Hey everyone!
This week has been the busiest week of my whole 2 month mission so far, we came into the area and it was pretty dead, but we've been working and we finally made it to 8 lessons in a week. Which is not very much but it's great to see us go up to that from our 3 lesson starting week.

Thanksgiving was a crazy day, we had one dinner at one o'clock, pie at three with a different family, and another dinner at seven, so that was a busy but fun day!

So tomorrow is transfers! Me and Elder Gibson are staying up on the island (Thats what we call it because our town is half an hour away from anyone else.) but Elder McCleve is leaving, which is sad because Elder Gibson trained him in the other Ellensburg ward just before he got assigned to train me. He's a great missionary and i hope his replacement, Elder Pixton, is just as good.

I'm not sure if i said before that is is snowing, but last week we got a good couple of inches, but now it's all sunshine and happiness up here somehow. The members keep telling us the snow is coming though, so we'll see how that works out.

One family we are working with, I think i mentioned them already, is the Firkins. They are an elderly couple that have been inactive for a couple years now. They are awesome people and so much fun to visit! We had visited them a couple times and felt like they were kind of stand-offish but we found out in our second visit that he had been offended some time ago, so we talked a little about how through the atonement we can not only be forgiven, but also learn to forgive, he took that very well, and now they are starting to be reactivated! I love seeing the miracles God works for us out here!

I hope you all have a great week!
Sincerely,
Elder Brandon Scott Pickett