Happy new year! So saturday we had to be in by six since its a holiday and they want to protect us from crazy drivers. At noon we went and taught Jacob who is an investigator we tracted into on friday. It really is amazing to see how willing some people are to learn more about the gospel. We taught him about the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and how important it is to know that we have a prophet here today that receives revelation for all of us. He took the lesson very well and is very excited to read the Book of Mormon and pray about it. We even challenged him to baptism and he said yeah! Problem is though is that he just got put on probation for possesion of Marijuana but i know that with our faith things will work out for the good. Oh someone can't be baptized if they are on probation...Bummer right?! So anyways we had a dinner appointment with Ika and Leavitt at the Ohara's. We threw the football around for a little and went inside and watched the kids play video games. They live on a farm out a ways from the town so there is literally nothing to do out there. We finally ate and got home about seven and just hung out at our apartment. Ika and Leavitt stayed with us and we played chess, monopoly and talked about life. So Sunday I gave my first talk about the importance of studying the scriptures and i thought i did really good! I didn't even look at my paper during the talk! Yeah i was proud of myself:) The ward is awesome though. That night i ate at the Stake President's house and he had his huge family over for the New Year's dinnner. His name is President Hurley, he is a great guy. He does a lot of marathons and these fifty mile races. He is pretty hardcore, mom! So at dinner i experienced my first bad food experience.....Sourkraut.......It is the nastiest thing i have ever tasted! It literally tasted like throw up going back into my body! Mouritsen hated it too. We had mashed potatoes and roast beef though so that was very good:) It reminded me of sunday dinners at home so much! So that's about it! I hope everyone has enjoyed their holiday break! I love you guys! The Church is true! -Elder Rudd