." No mom. It's bad. I'm drenched all the time and I smell weird and its crazy, and the gnats again. Oh, another last thing is that we are having stake conference and Dallin H Oaks is coming. Pray for #2 and #1 and me."

"Yeah here I am in the big south. My first real companion is Elder Shelton. He is almost exactly like me. He likes all the same stuff I like and he is just super cool. haha Ok so the south is weird. Everyone down here prays wrong. They all hold hands, and then they will always talk in the middle of your prayer. "Yes, oh Yes, Yea Lord, mhhmmm, oh Sweet Jesus" It's super distracting. There is one man who starts his prayers by saying, "God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob" and then he will go into his prayer. I do love it here though. It's really cool here." 

"If we have hard times,  praying is the best thing we can do. It may still be hard but you will have the strength to make it."
"I have had so much fun on my mission so far but the thing I have noticed is that it is super hard. The word is hard,  the walking is hard,  the biking is hard, But Heavenly Father knows I can do it. And do you know what I have noticed is that He has given me just enough strength to make it. I really like my bed at the end of the day where I can just go and sleep. Man I love sleep."
" I do remember when went to the Draper Temple open house. I didn't really want to go that much, but it was a very cool experience. The coolest thing for me was the spirit I felt there. It was a very strong feeling. It wasn't a big turning point for me but coming out here on my mission has been. We actually had an apostle here for stake conference. It was Elder Dallin H. Oaks. Needles to say I haven't washed my hands yet. haha jk. But he was there and the spirit was very strong."
"Man, our family has real problems with teeth [regarding his younger Sister having to have some teeth pulled]. I'm sorry that that's happening but maybe we can move to Georgia so that teeth don't matter that much. J___ only has one and it's always out of his mouth. Its super weird. Most people are missing teeth here. Do you know that Albany is the 3rd poorest place in the US. Wow. We have more money than them."