June 24, 2013

Hey,

Sorry I wasn't able to email last week. I was getting settled into a new area and the computers at our new library are timed and don't give very much. It was difficult leaving Dublin, but the new area is great too. I am now serving in Eaton. It is in Cincinnati area. A new mission is being created July 1st. So I will no longer be part of the Columbus Ohio mission, but instead will become part of the Cincinnati Ohio mission. I will be getting a new mission president and everything. I am sad to be leaving the Columbus area. Most all of my missionary friends are now in Columbus which means I will never see them again. Not to mention, the Cincinnati area is comprised of mostly branches, rather than wards. Eaton area is so small that we actually cover about 15 cities. In Dublin we only covered 2 cities. Our branch in Eaton consists of around 70-80 active members. It is a lot different than Dublin, needless to say.

My companion is awesome though! He is from Arizona. He is an awesome missionary. We get along super well. He is the only person that I have ever been able to talk to about random things, that have nothing to do with other things we were talking about, that enjoys talking back. He is smart. He loves a lot of the same music as I do. And he is the only person that can keep up with me in conversations about movies, music, technology, and random things. We love to talk so much. It distracts us sometimes haha.

We have a pretty nice apartment for our area. It is one of the only "new" buildings(2001-ish). All the houses around here were built in the 1800's-early 1900's. It is very small. But the country looks really nice at sunset. Plus we still have cool members. Right now we are helping a member build a house. That Is one of the most exciting things for me right now. He is doing the whole thing himself and we help him out early in the mornings. I LOVE it! You know I love houses.

The area is a lot easier for missionary work. People are a lot nicer around here. Everyone talks to us. We haven't had a single door slammed in our face. But in Dublin, we got that all the time. We have a ton of investigators with many on date for baptism. It's great.

My new address is:

313 Eaton Lewisburg Road

Eaton, Ohio 45320

Be careful about sending stuff to the mission office address too because it will no longer be mine after July 1st. I don't know if I will ever get mail that gets sent there after that date because I don't know how they will know where we are. So as soon as I know, I will get you my new mission office address. Any particular questions?

Oh, big news. We are getting iPads as missionaries now and will be creating facebook accounts as well to keep in touch with our investigators since everyone communicates online now. I called it.

Love you all.

Jamison