This week was pretty cool I
guess. Yes I got the package with the baptismal clothes. Still
waiting on those Christmas cards. Keep writing me long emails,
Mom :). Dad, thanks for the song of the week you've been sending
me. I'm loving them all, especially "Come Thou Fount." but we'll see how that goes. Timo, sounds like
preference was awesome. Sounds
like it was pretty awesome. Emily, good luck with your auditions,
I know you'll be fine. Izak, keep Tim (his bass guitar) busy!
That's a good boy. Micah, I`m great. I had a lot of fun this
week too. happy pranking. Zane, I bet your basketball team could
at least beat me. I played today for the first time in like 3
months and I have completely forgotten everything. Gwen, I love you too! But
you should have taken a real octopus to school. Go big or go
home.
This week started pretty
rough. Elder R just did not want to do anything, he was
really homesick and struggling to motivate himself. J (an
investigator) even chewed him out one night for it. But he
recovered and is doing pretty good now. We had divisions Friday
and Saturday; our distrtict leader Elder J, came here with me and Elder R went to Guzman with his
companion. I've known Elder J since the MTC, he's actually
been friends with Elder D (MTC comp for a few weeks) since like 3rd Grade, and he's got
one transfer more than me, so it was a blast! We taught L again, the restoration this time, and it was super powerful.
Elder J asked a super inspired question that just left him
thinking for minutes in complete silence. The Spirit was way
strong and I think he finally realized the need to read from the
Book of Mormon and pray every day. It was super great! Also, the
first morning we were together, we were walking down the street
and this guy says to us "Hey, where are you guys from?" We talked
to him for about 15 minutes in perfect English (okay, on his part,
not ours. It's amazing how fast you forget.). He lived in the US
for 30 ish years and just barely moved back to Mexico with his
wife and 3 kids. He was way cool and after talking to him, we
explained the restoration, gave him a Book of Mormon, and put an
appointment for the next day. He said he would like us to come
over because he and his family are still struggling a little bit
from the move and need a little more of God in their lives. Super
awesome! But then the next day on our way to visit him he drove
by in his truck and told us that he was on his way to the hospital
in Guadalajara because he had hurt his arm. So we'll see if we
can visit him again this week.
We also visited R and
T Saturday night and taught them about the Sabbath day and
the sacrament. They told us they would go to church the next day,
and they did! After almost 6 months listening to the missionaries
off and on, they finally made it. And the talks were really great
and afterwards we took them to the baptismal font and put a
baptismal date for the 16th! It was great. We also had branch
counsel on Sunday, for I think the first time in the history of the branch. We made a lot of plans to help the members be really
converted and help the branch progress. I was super pumped the
whole time. I want to stay
here for like 6 more transfers just to see the progress that
happens. Even though this Branch president is a little rough
around the edges, he is exactly what this branch needs to be able
to fix all the problems, and now that we have a good relationship
with him, good things are going to start happening.
My time has run out. I
love you all and I pray for you always (Moroni 8:3)! The church
is true! Have a fantastic week!
Elder Pew
