Week 13...life in Luray, VA

Hows it been going in?

In Luray i got to ask my first person to be baptized and he said yes so we will see how he does and keep getting him to keep commitments.

Its kinda quiet out here the colder it is here the less people there are to street contact and the less people open the doors so. Wouldn't want to let the cold air in side understandable. We had a thanksgiving dinner in our little Luray church which is just the part of the dental office that we are renting for church, there was a lot of people and was pretty cramped, then kinda sad when that many people didn't come to church. But it's whatever.

I am finishing up my training as a new missionary so it is week 11 which means i have to do pretty much everything myself so hopefully i don't mess anything up, that would be sad but i have been taught by 3 great companions do i don't think i will to bad off.

There's not quite a lot to talk about in an area like Luray so i wish i could tell you a little more but we are surviving every now and then we can find someone to teach. We are great at cooking ramen noodles. But we are being fed thanksgiving so can't complain there. Have had quite a few more people that weren't the brightest rainbows in the sky but wont go into that to much, hopefully something big will happen and i will tell you something more but until then have fun in the village of firth :)

(one of the AMAZING things about Kody serving out here is all of the history that is here.  The history ranges from the the founding of this country to the Civil War and it is important to remember that Virginia was and is a Southern State...Here is a little bit of Civil War History in regard to Luray, VA).

Page County, Virginia, or known as the Luray Valley and later Page Valley during the Civil War, is located between the majestic Blue Ridge and Massanutten Mountains on the east and west and with the ever-flowing Shenandoah River running south to north.

The significance of the Page Valley as an avenue of armies through the Shenandoah Valley, to and from Gettysburg and as a prominent thoroughfare for General "Stonewall" Jackson, with its stories, is a valuable resource that must be preserved and shared.

Within the boundaries of this fertile valley Confederate and Union soldiers marched and died, commanders contemplated strategies that would affect the entire Shenandoah Valley, supporters and sympathizers went about daily life at home, slaves were bought and sold, barns, mills and bridges were burned and General "Stonewall" Jackson with 38,000 troops marched through his "beloved" valley.