Still working with Boyd to quit smoking

Hey, things are going alright. I'm glad you had a good talk with Elder Marlin K. Jensen (of the 70) about me. I also had a pretty good conversation with him before my areas stake conference. I was the only missionary that got to meet with him so that was pretty cool and he gave me some good advice.

I did watch the Jimmer fest. If BYU is is in the NCAA tournament, i am going to watch it no matter what. :)

About Boyd... we are trying to help him quit smoking still, he is doing very well, but he still has a few concerns about coffee and the prophet that we need to go over more in depth.

Its transfers this week and i am getting a new companion, the companion i like (Elder Russon) is staying with me but the brazilian is getting moved to another companionship in our zone. But we are also getting someone else to come with us... so i am not very excited. Threesomes are killing me.

Love, Austin Ballif

Working with a Grandpa

We are teaching a Grandpa in his 70's. He has a word of wisdom problem with smoking but we have him down to a single cigarette a day from the pack day he use to smoke. We hope to set a baptismal date for him soon!

We got out and did some missionary service--it was raining hard so we had a good mud bath.

 We had a general authority visit over the past weekend. Elder Marlin Jensen of the seventy. I had the chance to talk to him personally which was a great experience.