February 21, 2011

Sorry, about last week. The truth I simply did not have time to write last week. It´s pretty lame because I´m only given an hour to email, but I have to write a brief report with the numbers for the week to the President, I have to upload the contacts I made with people who accepted a visit from the missionaries but live outside my area so that the missionaries where they live can visit them, I have to check to see if we received referrals on the same internet site, and now the stake president also wants a weekly report from us. By the time I can write to you guys I´m nearly out of time. But, I managed to finish a little faster this time.

I sent a package home with a photo album, a few books, and a cool volcanic rock I found here (it´s for Marc). I read some of that book you sent me about David O. Mckay and I love it, but I don´t think I´m every going to have time to read it. So, I sent it home. I want to read it when I return. I think this will be the last package I send home because it´s a complete rip off, even using the Mexican mail system and not a private shipper.

Poor Kendric, I remember being a missionary in Utah too. We hardly ever knocked the door of a person we didn´t know. We at least always knew beforehand if the person that lived there was a member or not. We drove around in a new car everywhere, and we lived with a member who let us take whatever we wanted out of their fridge. Oh ya, and we went to the gym to workout in the morning. It´s tough. Haha. But all sarcasm aside, it still had it´s difficulties. A mission no matter what part of the world your in I think will always be more hard mentally and emotionally than it is hard physically. I can´t believe Kendric already came back. Wow! I can´t believe I already almost have a year in the mission.

It´s still been hard to find new investigators and even harder to find new investigators that want to do more than just listen to us, but yesterday I was given some motivation when the husband of a lady that was baptized in the first week after I arrived to this area accepted an invitation to be baptized March 6. It´s amazing the change that he has undergone. He was strongly against his wife being baptized and was very critical of the church, but now he´s gone like 4 times to church, is reading the book of mormon, loves talking to us, and is striving to change his life by obeying all the commandments. It would fill my soul with joy to see him be baptized before I left this area. Hopefully, it will happen. March 6 is the Sunday before transfers and I could very well be transfered the following day.

Well, I got to go. I love you Mommy and hope you feel better soon.

Love,

Brett