Thanks for all the pictures! I like seeing them. The weather is starting to get cold again. I'm NOT excited. I would be ok if it stayed hot for a few more months. Today is around 60 though yesterday was in the 80s. It's doing that jumping back and forth from hot to cold thing again like it did in April and May. I'm really hoping I don't get sick this time...lots of people are. I've also been slowly pulling out my cold-weather clothes from my suitcase which is depressing not only because it's colder but because some of them are looking a little too worn out. I think I'll be fine though..I'll do an assessment once it reallystarts getting cold. Also I still haven't figured out how to clean the salt off my boots from last winter - does anyone want to google ways to get salt stains out of suede and send me the info?
This week was pretty good. Still more of the same as far as people being really wishy washy with their appointments but we were able to have some really cool lessons. We really only have one investigator (Maria Peña) right now who's reliable with keeping her appointments but she's awesome. She's the one who came to church 2 weeks ago. On Saturday we had a great lesson with her and she accepted October 8th as a goal for baptism! She still tells us she wants to be more sure before she actually takes the decision but she said she would pray about it. The spirit was so strong when we asked her to prepare for the 8th that I'm positive that's the right day for her and that she can be ready by then. The ward mission leader came with us and was able to bear strong testimony about baptism and the word of wisdom which is one of the obstacles to her getting baptized. It was perfect. We set a goal with her to quit drinking coffee by the 24th. She also needs to start coming to church. So we're going to keep working with her to help her progress.
We had a really awesome lesson with two new investigators on Friday. We contacted Juan the day before and told us to come back the next day. Turns out he's kind of been studying and searching through religions for a while and hasn't really found his place yet. When we got to the point in the lesson where we explained how the Apostles led the church after Christ left he turned to his wife and said "now this is where it gets interesting" I asked him why and he said "well this is basically where we get the birthplace of religion" and he went on for a while about that ending with the question "so what makes you different from all the other churches?" after he asked that question I felt the spirit so strongly that I could barely speak but explained to him how we have a prophet today and taught him about Joseph Smith. He really liked James 1:5 - he turned to his wife after reading it and said "wow - ME" pointing to himself. When we ended the lesson and they both said they'd be interested to learn more. So I'd say it went well. Something neat that I learned from was that when people really ask sincere questions like Juan did it really creates the perfect atmosphere for the spirit to testify. I know that as we do our part as missionaries we can be led into situations where we can help others to feel the spirit and learn about the restored Gospel.
This week the Municipal band from Guadelupe Zacatexas (Mexico) that was came to Woodstock. Apparently they're sister cities (Not really sure why but I think it might have something to do with the opera house). It was pretty cool - a lot of Hispanic people ended up coming. We were able to talk with a lot of people and we got some addresses from people who were interested in learning more. We're excited to follow up on those this week. Also I think it helped us to gain the trust of the member who suggested the idea to us so that was good. It was a different kind of contacting experience for me because it's kind of rare to find large groups of Hispanic people around here. It was fun.
Well I hope that everyone has a great week. Hopefully Parker gets betters soon - thats kind of scary. One more thing - You have a copy of the 4th missionary right? Can you e-mail it to me so I can print it out? Thanks!
Love you all!
Hermana West
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