We had some really good lessons this week with our investigator Y-- on chastity and the commandments and reviewing the Word of Wisdom. She has gone 2 weeks and 2 days so far without drinking tea and coffee, so she was pretty excited about that. She came to church yesterday again which was Ward Conference, and we had a great lesson from Stake President Houston on "The Family: Proclamation to the World" that I think was really good for her. She even brought her little 5 year old son to church and he went to Primary and everything and he loved it. We found out she is a little nervous for her baptism because she is afraid of water, but that she still really wants to be baptized on 22nd of April.

Russell M Nelson is coming to our mission for a mission conference on April 19!  I'm stoked. President Castro is really stressing the importance of "getting what we prepare for."  Luckily, Elder Sorensen's birthday is in April, so we are going to the temple the first week in April to prepare for General Conference and Elder Nelson's visit.  :)  I'm pumped. 

We went on exchanges with Elder Henriod and Elder Mackay on Thursday. I stayed in our area with Elder MacKay.  He's awesome. It was a super fun exchange. He's really good at teaching from the scriptures.  We taught quite a few lessons and had a really good day.
 

I went on exchanges with Elder Barlow too.  He's from north of us and is super cool.  He knows all the mountains from riding dirt bikes and snowmobiles.  Our exchange was up in Santa Barbara in my old area.  It was so great!  I saw all my old investigators and members of the branch. I saw Joel, the guy I baptized, and he was so happy to see me.  He says he's going to come to Carpinteria Ward soon just to sit with me. :)  

Thanks for everything! Love ya!

Elder Parrish