Email Letter - June 25, 2012

Hey all! Things are good here in the hills of California. This week was qutie the interesting one. I handled my first marijauna bud, learned how noah's ark and the ark of the covenant really represented the sun and the moon respectively, and had a big cottage meeting with a bunch of people that don't have grass but in stead pot for their yard. And that's just in Hayfork! Let me explain. When we got to hayfork on thursday, we went to visit a part member family and since the member wasn't home we got to talking with her husband and he showed us his garden. First he showed us the tomatoes, then the peppers, and a few other things. Then he showed us his Nor-cal gold. We learned a bit more about uses for the marijuana, like putting it into beeswax and using it as chapstick, or bathing in it to relieve aches and pains. We also learned that each individual plant is worth 2-4 THOUSAND dollars. How bout that?
The cottage meeting was really good, we had it in town at a member's house and enjoyed meeting these people. They live in a place called trinity pines, where there is no electricity or running water. Everyone has generators and hauls in water in large buckets. Each person we met had a great story about how they ended up in the Hayfork area and what is going on in their lives. We even met a family of 7 that we're hoping to begin teaching this week or next. It's fantastic! I love it there in Hayfork. I wish that it wasn't such a drug ridden little community though. It's kinda sad.
Anyway, life is good, and the work is going great. We were stopped by a few people as we were riding our bikes over to the library this morning and were able to set some appointments and share the gospel and all that good stuff. It's pretty wonderful. It just goes to show that no unhallowed hand can stop this work, even if they try really really really really hard.
Love you guys have a great week!