It was my birthday

My birthday with Vincent

Dear all,

It has been another very normal week. My birthday was yesterday, but I'll get to that later. 

RJ turned 18 last Sunday. We've been trying to get him to go to seminary for a long time now, but we realized that since he's 18 he can go to institute. So, we took him to the weekly institute class on Friday night and got to spend the evening with him and the other YSA members. RJ seemed to enjoy it even though he felt a little over his head. I think we'll be going back this week. 

Other than RJ, transfers happened, but Elder Burton and I stayed the same. The only change in our district is that Elder Wilson replaced Elder James as AP (if any of you remember who Elder James is). Elder Wilson is from Idaho and fits in as an AP very well. We'll probably go on exchanges with them sometime this transfer if they can find time. 

Institute with Vincent

Anyway, my birthday was pretty uneventful yesterday. We had zone conference for 7 solid hours (which included lunch so that was nice). It was a pretty normal zone conference.  They're just like a really long work meeting where your performance at work not only determines your own worthiness but also the salvation of others. They can be a little stressful, but usually pretty uplifting in the end. Afterwards we hung around the church for another 4 hours or so waiting to do interviews with President (we ran out of time, so I have to do mine later), and then we went and had dinner with Vincent Mewtew. It was overall a pretty nice day. The ramen we had with Vincent was very Japanese and very good. 

Thanks for all your birthday wishes.

Love you all!

Elder Hadden

The lucky cat we got in Chinatown for New Years