What's up guys

Happy thanksgiving to all of you! I just want to take a second in the is email and just thank my family for all they have done for me. I truly have the greatest family ever. I'm so thankful also for my extended family, you can get better grandma's and aunts and uncles and cousins, than I have! And also all my friends and especially the 9. I love you guys and am so grateful for you! I challenge each one of you to try your very hardest this week to be thankful in all situations. Even if something really crappy happens I want you to look at the good and find something that you can be thankful for. I'm going to as well and we will see how it goes next week!

Highlight of the week is the first picture that I'm going to attach below. On Saturday Silvia and Rickey were able to go to the temple and do baptisms for the dead for their family names in the Manhattan temple. The group from Terryville came and stopped by the church to say a quick hello and I just can't describe how I feel about those 2 and for the hand of God in helping them. It's just the coolest thing ever to see the people there embrace them and I'm just above thankful for the members that helped. I also got to see my guy kaoudio cause he was driving them! And then also to top off the week.....Reggie from T-Ville was in the city and took us out for dinner.  It was pretty dope, just like the old days. OGG.

Update here in Manhattan! Chris is still at kind of a stale mate so please just keep sending your prayers. It's so cool to see how involved the YSA ward is with him! Our girl Paisley is doing awesome! We had a great lesson with her.  She is out of town for thanksgiving but as soon as she is back she  coming to church and really wants to get baptized! We have only taught her 2 times and she is literally so smart and the spirit is working in her so much. I know because our teaching is not to here smartness level hahaha and she is just eating it up. It's so cool, God has completely 100 percent prepared Paisley! Others are still doing good as well! I will keep you updated!

Nothing too crazy this week other than that other than it friggin snowed on NOVEMBER 15. I was actually pretty upset haha.  We are here freezing in the snow and it's not even Thanksgiving! But it was a good week and I absolutely love the people here in Manhattan...it is such a cool place to be.

Much love to all of you. Pray for gratitude with me this week and I'll catch y'all soon! Happy Thanksgiving.  Watch some football for me! Go utes

Elder Imlay

Ayee what's up homies

This week was pretty dang awesome. Being here in the middle of Manhattan has got to be the coolest thing ever!  This was like the fastest week ever cause being here is so sick!

Quick update on some Terryville people.  They are still moving forward and they literally all reached out to me and I'm still in touch and they are still moving along.  Your prayers are being heard. Thank you so much! I will keep you updated on them!

Here in Manhattan 2nd ward and the Manhattan YSA (that's what we cover) there were 2 baptisms recently right before I got here! Shout out to Elder John Powell for that one and we are really working on getting them to the temple!! Also we have some cool people we are teaching as well! The guy we are gonna push super hard with is Chris! He is so involved with the YSA.  Everyone loves him and he knows that it's true! Some commandments are hard for him, but this week was groundbreaking for him as we had a few lessons and brought members with us! Pray for Chris, literally the coolest guy ever!

We had 2 people go to church with us....one of the YSA members invited a random dude from the train and he came! Literally the people in our wards here are so awesome! The YSA is so sick....so many people from Utah and so many of them are so willing to help with the work and go hard! They have tons of activities, they fellowship each other and truly it's just the place to be!

Every Wednesday the elders quorum places basketball at our church.  People bring friends and we can bring investigators! It's such a cool way to help with the work and build ward unity! Also the YSA has tons of activities including a little social after church every week so that is way fun.  It helps so much in helping to get people involved! We had a nice break the fast meal after church yesterday! Sundays are great here tho, cause I get to go to 6 hours of church so guess who is the lucky one. I think God was like koby likes the idea of 2 hour church too much so let's make him go 6 hours for the next little while until they change it hahaha!

I got to see Elder VH this week at a old person meeting so that was dope! Miss that guy! I'll send some pics of that and transfers.  It was hard to see Powell and Harris go!  But truly I couldn't be happier right now! I love serving God and truly I know he is inspired what he does with us in our lives, even the small details. Trust God in all that you do this week and I promise it will open your eyes.

Take care and talk to you soon.
Elder Imlay

Pics from Manhattan coming next week...they on the camera!