December 7, 2010 - Last couple days in the mish

so basically everything is set for my surgery im just waiting to hear back from the hospital to see what time im coming in to have it. they will be reconstructing my ACL and removing some bone off of my knee. yesterday i went to doctor sorensens office and we went over whats going to happen and he gave me a bunch of papers to fill out and a kewl "high-tech" knee brace that im suppose to wear while im recovering and walking around. im projected to be back in the mission in six weeks, so that'll put me coming back in the middle of January. but this week our area is finally starting to pick up!!!! now that im leaving :( ohwell thats good for elder mccolm and johnson. were finally teaching on average four lessons a day. so thats about 28 lessons a week. the majority of those are non-members!!!! i really hope that ill be able to come back to this area after im done recovering. it would be sweet. swani someone that elder johnson and i started teaching finally said that nothing is going to stand in his way of being baptized. before he was worried about his family especially his parents. which is really good for him, he's really confident that his family will come around and become members as well. we also had a bomb lesson with chris, he has been taught for about six weeks and has really turned his life around, a complete 180. the lesson before this one we exteneded a baptizmal date and he was way against it. but we found alot of stories that relate to him like the sons of mosiah and alma the younger. now chris is starting to loosen up. im really sad to leave the area but im excited that now its starting to pick up and people are calling us with friends they want us to teach -- Elder Tyler Herring2133 Washington Blvd.Ogden, Utah 84401