Feb 13th

Think he needs some new shoes?!!

This week was a good week we have had more success and are working hard. First we found out that one of our investigators who we weren't sure about is one of the best investigators that I have ever had. We also had the priviledge of hearing from Elder González from the presidency of the seventy twice.

 

So our one investigator is doing well. Leo is a way cool guy he is 23ish and has a little kid and wife that live in the states near Boston. We contacted his mom a while ago and we went over a few times and things didnt really seem to work out but we had a lesson with them and they called and said that they were going to be there but to reschedule. And for someone to call you and tell you that they wont be there is extremely rare so we went back and taught a few things and he has a ton of interest. Everything we leave him he studies and always has questions. He studies a ton on the internet also. He watched the whole Joseph smith movie that the church has that is an hour and a half and he knows all the commandments because he read about them. He is a golden investigator. We put a baptismal fecha with him for the 10 of march and he will be ready to be baptized then. He is going to move up to the states in July to be with his family. Oh yeah and he is also married which is another miracle. It is great to have some good progression.

 

Elder González was a great speaker and we heard him at a specialty meeting with the whole mission on Saturday and then he came to our stake conference so it was way good. He has a strong testimony and is a great guy. He would always throw in random english words when he was talking, even during the stake conf. When not very many people know english it is funny. jsut some words that arent really in spanish but were exactly how he wanted to say it. He is from Uraguay or somewhere like that but has lived in the states for a while since he has been in the 70 for a while.

 

Today we talked to a baseball scout from the Yankees. He was a nice guy. He says he comes down here a lot to do scouting. He has some locals that work full time down here and he comes about once a month to scout. He said that they had just signed a guy a few minutes ago and we met a whole bunch of other people speaking english today which was weird. We actually heard a couple breaking up in english cause she was tired of him trying to control her. It was kind of funny cause they could have been anywhere in the mall and no one would have understood them but they were sitting right next to us. That is about it for this week.

 

Keep on the straight and narrow path and do what is right always, it may be hard for now but we need to look at the goal of eternal exaltation with our families. and the sacrifice "vale la pena". love you all so much. take care.

 

con amor,

 

Elder Holmes