Hey Everybody!

So we had a pretty kicking week this week besides our big “0” on investigators at church. That will remain the biggest struggle we will face as spanish missionaries. It’s funny because our investigators mean well but…I don’t know how to explain it. They want to be there but they kind of wig out over something else and want to get that done before they go to church…then the next thing they know they are late…then they decide that they can’t come because they are late…then they don’t come. BUT, a lot of them are still progressing minus that one problem.

Last week, being transfer week, was incredibly busy. For one, Elder Bingham and I are no longer covering our half of the Spanish ward and an English ward. They brought down a new set of English missionaries to take control of the 2 English wards in our area. So, now we can JUST focus on Hispanics…which is incredibly nice. But, because of the new Elders, we had to spend some time orienting them to the area, the people we taught, etc. Plus, it was good for them (our investigators, RC’s, etc.) to have a little bit of closure seeing that they did become a little fond of us. :)

Even with the new area and the loss of some really good people to teach, we made up for it by finding more and progressing farther with the people we have in the spanish ward. Last Friday, Elder Bingham and I spent all day tracting…5 hours of hard core fishing. By the end of the day, we ended up teaching 18 lessons and finding 8 new investigators. One of which we stopped by to visit yesterday and his whole family became involved. Needless to say, we are pretty excited for them and are hoping that we will be able to help them come into the fold of Christ. Speaking of coming unto fold, the highlight of our week was our baptism on Saturday of Hna. Margarita Coronado-Leon. She has a pretty cool story actually. She had been coming to church 2 months before we even met her, have been teaching her for about 3 weeks, and she was baptized this past weekend. It it such a testimony to meet and teach people like her because it shows that there are those people who Heavenly Father has prepared to hear about the gospel. And, sometimes, when they aren’t found in a timely manner, Heavenly Father puts them where they can be found. I had the privileged to baptize her so….It was pretty special to me. I’m sending a couple pictures that I hope you enjoy :)

In other news, we will be having a marriage for one of our investigators either at the end of this week or at the beginning of next. For those future missionaries who are out there, MAKE SURE your investigators are married before you have the baptismal interview. AND, don’t ever assume someone is married even if they have been living together for 23 years…just saying :) But, we are pretty excited for that. However, on a sadder note, our numbers are going to take a pretty big hit this week. My companion, Elder Bingham, has had this ingrown toenail for, like, the past 10 weeks. He has been performing surgery on it for about the same amount of time (his choice of tools? Box cutter, Q-tips, some cheap manicure kit from the dollar store, and band-aids…I’m being 100% serious and have the pictures to prove it :) ) Well, it’s now bad enough that he has to have the nail removed and we are going to be in The Shack for the next 6 days or so trying to get him all healed up. Our numbers/lessons/ everything is going to be a little low this week. But, hopefully the problem will be taken care of and we can hit the ground sprinting once he is healed. Until then, it’s appointment only visits.

But, that’s all for now! I wish I had more time to write but…sadly it is gone! Know that you are all in my prayers and that your prayers offered for me are felt every day. Love you all and enjoy the pictures!



“How great shall be your joy!”-The baptism of Margarita Coronado-Leon…This was right before we performed the ordinance. I don’t think I have ever seen somebody so excited for baptism in my life :)



“The devil can appear in many forms”- Okay, so this cat is by far the most annoying animal on the face of the earth. Every morning when I am stretching and what not it trys all sorts of junk to get me to pet it…well, we got our revenge...:P