Dear Family,

My companion is Elder Daniel Rowley. He's from Roy, Utah. He's been out almost a year. He's a great missionary. Very humble. I love serving with him. As far as he's aware, he's not related to Tara. (BTW, he is addicted to Oreos. Just thought I'd mention that in case you decide to send a package while I'm serving with him). I imagine we'll serve together for 3 months or so. I have no problem with that. We get along great.

As far as the Athlete's foot goes, I have no idea what's up with that. It's quite annoying. I might try and get an over the counter medication again. It's gone down a TON from the prescription, but it's just not quite gone yet. Maybe some Lotrimin(I've had 2 pharmacists and a doctor tell me that that's the best over the counter stuff) will push it over the edge. As for the cough, I've had a cough my whole mission basically. I think it's mostly just because I always have nasal drainage down the back of my throat. I don't know how to fix that. It's probably a life-long problem for me.

Our Baptism has been pushed back to Friday for a number of reasons. But that's now big deal. It should happen. It should all go well. :) We're excited. :)

We went bowling yesterday. It was fun. I got like a 136 or something. Pretty good, for me. I enjoyed it.

Some people made us Cafe Rio stuff for dinner the other day. That was a nice slice of home. I miss that place. It's so good! Then last Saturday, a family had us over and they smoked Ribs. It was soooooooo good! I can't wait to get into that!

Well, I guess I'll talk with you next week! Have a good one! Go to the temple if you can!

Love,
Elder Bracken