May 25, 2009

hi family, i dont have very much time to write. but this week was great. our golden family went to the church so it was pretty cool, but a lot of our other investigators werent able to go. but we still had a great day. the family is getting baptized june 6th. and they have a lot of relatives that are mormon. so a lot of their family is going to come for the baptism. so its pretty cool. its a family of 3, and its honestly a chosen family. they were definately prepared. the mom has so many questions, and she asked us about the poligamy thing, and we explained it that back in the day there was multiple wifes but now no. but juan, the husband, said oh, well if this is a church where multiple wifes are allowed, where do i sign. haha, so it was pretty funny. they are so open to everything. then with another investigator we kind of had to drop the cane a bit. she has a huge testimony that the church is true, but she cant really stop smoking and drinking. so we had to throw down some cane and told her if she doesnt smoke and drink for 3 weeks then she can get baptized. so she is way excited. then we have another investigator that went to the church in bolivia and went for a year. he went to the church and everything but when he got there he saw us in our suit and he was in his jeans, so he told my companion he was going to go change and come back and he wasnt able to come. the church is different with the standards of dressing. a lot of people dont have the nice clothes, so a lot of times, its not weird to see a member going to church in jeans. we say that we get dressed in nice clothes because sunday is not a normal day its a special day for us. but we say if they dont have the clothes its just important that they are there, because God knows the sacrifice that they are doing. and yes that was me my comp and the assistants that went golfing with president. we just hit range balls and i still got my slice going haha. it was really fun, but hard at first. but at the end i started getting it down, so we will have to practice a bit. but sorry i cant write a bigger letter. my comp is bugging me cuz he wants to go play sports. but i love everyone so much, and the time is flying. i got a letter from cody and cassie today. codys doing well hes serving in a college area so he says theirs a lot of pretty girls there. and cassie brown wants to hang out after the mission. flirt to convert haha. just kidding. love everyone and have a good day. thanks for all the prayers. me and my comp are working our butts off and seeing the results. chou!!! love you