Sunday, October 12, 2008 we went to church and then down to the hotel to visit with John and Sue Potts and Eddy and Lanny Flake who were here with a tour group. They were touring with Rod Meldrum and visiting places that were possible Book of Mormon sites. Brother Meldrum has done extensive studying with DNA and has a DVD out where he tells about his thoughts and discoveries about Book of Mormon lands being here in Ohio, New York and down to Missouri. We had a wonderful visit with our dear friends from Arizona and had a delicious dinner at the Texas Roadhouse! We then sat in on a discussion about DNA and lots of other evidences of the Book of Mormon in this area. It was so interesting and we are going to have to watch his DVD and learn more. Elder Hartman Rector, Jr. and his wife were also with the group so we were able to meet and visit with him for a few minutes. We loved seeing the Potts and Flakes and felt like we had a taste of home for awhile! It was hard to leave them but we know our place is here and we have a lot here to do yet before we do go home. What do you do when you have great friends in two places and the two places are 2000 miles apart? Well, we got back to our apartment about midnight and then laid awake talking about the blessings we have of having such wonderful friends. It made our halfway mark a very happy time!!

The Fall colors are beginning to get really pretty although we understand they will get even prettier in the next two weeks. So we will have to go take more pictures then! We went out to Delaware to visit some members and took these pictures while we were there. We just couldn't seem to get enough of the beautiful yellows, oranges, bronzes and reds. We could have driven down 20 more roads and not seen enough of the beauty that is here in Ohio right now. In two weeks we will go down to the south part of the mission and visit Bea Zufelt again and she said it would be beautiful by then!

September 24, 2008 was the birthday of Elder Pridgen so we took him, his companion Elder Yablonovsky and the Powell Elders, Titensor and Brusch to Red Robin for lunch. They all love to eat! And the Red Robin is the favorite place! We all had a great time. When we got back to the office they decided to show us how they spell OHIO! See if you can see it!