Oi,
Well, this week was a good one. We were able to do a lot of teaching and so that was nice. Sat. night was a bit wasted due to a pump problem we have been having. It has been an ongoing problem with our water pump for our house. It first went out and we had to change the bladder and then it would just quit on us, so we rigged it up so that it would just stay on all of the time until we would cut the power to it. We would have to turn it on and off manually and finally that failed too, so I just said to heck with it all and we came home early Sat. night and went out there with a headlamp and some pliers and finally spent some time, and fixed the thing for good, so now we have a properly functioning pump that will hopefully hold out for good. I tried to explain to the younger ones how a pump works, so that when I am gone and the pump goes out, they'll be able to fix it. Other than that, not too much excitement here...
That hockey job in Calif. sounds like something I would like to do. I guess we will probably end up making the decision when I get home. Tell, big O that I am serious about the jeep thing. We bought some weights, and we've been lifting every night (except for Sundays...) and I am up to 3 sets of 10 at 165, so tell him to be careful... I am glad though about his knee, and that he doesn't have to have surgery... that would have stunk, but for him to run 26 miles!!! That’s so flippin far. Holy cow. That’s actually pretty impressive... and I still can't believe Will... man, going to stake dances and what not. I think it'll be a big surprise when we meet here in a month... super strange. Speaking of the trip, if you wouldn't mind sending me a flight itinerary, that would be nice to have, also some of the Elder's here wanted to know if you had room in you suitcases to bring over some stuff for them.. (Elder Featherstone and Elder Brock and maybe one more in our house, Elder Spencer...) so you'll have to let me know how much room you'll have... my advice would be to pack as lightly as you can. It’s a pain carrying luggage around and all over the place. So ya, just let me know what you think.

Porter loads up on a plane this week and is on his way home, crazy; I still don't believe it at all. Man that’s nuts. It’s crazy to think how fast this transfer is going. We’re already into our 2nd week of it and so things are flying. We’ll be seeing each other before we know it. And talking to each other too. Man, time is going by fast. But anyways, thanks for the email. Loved it. Sorry not too much going on around here, just a normal week of work. But ya, thanks for everything!!!

Elder Okazaki