Connecticut, huh? Coincidence? Nah... =]

Hey family! Hope all is going well. I am doing pretty good, but kind of sad because we just found out that Elder Schmutz will be leaving :( The cool part though is that he will be going to be a zone leader in Eustis with Elder McClatchy! He will be his last companion... aaaah! I have never been with my immediate companion when I go to a new area for more than one transfer... except for when I whitewash/trained. And even then it was only two! Sad. But now I will be with Elder Randy Call! He is the man and was a zone leader in Hunters Creek and will now be coming here. I am looking forward to being his companion. He will be my 10th companion, not including MTC. That's a lot! I guess I'm just hard to get along with... ha ha.

K and B were confirmed yesterday! It was wonderful. I love that family so much, and they are just continuing to progress. B is really understanding the Book of Mormon and the things we are teaching. We are hoping and praying that he will decide on a baptismal date to work towards before the end of this week.

Yesterday V came to church again, as well as S and her dad. V is a great guy; super nice. He is pretty smart, and enjoys learning. He is one of a kind =] S is a 13 year old girl in our ward; her family has been less-active in the past, but they are wanting to come back! S is such a good girl and really getting excited about continuing to learn more. She reads all the pamphlets we leave, and answers questions in lessons like you wouldn't believe. V is still on track for Feb 18 to be baptized! He just got back in town last night from a cruise. He is solid, and his family is doing a great job helping support him!

A cool story: So last P-day we decided to wash our shower curtain. We put it in the washer, but we must have put it in wrong or it wasn't the type to wash... when we got back that night and took it out it was torn in pieces. We didn't have time to get a new one. Well, we decided to put up what was left with it - it covered like 1/3 of the normal space a shower curtain does. We used it for a few days, and just had to point the shower head directly at the wall, and then decided we might as well just grab a new one - it wasn't worth the mess it was making. Well, we stopped by the store to grab one one night as an appointment fell through, and while we were in there a lady said hi to us! She introduced herself as Sister B, a member on the records we had been trying to get a hold of for a while. We met her son Matt as well, and he read my name tag and was like, "Beckett... hmm. Hey wasn't that the same as the missionary in our ward in Connecticut?" I was like... WAIT! DJ served there! "Was his name DJ Beckett?" Yeah, that's him! I was like what?!? Wow... what are the chances of that? So DJ had served up there in their ward, and they remembered and loved him. Had only good to say about him! And Loralee =] Matt said Loralee really helped him out growing up and was an awesome example and helped him go to seminary and stuff. They love you both. And it was like an automatic in for me... thanks guys! Ha ha so we got an appointment to go back yesterday and we went and had a good lesson with them. Brother Brooker came, who is their home teacher, and it just so happens he too was from the Ellington ward in CT! And he too knew and loved DJ & Loralee & her family. What a small world... I wouldn't be surprised if the whole reason that our shower curtain got ruined was to be able to meet them and help them come back into the church =] They have testimonies and are super nice people. I am excited to see what the Lord has in store. Being a missionary is amazing... there are so many little blessings and miracles that happen every day. I love being able to see that more clearly than ever before.

I love you all! Thanks for your prayers and letters and all that you do. I'm just going to keep giving it my all here and smiling AMAP (as much as possible) ;). Love you!