First I am almost positive we Skype. I have no idea how to work it
so I am hoping my companion will know. I´m sure it will all be just fine.
Another thing. Money. Can you keep me updated with how much money I have in my
account? Also can you put some more money in my account so I can try and send
something home. Another realization. I forgot to pay my tithing before I left.
Can you take out $50 and give it to Bishop from me and tell him
thanks for the stuff he put in the Christmas package. Are their any special
requests that I should try and look for, send ´em my way.
This week is looking up. We have some solid looking investigators.
Everyone is moving up, looking forward and progressing towards baptism. This
week started with splits and it was Elder Ward and I in my area and we got to
visit a less active who has tons of friends that we need to baptize.
On Tuesday it was Elder Ward and I again but in his area. We got
fired on by almost every one of his visits. We had used up all of our back up
plans by 4 in the afternoon. Whoops. Then we did a double switch when the
ayudentes del presidente arrived for zone conference and I paired up with one
and went and taught a lesson. It was excellent. We had 8 missionaries in Bilbao
all at different visits. It was excellent. I contacted a man with out legs who
plays professional wheelchair basketball. We need to baptize him! It would be
legendary. Also he is a son of God. I contacted an African from Nigeria and
when I told him I was from the United States he said do you know Barack Obama?
He is my brother! I replied that he could bring him to the visit this
Saturday! We all got a kick out of it. Sunday was crazy good!!! I can´t even
explain how good it was. We brought our best fecha Jerry to church. All the
single girls his age swarmed him and made him feel like an all star. He was on
cloud nine. That is how every investigator needs to feel. That is how
everything needs to be.
Our African family is doing work. Our last visit when we walked in
the door the family was sitting down with their Books of Mormon on their laps
ready. It is just something else I can´t even explain.
Adolfo and Liliana are still skeptical. They say they want to be
baptized but just don´t want to put a date to it. I don´t know what else to do
for them. I am giving them everything I got!
I love it here. Spanish is coming and the people are growing on me
and we are just doing everything we can to baptize weekly. That is the goal and
that is what we will do. We have to baptize everyone.
Dad you should set a side a Sunday and invite all the priests to
bring a friend to church, especially priest quorum, and make sure the
missionaries can come and have them teach the lesson. That would really get
them fired up about missionary work. Mom you should invite all the young women
in the stake to do something together (make blankets, cook food, etc.) and
invite nonmembers to help do it or take the stuff you make to the
nonmembers. Invite all to bring a friend
or someone off the street to come to an activity or to meet with the missionaries.
What Scott did with that instagram post is missionary work. If there is one
thing this mission has taught me is that everyone needs to be baptized. (Could
you get Scott´s email for me?)
Elder Archibald is going home this week. He is exactly the kind of
missionary I want to be like. He is working his butt off right now even though
anyone he would have found in the last week couldn´t be baptized until after he
left. Elder Wilkinson and Elder Ward are animals. I love them to death. I love
all of you and thank you for your support. The only thing I want you to do
though is find someone that could use the Holy Ghost in their life. That is
what I want more than anything. I love you and thank you again. Reminder just
to send letters to the mission home just in case of transfer. Much love.
Prayer list:
1.Jerry: just keep on keeping on. He is doing great. Fecha for the
30th. Also for his sister.
2.Victoria,Richard,William, Clinton, and Fred: They can keep reading
and pray to know it´s all true. Come to church and leave their old church
behind.
3.Adolfo and Liliana: They can take that next step in their life. We
can find the iceberg stopping them.
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