Hey so little miracle that just happened - the guy who runs the cyber just gave me back a memory card that I left last week that has all my photos from Maldonado. So I'm pretty happy I got that back.
Pretty interesting that mom is STUCK in Florida, is it really that bad? Dad can't just mail mom her passport or something? Birth certificate? That sucks big time. I hope it all works out. Enjoy it while you can, mom!
We've got a pretty fun week planned, with some good lessons. Both of the district leaders in the zone have baptisms this week, so we have to go do a couple of baptismal interviews. It's about time... I do miss that from being a District Leader. Then we have a couple of visits to do on Friday. I figure my mom's birthday is a great excuse to get great food from the members ("hey, it's my mom's birthday on friday. Do you want to throw a little party for her?") so you should be getting a few birthday videos up on the FTP next week.
Ummm we have tought Analìa a couple of times (I told you about her May 4) and she is super-awesome. Definite baptism. We just gave her a book of mormon, she'll read it and get an answer quick. Oh, question for your input. As missionaries, we leave the invitation (commitment) to read part of the Book of Mormon (usually 3 Nephi 11) and pray about it. True Book of Mormon = True Joseph Smith = True Church (see introduction to the BoM). I say that the most crucial thing to do is invite the investigator to read and pray about the book of mormon. But some missionaries (my comp included) have the habit to teach the first lesson without the book of mormon and invite the investigator to read and pray about the pamphlet and Joseph Smith. So it is a subject of discussion with my comp and I - I think the invitation to read and pray about the BoM is the most important invitation we can make - other missionaries say it is okay to just have them pray about Joseph Smith and they'll get their answer. I'm not surprised that very few investigators have received an answer to their prayers about the pamphlet.
So we are seeing some serious growth in the area - we have taught lessons to 30 people in this month, and like 10 are currently "investigators." It is pretty exciting, considering there were 3 investigators when I got here. Vamos arriba.
Well that's all for now. I look forward to hearing from you again and I'm praying that you get everything resolved. Good luck in Starcrest, dad. Yes, I got the money OK, I have to pull it out in increments because of ATM limitations.
Love you all!
-Elder Thorderson
P.S. My release date has once again been changed to the 28th of December instead of the 21st. Talk amongst yourselves.
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