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Buenos Afternoon! Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and are all stuffed fat with food... cause I know I am - haha, so much pumpkin pie, dessert, turkey and good stuff :) So weird to not be home though for a huge holiday! I am glad that I had the Yokshas family to hang out with and are greatful for the 6 months that I have had to get to know their family. Your gonna die when I tell ya though... NO Banana cream pie! AHHHHHHHHHH kill me now! oh great.. now I am craving it again..hahaSo this past week has been pretty good. I have been focusing a lot on what Elder K. Johnson of the seventy had to say at the Multi-zone meeting. Really it was so great! Reading over my notes there were so many things that were talked about and so many subject hit on, but when the spirit was there it all was connected into one huge topic.. well at least what the spirit whispered to me was: improvement. Harold B. Lee said, "The gospel of Jesus Christ was not only intended to comfort the afflicted, but to afflict the comforted." -Meaning that the gospel of Jesus Christ is not easy and never has been. If we are just laying around and not doing anything; as the scriptures say - that is "slothful" and lazy. Sometimes as a missionary and as well as members of the church we kind of lose focus of the main thing - that the gospel is not meant to be easy. So many times are we "there" physically, but not spiritually. I know there is room for improvement with me, and there will always be room!So 6 months in Lake Elsinore & I am finally hitting the road and touring else where. Wow, it's been so long in one spot - it's funny because I really didn't like Elsinore when I got here.. but it grows on ya. Saying goodbyes are always the worst, but I told them that in the 2011's I would be seeing them again :) One of the less actives that we have been working with freaked out when I told him. He said he was calling the bishop and prophet to tell them they are NOT transfering me.. haha too funny - he said something that really made me smile though. He said that if I did nothing else in my mission besides what I did for him - my mission would all be worth it... goll. And sometimes this guy made me soo mad with his smoking and drinking.. but in the end ya gotta love each other!My new companion is going to be Elder Cason and guess what... Elder Veater just trained him ... so missionary wise: I am going to be his "mom" and "step dad" hahaha... I am sure we will have tons of fun. So on Saturday morning I got a call from president Reeves... calling me to be a district leader.. ahhh, meaning I have to give trainings to my district of missionaries every week and look out for all of them... pray for me - I will need your help and the Lords!Well I got to go.. I will send my address next week. Hopefully I can get everything packed that I need to... it's amazing the stuff that piles up when you sit in one place for 6 months!Love you all! Stay safe follow the spirit and look for improvement and progression! Love ya Kolton and have fun on your mission, good luck with everything. Remember the Spirit is KEY!Love Elder McBride