March 9th e-mail

Hey Family,
Thanks for the email it was great its hard some times to only get a short email from you guys once a week. Thanks for understanding. Dad Sounds like you had a good time fishing and that you caught a lot of them. Your story reminded me of when we went up one time and it was freezing cold and windy. So I tried to build a wall out of snow. Then the other time we went and I got a lot of sun on my face and my freckles got really big. It looked like I had dirt all over my face. Those are some good memories that I had about ice fishing. Hear is some news for you all, this week was transfers. Last week in the mail all of the Zone leaders get a paper stating where everyone in the zone is going and who there new companion is. We were looking forward to it all week. Well it came and we ran inside and gave it a good look over. I saw where everyone is going and who is coming. I never looked at what was happening with me and elder Gerrard. Then he pointed it out and I was in shock. Elder Garrard was being released as a zone leader and going to be a district leader and my new companion is Elder Weathersby! I was so excited and I am still excited. I was hoping to be able to serve with him again. I was talking to one of the Assistants to the president the other day and he said that they had seen a big change in him the last little while, and were really excited for us to be able to get back together. This is going to be a great transfer we are going to get this area back on track. There were two zone leaders here a transfer before I got here that got doubled out. They had this place on fire. I really want to get it the best that we can. I know that this upcoming zone conference is going to be a really exciting one and should get the mission on track to what we should be doing. Last week was a really hard week we lost a couple of our investigators but I'll tell you about that in my letter. Its spring break here and the whole city has basically shut down. All of the students left for the week. There is none anymore. Its weird to think that the city is run by the school. I bet that this is how it feels in snow college. I cant wait to talk to you guys again in a little while. It seems like yesterday I was hitting 15 months now this Saturday will be 16 months man time flys by. Tell ashley and them that I say Hi and that I really miss them tell grandma also. Thanks for the email and all that you guys do for me I really appreciate this opportunity that I have in my life to be serving the lord and spreading the gospel forth. I love you all and miss you so much. have a great week. Love Elder Cory Downward