It's getting hot in here ( is how garr put it )

Here is the latest on Britton...

hey its going good its starting to warm up
here too its getting in the low 90's but it
doesnt stay hot for long monsoon season is
almost here and roomer has it its going to
be a big one but anyways im happy to be in
st johns we have done some walking lately
cuz we are low on miles but we get my bike
friday so that will be nice. i heard about
the celtics killing the lakers thats awesome
makes me happy it will be interesting what the
lakers will do now. yeah its cool that we get
to go to the temple we got to go again we went
to one of are favorite members ceiling so that
was really neat are pres is cool guy i just
wish we could get some more miles for are truck
thats the only complaint but oh well thats cool
that kepco did the stone work i didnt know that. 
The teaching is starting to pick up we put a
girl on date the other day she is way solid and
we have 2 more lessons tonight so the works going
good.   most of our work is through the members
thats how missionary work is supposed to be we
do the teaching and the members do the finding
but the members up here are awesome they give
us refferells every day and always feeding us
and everything we dont do much tracting at all. 
there are 5 wards in st johns that we cover 2
building and they are all pretty good sized
wards like 200 at the most and 75 at the least. 
my comp has been out almost 9 months and has been
up in st johns for almost 4 so thats cool he know
the area really well and im learning quick so
its been good the works coming a long are district
is one of the best in the mission so we are tearin
it up  love elder knaphus

update...

No pictures yet, but here is an update from garr's last
email...yeah the mountains are rather enjoyable.  everyone
here is really cool and awesome i have met some crazy
people my 3 favorite people roger who is the custodian
at the high school he lets us come to school in the
morning and play basketball he is an awesome guy then
there is EKwho is a mexican with a sweet mustache and
has had an  incedible life of gang banging and all that
stuff but hehas been a member for about a year now and
is one of the  funniest guys i have ever met then there
is Darrell who is one of the only black men in the area
and he isnt  a member but he knows everything about the
church and he just says he inst ready for babtism but
whatever he is cool he used to be really wealthy because
he did prop work and leather work for pirates of the
carribean and pearl harbor so he is going to teach us
how to do some leather work im going to make a scrip
case and stuff but this area is really neat i have only
had one lesson but we have 2 more tonight so the work is
a little slow but thats just how it is up here oh yeah
we had a babtism too the first week i was here so that
was cool even though i didnt really do anything but she
was awesome and so excited so that was really neat the
members here are so amazing too they care so much about
us and do so much missionary work for themselves its
really  cool but yesterday was p day and it
was fun we went to the temple snowflake it was pretty
cool temple but there is a house right next to it so that
was kinda weird and then we went golfing as a district and
that was really fun and free and i got sunburned
pretty bad but its kind of funny becuase now i have some
gnarly tan lines but whatever it was really fun and my
district is really cool.  but im doing really
well and enjoying st johns i love everyone  Elder Knaphus

Garr's first area

Garr's first area is called St. Johns. You can see it right on the border of Arizona and New Mexico. Hopefully we will get some photos. Here is his first email...
well it is my second day in the field. and it has been great the miss pres is a real cool guy pretty laid back but also pretty bold. i like him though. my comp is a cool guy too his name is elder fielding he is from washington he went to byu so he;s a big y fan but thats ok he has been out for about a year and we are in a really good area its called st johns its up in the mountains so that is awesome the weather is amazing it doesnt get very hot up here im so lucky but we i have met some really neat people some funny racist guy who gave us the 4 hr ride here he was so awesome we live in a members basement that is really nice its called the mansion we have everything we need we get fed every night by members we have 115 dollars a month we have a truck so thats nice no biking really thats about all that has really gone on hear nothing too special today no lessons really a lot of visiting and stuff everyone here is really nice a lot of mexicans and indians its funny everyone is pretty racist i love it but anyways i dont think i really need anything sent to me i have pretty much everything so i love you all

Garr flew to Arizona today

Today Mandy, Phil and Riley woke up bright and early to catch a glimpse of the Elder before he flew to Arizona this morning. He looked so good and is very happy.

Elder Knaphus in the MTC

Here is Elder Knaphus on May 14th when he entered the MTC. We don't have pictures of him there yet, but here is a little from his first letter...it was a long one because he is only writing on his p-days.
"It's been an amazing day! Started it off with an interview withe MTC Pres. to get a new recommend because I lost my wallet! Had a really good time at the temple after I arrived back to the dorm and was gathering my laundry I found my wallet. So weird. I strongly believe it was the Lord's work. So now it's weird having money again. I'm doing fantastic. I think I could walk away right now and get a masters degree at Harvard if I wanted I have learned so much but study, pray and listen to the spirit!!! I love everyone and hate the Jazz."