March 7, 2011

Well all is good here. My new comp is elder Alldredge from around seattle. He is a great missionary and we work hard. We are still trying to get used to how each other teach but that will come quickly. We are doing a lot of contacts and trying to find more investigators but this area is harder to find people that will go to church. He said that he was in a poor area and that no one had jobs so they had a lot of members go out with them. Almost everyone in our ward has jobs and are busy. Things are going good though i have to show him around and try to find everthing. I know where most things are though just not street names cause they dont have street signs here. But the work is going good. We found a lot of people that seem promising this week and we are hoping they work out.

Laura is still going to be baptized. She passed her interview and is going to be baptized this saturday. She is way excited and the young women are excited too even though she isnt 12 yet i am sure that she will just stay going to the young womens. She is a big girl so she looks a lot older then she actually is. I think she might be taller then my comp. I have seemed tall these last transfers cause both my comps have beeh shorter.

Today we played basketball with the elders from san pedro and that was fun. A few elders started their missions in La Romana and just get moved further away from the capital so I might be staying in the comp for a while. I dont mind though from whatI hear about the capital it is a lot more tranquil out here.

Well iI cant think of much else to say. Things are going good. Oh ya, Cayo who was just baptized went back to haiti this week so won't be seeing him ever again. He went to start his mission to save the country. Hopefullly all will be well with him.

Thats about it from the dominican today. It is starting to get warmer here and also colder at nights. It is kind of weird but it gets hot around mid day.

I  hope all is well with everyone and that the lord has blessed you all and that you are all working hard to follow the commandments that we know. tThat is how we are the happiest and receive the most blessings. love you all

con amor,

Elder Holmes