Working on Purdue Campus

As for the new information: 2330 Northwestern Ave. Apt. #6, West Lafayette, IN, 47906

It is really exciting being here because my new companion is Elder Hurst. We were in the MTC together and it has been a blast. Our zone is the Lafayette Zone and it is the biggest in the mission with a total of 4 districts and 16 missionaries. Something else that is exciting is that my first and second areas are in our zone. Our immediate area that we work is Purdue University Campus, and we cover the YSA Ward. It is so exciting because I had come here on exchanges before and now I get to serve here. This ward is by far the most missionary oriented I have ever been in. I think it helps that 90% of the guys are RM's. It is really different working here compared to other areas. We never go tracting but instead we just walk up to people on campus and just start talking to them. One thing that takes some getting used to is called: question of the day. We have this poster board with different pictures of Christ and of Joseph Smith and then a whiteboard that we write a question on like: Why are there so many Church's? Then we just call people out as they are walking by and talk to them about the question. It was really weird for the first time but now it is a lot of fun. Another thing that is different is that there is a lot more stuff to do. We actually cover the 2 closed areas that are in our area as well and on top of that I have all of the Zone Leader stuff but it isn't too bad. I really love being on campus for many reasons, one of which is because everyone here is between 19-30's and they aren't set in their ways. Also everyone is away from the influence of their parents so they can make their own decisions. I have noticed that I have to get a lot better when I teach because there are a lot of students from other countries like China, India, Africa, etc. and most of which aren't Christian, so it puts a really nice spin on things. a few really exciting things is that we now have set 2 baptismal dates and one of them was atheist and the other was Hindu.

Well that is all I got for now. Love ya,