hello family and friends!!!

 

Coming to you live from Highland Heights Kentucky!! (my second area of my mission so far) it looks like everyone is doing good and having fun witch I love to hear. well... I guess we will start back in the MTC it feels like forever since I've been able to hear anything from anyone since I didn't have p day last week because I came out in the field. so ill start with the 4th! wow that seems like forever ago. the fourth was amazing we had an incredible devotional and after they even let us go out into the parking lot to watch stadium of fire! it was way sweet! so Sunday night my last night in the MTC we had an amazing music devotional by this amazing violinist and her little family of course I can’t remember her name (something baker... I think) then I said good bye to all my sweet girls who I love so much witch was sad but they are all so amazing. that night we didn't get to bed until like 12 because we were packing and we were back up at 3 am to catch the bus... train.... tracks.... then plane... but eventually we got to OHIO!!!! is soooooooooooo green! sooooooooo beautiful! we spent the day at presidents house playing games and what not then the APs took us to the top of this hill that looked out over down town cinci and part of Kentucky it was such a spiritual experience as they 
​talked about us serving in a land with so much history. the next day we went to transfer meeting where I was assigned to Laurence burg Indiana with Elder MacFarlane!!! who is amazing I love him!!!! he's totally a cow boy grew up in a town of 500 and has said things like "NBA now that's basketball right?" hahah what a goober but his knowledge in the gospel and his love for the work is unreal I look up to him greatly! he has helped me grow so much! anyway we got to Laurence burg after a lot of driving and got into this nasty apt set our crap down and went out into the rain to start prosolighting (fix that spelling) and to be honest I wasn't feeling it... later that afternoon we got a call saying that we transferred to the wrong area and we were moving into highland heights! I was so pumped and I knew nothing about it. when we got that call I knew that's where I needed to be! so we waited for a ride and then made the long fried to Kentucky and what a blessing! we took over the sisters apt (very neat very clean) and they had a car!!! but I quickly learned that having a car in a mission means nothing! the sisters wrecked through our miles so we have walked walked and walked but it’s been way fun we are not new to the area along with Elder Bunderson and Elder Bluth (from gilbert) who split the are with us they have downtown ghetto and we have a little city and a whole lot of hicks. yesterday in our lesson there was about half an inch of dirt on the ground I kid you not and all the sudden two muddy pigs and two huge muddy dogs come running through the house my comp said that's normal..... but yea there are some interesting people here to say the least and its great entertainment. we have done a lot of walking and just getting to know the area and the other day I was so tired and my feet hurt so bad but as we sat there for the day and added up how many new investigators we had found it brought a great since of joy and happiness. it’s so great being able to do the lords work! so many spiritual experiences every day I wish you all could join for just one day its awesome! I know I’m leaving out so much but it’s been a crazy busy week! if someone could send me a nice what's up in the mail that would be awesome so I can have my address for a library car. much love (1815 highland ridge Blvd. highland heights) oh yea! sister haws! mom cindi McGrath idk how you know this sweet sister but she is amazing she brought three pizzas and cookies and a hand written note from everyone in her family we have been living off that food all week. what a great blessing she was! please please have the missionaries over for dinner it’s the best thing ever! love you all so so much I pray for you all every day. my testimony has grown so much here and my love for our savior is incredible I hope that each and every one of you are striving to draw closer to him every day. 

 

until next time your favorite Elder Demke