I saw all of conference. I did nothing Saturday - studies in the 

morning, then the Morning Session, then lunch with members, then the 

Afternoon Session, then lunch with members, then the Priesthood 

Session, then back home. We had to leave pretty much immediately, 

because we were expecting transfer calls. They didn't come until this 

morning. I'm getting transferred to Houston, Missouri. I'm going to 

be sending a package home of stuff that I don't need anymore - like 6 

months of letters, almost a year of Missionary Daily Planners, etc. I 

might end up sending more of my Marshallese stuff later. I'm leaving 

Elder Kaneko with most of my Marshallese supplies.

I doubt anyone was expecting Elder Eyring to become 2nd Counselor, 

but it's a good choice, in my opinion (but then, who of the 12 

wouldn't be?). Conference was amazing. It gets better every time. I 

bet every missionary loved Elder Holland's talk. Here in Springdale, 

we laughed during much of it, simply because it was an awsome bashing 

against the false doctrine of the Trinity. I like what he said about 

the supposed incomprehensibility of God in the Nicean creed (and all 

of it's derivatives): "We declare that [it is] exactly that: 

incomprehensible."

I wept during Elder Worthlin's talk. To me, he was the embodiment of 

his talk. He suffered through pain, anguish, and potential public 

humiliation because of his love for the Lord, and his love for 

others. It will be seared into my mind for at the very least a long 

while. Absolutely no one can say that he is not a man of courage, 

worldly or not. And I doubt many "men" of the world would even be 

willing to do such a thing for what they believe in.

Some news about Ashley Thompson: somehow, her husband got her in 

jail. She was able to be bailed out by her mom, and now she's 

divorcing him, and charging him with abuse. Apparently he was being 

watched by the police because they know his cousins are drug dealers. 

He's got himself in to a really big pickle. Ashley says they've 

revoked all of his past bail bonds, which numbers 15. He also might 

be charged with the death of their 7-week old son (apparently, he may 

be [possibly accidentally] responsible, but they're investigating 

it). She's moving to her mom's house, just a bit out of Springdale 

(Spring Valley, to the southeast, if you really want to find it on a 

map), and the missionaries will be teaching her there. She's doing 

really well now. She just needs to get her stuff out of her apartment 

by Tuesday, and stop smoking.

Well, I'll let you all know next week my new address. Rock on until then!