Lots of info! Thats really cool about Ian, especially his new lady. i haven't heard anything about her, but it sounds like she's the one. If she hasn't fallen all over him than she has my approval. Haha I totally forgot about our stove in the basement. The corn one i remember of course, but the wood one had slipped my mind. Yeah, Ill know about BYU in february. Excited!! Also, Had round 2 with the dentist today. In total with the filling and the new grind guard, it will be about 150 dollars. I already took it out of my account and will pay on thursday. I think it might be a good idea to not put more in my account just so Im not tempted to buy unnecessary things. Speaking of unnecessary things...haha So i know the end of the mission is a little far off still, but I would like to ask permission to get a "Dead Man Suit". You can get a really nice custom suit here for about 80 dollars and its a missionary tradition to get one done before your death. That would pretty much be my only dominican souvenir. I can even get one for you if you want! haha I love you Dad!! Have a great week!
(Response to Dad's e-mail this week, in which he talked about teaching the gospel doctrine lesson regarding the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, including some fascinating details about how Joseph did that, about the baptism of Jami and Jason's daughter Addi, and Ian and Christian's friend Kolten getting engaged.)
Yeah, I already knew that about the translation. I read that in the Liahona almost a year ago. Pretty cool stuff. Addi is getting baptized!!! Oh my lanta!! That is CRAZY! and kolten engaged! Well that wasnt that surprising actually. Haha thanks Dad! Love you!!
(General e-mail)
Well another week has come and gone family and friends! Time flies. So this week was pretty cool! First, I got my new companion, Elder Barbosa. He's from Amazonas, Brazil. He's 26 and has almost 2 years in the church and 8 months in the mission. He loves to talk and joke around. A really great guy. Sometimes he speaks in Portuguese to me, and it sounds SO strange. I can understand most of it though.
In regards to the work, this week we saw opposition and also miracles!! I dont have tons of time ( I had to go to the dentist again...), but I will include what I can. So opposition. We had several really firm baptismal dates that randomly and unforeseeably fell. Two kids that went off to their moms house in the last minute and a young woman whose mom got sick and our investigator, Melody, had to stay at home to take care the mom. BUT we did get baptize Melody's little brother, Alexander on Saturday!! Definately a miracle. One of Alexanders friends went to his baptism and now also wants to get baptized. We even asked his mom for permission on his own. Other miracles...
We were contacting on thursday and felt prompted to go down a street I'd never been down before. We strolled down it and I felt a bit confused because all the doors were closed. Then, a bout halfway down, we saw a young man just leaving his house. We greeted him and contacted him at once. He was very friendly and we put a return date for the next day. On friday, we passed by and had a great lesson with Javiel and Johnathan. They both have attended church before and accepted baptismal dates for the 29th! They both went to church on Sunday and promised to go every week from now on! WOO! There are more details I'd like to share, but I gotta get goin. Love you all! THe Lord does His Work!!
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