Dear Family,

I am now down in Van Buren I love it here. Arkansas is a fantastic place.

This is a weird area, because there are 6 missionaries for 1 ward. We cover a portion of the Ward, the Zone Leaders cover the rest, and there are some Spanish Elders that work all over. So it's pretty different.

My companion is Elder Matthew Fox from Chalis, Idaho. He is awesome. He's been out almost a year. Very talented missionary. He could easily be my Senior Companion.

We live in a house. A very nice one. We have a car full-time(hallelujah!). A Toyota Corolla.

We have quite a few investigators. The area is doing well. By the time I'm done here, this will be one of the best areas in the mission. ;)

I am out of time. I will do better next week. See, we email our Mission President now, so that cuts into our time, and I had a lot to talk with him about this week, what with transfers and all. So, I've got to get going.

Have a great week!

Love,
Elder Bracken