The first week of each transfer is always pretty crazy, especially if you get a new companion. On Monday Elder H and I visited a couple members and an investigator so He could say goodbye and share a message. Tuesday we headed to tranfer meeting around 8:30. And I came back with my new companion Elder M. Elder M has been in Brooklyn for all of his mission, and hasn't driven a car for a year. So it was a little scary the first day that he drove, but now he's used to it again.
On Friday we had a really great lesson with a family that we have been teaching. A member works with the father of the family. The member Brother K invited the family to come over to their home for dinner and then we came over afterward and we had a really great talk with the family and the K family. It was amazing. It's incredible to see how much easier it is to share the gospel when the members are sharing the gospel with their friends.
On Saturday we taught 2 lessons to investigators and visited 2 less actives. And both the less actives came to church on Sunday! One of them just needed a ride and the other has to go with her husband around 1 so she's going to the 1st branch which starts at 9, that's better than not coming at all.
Last night we talked with Z and W. W's baptism is scheduled for the 13(this Saturday) and Z told us that she wants to be baptized on the same day. So next Saturday we are going to have 2 baptisms. They are awesome and they love the Gospel. They are reading the Book of Mormon and they love to come to church. I'm so happy for them. We taught them the Word of Wisdom and the Law of Tithing in the same night, and they accepted it like it was no problem at all. Z had been wondering how to pay tithing... now she knows :) they really are amazing and I can't wait for their baptism, it will be great. Hopefully our investigators will come to the baptism. It's almost an 85% chance that you will be baptized if you attend a baptism. Crazy.
Elder M and I get along great. He's from Moscow, IDAHO. He translated Sacrament meeting on Sunday and I finally got to take a little break. But I still had to translate Relief Society. A Spanish member was teaching the lesson, so I translated it into English. It was weird because i am used to doing it the other way around. A couple of times i started speaking in Spanish... they all laughed at me. ha ha. It was kinda fun to go to relief society, I'd never been before.
So... everything is going well. The area I'm in is THE BEST and the work is moving forward. I am excited to see what the future holds for us. Sometimes it's hard. Sometimes i feel like I'm tracking in Sodom and Gamorah. But then you find a family or someone who's been prepared by the Lord and it makes it all worth it.
Be happy and make sure you follow the Prophets counsel to do something, for someone every day.
I love you and I'll talk to you soon.
Monday, March 8, 2010
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