Hello everybody how are you all doing. From what I have heard pretty good. Things have been going pretty good here in the City. I have actually grown to like it. Its alot different from places I have lived in but at the same not to different. The members are great though on the east side we dont have to many, and a good chunk of them are inactive/or awol.
Now I suppose I should talk a little bit more about me companero. His name is Zachary Thompson, he has approximately a month and a half or so left on his mission, he is from Brigham City Utah, and likes sports. He has a interesting story in Spanish because he started out as a English speaking elder only to reach his 9 month mark and change to being spanish speaking. He took 4 years of Spanish in highschool so the transition was easier then it sounds. He is a very relaxed sort of guy and is pretty cool to work with. Most likely I will be his very last companion he will have.
But lets see what else. Spanish is a little better though I wish it were better, hahaha I think near the end of my mission I will still be complaining about it but its going good.
So in reference to some of your emails concerning packages you can send them to my address or the mission office, either one works, so its up to you guys.
We had a area conference this sunday where we had general athorities speak over satelite to us. We had Elder Hales and Scott talk about prayer, and faith. Though my favorite was a talk given by a seventies who shared a story about a muslim man he knew who he couldnt identify or even say which country he lived in for his safety. This man and grown up in the Islamic faith, but had always found it never had all the answers he sought, a friend of his suggested Christianity to him where he discovered more truths. He would spend some time researching on the internet about various faiths until he discovered a small website called LDS.org or the Churchs website. Finding this he spent the next 17 years researching and eventually reading the BOM. At the end of the 17 years he went to a neighboring country found a local district leader and told him that he would not leave the country till he had been baptized and confirmed a member of the Chuch of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. After this he returned to his home country teaching his family and preparing them for when they will have the opportunity to be baptized as well. In his letter he wrote to the seventy he said it was a little distracting at the moment as the sounds of machine guns, artillery, and explosions were going off but he ended with his firm testimony in the truth of the gospel and his faith in Christ.
A week and a half ago we met a man by the name of Mario who has been taught by english missionaries in the past and before them has studied the BOM and the teachings of the church for many years. Tomorrow we plan to put him on a baptismal date which we know he will keep. It is plain that there are many people in this world who have been prepared or have personally prepared to recieve the gospel in their lives. We as missionaries and as members need to remember to look for those who are actively seeking the gospel.
Well thought I would share that you guys as a quick spiritual experience and thought I had.
The rest of this week has just been working to find new people. Though in one of our tractings we found a member from Mexico who didnt know that we had church buildings or even other members in her area. She seem pretty nice, when we knocked on the door she said "oh los elderes" and immediately invited us in though we couldnt stay long.
We also got to try some national award winning BBQ at a nice restuarant because a member worked there and boy it was really good. It was the first real BBQ I have had since home. Though and I think after all the BBQ I have eaten I count as a critic, dad I think your meats could take them.
But yep the work continues forward, I hope you are all doing well and that your all having fun at the same time.
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