Sorry for the lack of emails! Talking on the phone with my family makes me forget to send emails!
Well, to give an update, I am still serving on the campus of Ohio State! Things are going really well here even though it's the summer! It's a lot slower but there's still people to talk to so that's good! Elder Wraught is doing great and I am a proud trainer. He impresses me every day! 
We are teaching this awesome girl named Niki! She loves church and she loves learning more about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She says that she feels so peaceful every time she learns. That's what happens when learn of and apply the teachings of Jesus Christ! We are filled with the Spirit of the Lord which brings peace. Niki came to church again this week and she brought one of her friends! She said that she loves what she is learning so much that she wants to share it! She now knows how we feel and why we serve missions. It's great! 
I got to go on exchanges with my buddy Elder Oettli this week who I am going to be rooming with in college. We went down to my favorite place in the Newark area... buckeye lake. It's really interesting town that has a beach town feel even though it's just on a lake. It took me back to my first exchange in Newark almost a year ago... I was with Elder Stephens and we spent all evening in buckeye lake. What a great day! Also, it was 50 cent corn dog day at sonic this week so naturally I ate 7 corn dogs in one sitting. 
I finished the Book of Mormon again last week and I knelt down and asked my Father in Heaven again if it is true. His spirit manifested to me that it is true. That knowledge has changed my life. I know that Jesus Christ truly is my Savior and I am thankful for Him. I began reading the Book of Mormon again and I am determined to finish it by the end of my mission. I have been cruising through it and marking every reference to the Lord Jesus Christ. Through 43 chapters there is 806 references to the Savior. That is about 9 per page. Everything about the Book of Mormon testifies of the reality and divinity of Jesus Christ. Who wouldn't want that? I am so thankful for that book.
I promise that I am still alive and still on my mission everyone haha! I wouldn't trade my mission for anything. I am so thankful for this experience.
Elder Collier
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