So this week was a good one not a lot happened. We got to go on exchanges finally! We havent gone on any this whole transfer, until this week! I got to go back up to Jamestown New York. I have been there a lot on my mission.... A lot more than i would want to ;) Ha nah i really love all the areas but that place just is in need of a lot of repairs ;). And i also got to go to Knox PA that was fun! I actually loved both exchanges a lot! In Jamestown i went with Elder Crook, guess where he is from.... Brigham City! He was a cool kid! I actually really liked being with him for the day. We just talked all about our sports and all the things we loved to do each others towns and we knew a lot of the same people and it was just awesome to be with someone that was near home and we know the same places, it was just really nice actually! And in Knox i got to be with both Elders Cooley and Jones. When Elder Cooley came in to the mission it was my first day being here in Pitt 5th ward and i was going around meeting all the new missionaries that had just come in and i got to Elder Cooley and i gave him a hug and asked him his name and all he said was Hon-solo and walked away! HA at that time was like hmmm okay that is a weird kid. But after spending the day with this Elder I loved him!! He is a little on the bigger side of things but like it all just goes so well with his humor and his personality! I LOVE HIM! And also Elder Jones was an old ZL with me and we got to know each other pretty well before so it was nice being with good Elders and just working and having fun!

When i was in Knox we walked all over this small town! Visited tons of Less actives and lots of potential investigators! So they decide that we dont have a lot to do so we go and see this lady who is an investigator but she was something else! She used to be the drug lord for that area like no joke! She had a CRAZY past! Now she is like the nicest lady of the face of the planet. But we were there and we went inside and were just talking to her while she was finishing up her dishes and all that jazz and she was manly talking to Elder Jones, so i was looking around the trailer and it was not the cleanest place in the world.... And all of the sudden i look over at Elder Cooley who is just poking this picture that her kid had painted and she pined it on the wall. So i go over to him and ask him what the freak he is doing. And he just looks over at me and says watch this! So he gives the picture another poke and this was a really hard poke and all of the sudden cockroaches of all sizes just come pouring out from behind this picture!! Like honestly i thought i was having some kind of nightmare or this was some really crappy scary movie!! It was the worst thing ever! HAHA man do i love my mission.

 So yesterday we had an Elder stay with us he was heading home early... It was kind of sad seeing this all take place he came out with me so i kinda knew him but not really. But just seeing how sad he was to leave all this behind was really hard. But the cool thing was actually seeing him be this sad, it doesnt make sense but let me explain. So this Elder has struggled his whole mission with obedience and was one of those Elders that when in this position just stresses you out cause he seems to not get what he is really out here to do. But now that it has come to this point i see and understand why he struggled so much for 18 months. He was not ready to come out. So with him going home Elder Shields and i knew that he would come stay with us for a little while and honestly i thought i was going to hate my life for the last few days. So i did the only thing i could think of and that was to pray. So i prayed and just asked for my Father in Heaven to make him okay.... That was a mistake on my part. But i also asked for love for this Elder, cause i honestly do not do well with disobedient missionaries. So he got here Saturday night, and the weirdest thing happened when we opened the door i saw a totally different young man then whom i knew before. The atonement of Jesus Christ had changed this Elder in to a humble and meek young man! And all i could do was love him. The atonement is the power of change. It will make weak things become strong and raise you up out of the deepest and darkest depths of self misery and sin. I know because i have changed through the power of the atonement, its just like Ammon after a long while working and laboring with the Lamenites converting thousands! He boasted of his God and not of his own strength cause it is through Him that we all can do all things! I now know that this Elder will go home and stay converted! He will have a lot of challenges ahead but he is one of the greatest Elders in my eyes at this time! He knew of the power and he applied it!

I love you all! I miss you all so much! 
Elder Dennison