He is currently in Warrenton, MO and his new companions are Elder Wayment who was his last Zone Leader, and Elder Burrows. They are living in a very small apartment with another companionship--so five Elders in a one bedroom apartment. He says it's "quite a party". He also said that he thinks they have pretty overwhelmed the ward. There are more missionaries in PEC meeting than other leaders. They have been asking the missionaries to speak in church a lot, so he thinks the ward should be getting the message about missionary work.
I guess that at least currently he feels like Missouri is pretty "cold and dark and gray". Utah is looking better to him because even with the cold and snow, their are green pine trees and beautiful things.
We got a letter from the ward mission leader, Brother Ridgeway, who reported that Elder Craven is a natural leader that understands his calling. What a blessing it is to serve the Lord!
