Hola Familia!
Things are going well here in Illinois! just been doing the same thing pretty much. Finding people, them telling us to come back, them not being there (or "busy"). Yup the usual. I think I'm going to make a list of the common excuses we get when we're contacting and start keeping tally marks. So far I think the most common would be "es que estamos ocupados" (we're busy) the most general. The second most common would probably be "oh es que ahorita vamos a salir" (we're about to leave) most of the time I think they really mean that they're going to leave in 2 or 3 hours. One man we were talking to got caught by his little boy who declared "no vamos a salir todavia" (no we're not going to leave yet) after using this excuse. Sneaky sneaky. We just told him to call us then. After that the next two common excuses are probably "estoy cocinando" (I'm cooking) we get this one at any time of day and "estoy cuidando los niños" (I'm taking care of the kids) why thats a problem I'm not really sure..
We're starting english classes in the church on thursdays. It sounds like a good idea except none of us really have any idea of how to teach english (being as I don't remember learning it myself). We have some books though and Hna. Rojas has been studying them a little while I do my language study. She also took nine years of english classes in Greece so she'll be the most help probably. Hopefully she doesn't get transferred...
I gave my talk on sunday! It went pretty well I wasn't even nervous at all which was weird because even in English I usually get at least a little nervous. It was cool though. I think everyone could understand me. Hna Rojas says that I didn't make any bad mistakes so thats a plus.
We're still working with Humberto on quitting smoking. He smoked one 3-4 days ago which wasn't good but he says that was the last so hopefully he means it. We finally talked to Jesús about baptism, he doesn't want to set a date with us yet but he says he will put a personal goal to get baptized in the future. All in all though we're happy for him because its still a huge change and he says he feels a lot of peace at church. His wife Evila still seems firm in her decision to get baptized -- I think setting a date has really helped motivate her. Now she's even telling her daughter (age 4) that when she's 8 she can get baptized too.
Happy birthday Dad a few days ago! I hope that everything continues to go great back in WA! I love you all! Oh and let Sister Farmer know that we've tried a few times to stop by her friend in carpentersville but we haven't been able to find her home yet.
Love, Hermana West
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