Last Interview With President Sonne

Things are starting to get warm here which is pretty good. Well things are going decent here. I think we're going to drop most of our investigators. None of them are progressing. We got a few good ones. There's one that is ready to get baptized.  Her husband just needs to want to get married. We're working on a few more right now, so we'll see how that goes. It's kind of disappointing. I think another reason that we aren't having too much success is that it's kind of like I'm doing most of the work/teaching. So it's only one of us teaching and testifying. But we're going along little by little. I really can't think of too much to write about. We have our last interview with President Sonne tomorrow. It's going to be pretty sad, but oh well. It'll definitely be a challenge to switch over mission presidents. From what I've heard, the new mission president is pretty scared right now. So we're keeping him in our prayers. Well I think that's about all going on with me right now. I feel like I say the same thing every week, so sorry about that, I'll keep my eye open for some good stories during this week. I'll see If I can find something.

One Year Mark

Well I can't think of too much going on here. Last week I threw up for the time on the mission from eating too much. The day before I hit my year mark. We're working with a few people to be baptized. They've been coming to church and everything so hopefully they’ll have a desire to be baptized. I can't think of anything going on here. We're hoping to get 7 baptisms this transfer, so we're just trying to work hard. We're working on getting some more investigators.

It's hard to believe this time next year I'll be back home. Not that I'm trunky or anything. So who all will be there when I come back next year? Hopefully there will be some people there that I know. Only 363 days left in the mission. HA.

Sweet Deal on A 3-Piece Suit

Well things are going pretty good. It's kind of crazy that it's already been a year! Things are going pretty well with my companion. His spanish is still pretty limited. But it'll get better. We're getting along pretty well which is good. The work is a little slow in our area. We're still working on finding more people. It seems like that's what we are always doing. But oh well. Nothing new has really happened since the last time I sent y'all an e-mail. But we had our last Zone Conference with President Sonne. That was kind of sad. But I learned a lot of stuff. He told us that it wouldn't have to do with missionary work, but it would be for after the mission. I'll probably share it with y'all when I get back. There was some good stuff in there. The Spirit was so strong as he spoke. I think that's about all that's going on right now. We're getting more and more support from the english leaders which is good. They're trusting us more. Oh and I bought a new 3 piece suit today at DI for $15. So that was a pretty sweet deal.

Great Baptism

So transfers were yesterday. I stayed in the same area. My new companion is the person that my MTC companion trained. It's his second transfer. His name is Elder Blocher, he's from Indiana. He doesn't speak too much spanish so it'll be tough. I'll feel like I'm teaching by myself. But this is one of the challenges I guess. This transfer should be pretty good. We're hoping to have 7 baptisms. Which will be a challenge because it's only a 5 week transfer. President Winn is coming a week early. Then next transfer will be 7 weeks.


Well this past weekend we had the baptism of the Lopez family. It was greatt. They came in their marriage clothes got married, changed, got baptized. I'll send pictures next week. But I baptized the father and son. The Spirit was so strong. Then Sunday they got confirmed. I confirmed the son and one of the daughters. It was a good experience. They're such an amazing family. They'll probably be entering the temple in a year. I don't have too much time because we're using the library computers and they only give us like 30 minutes. I feel like I’m back in the MTC. But that's pretty much all that's going on right now. I finally got a car. So hopefully that will increase the work. Oh and the English leadership is starting to trust us which is always good. The Stake president is pleased with us so hopefully they'll support us more! Well I love y'all and miss y'all. I'll write more next week!

Happy Mother's Day! Nearly a Year Has Passed.

Well time is still going by really fast. I only have about a year left in the mission. And to put it in perspective, it's only 12 more fast Sundays. CRAZY.


Everything is still going good. We have the family preparing to be baptized still for this Saturday. They're still excited about it, so it's GREAT.  And we have transfers on Wednesday, so I'll be writing y'all on Thursday.

Baptismal Date Set!

Well Things here are going good. The family that we've been teaching has a baptismal date for the 15th of May. The parents went today to get their marriage license and are planning on getting married on the 15th as well. So I'm really excited about that. And hoping that it goes through. They're an amazing family. So I'll keep y'all updated on how that goes. I don't know, that's about all the work that we have going on in our area right now. We're still working on finding more people. It seems like a lot of people want to talk with us for help from the church. We had interviews with President Sonne yesterday. That's why I'm e-mailing y'all today. They went well. It's weird to think that I only have one more interview with him. Then we get a new mission president. Sorry I don't have much time to write. But I can't think of much more to write about.

The Work of the Lord

Before I forget, I found out what the name of the illness is that the kid has that I talked about last time. It's "Leucodistrofia", in English I think that it's Leukodystrophy.


Anyways, everything here is going well. That family that I told y'all about last week, the one that came to church and read together after one day, offered to feed us lunch on Saturday. So we went over and we set up a trip to go to Temple Square on Sunday. So Sunday we passed by their house before church to invite them to church. We talked to the dad. And he told us "well the kids said they're feeling a little pressured/ not used to the change. (Because before they didn't go to church at all). So y'all can probably come over 2 times a week like Wednesday and Saturday. We'll still go to church today but probably won't go to the temple tonight" So we kept talking to him for a little bit more, and then left to walk to church. On the walk to church the whole time I was in shock and just felt like crying. We waited in the foyer for them and they came. So we took them to their classes (they do sacrament last here). So we took everyone and the classes were going. I looked at my companion and told him we had to pray. But since all the classrooms were occupied there weren't many places to kneel down and pray. Luckily we were next to the custodial closet, so I opened the door and told him to get in. So in the custodial closet we knelt down and prayed. We prayed that their hearts would be touched while at church, and that they may continue to have a desire to learn about the church, and that they would go to the temple with us that night. So we went back to the Elders quorum. Then had Gospel Principles class (luckily the teacher there is amazing and they all liked his class/ way he teaches). And then we went to sacrament meeting. Which luckily, it was me and my companion giving the talks. I talked about how missionary work and love are inseparable. And taught the members to do missionary work through service to others and their examples. And my companion talked about our purpose as missionaries and their responsibility of member missionary work. And there was a baby blessing that day, so there were a lot more people that weren't members and a lot of people at church, just a little more pressure. But anyways after church we talked to them and they said that they would go to the temple that night. So that was good. We got to their house like 5 or 10 minutes late and they weren't there so we called. They told us "we're on our way to the temple" and so they came back and got us. We saw the statue of Christ, then we saw the presentation of "Our Heavenly Father's Plan for the Family." Then we saw the movie of Joseph Smith. They said that they loved the temple, and everything. They wouldn't stop taking pictures of them in front of the temple, and other sights. When they dropped us off at our house they all got out of the car and gave us some handshakes, and told us we could come by whenever we want and we didn't even need appointments. And the wife in relief society signed up to feed us 2 times during the week. I know that our prayers are heard and answered. I know that this is the work of the Lord.