June 30, 2014
Hey Mom and Dad,
Sorry this is coming
late again, we were ice skating this week. Fun stuff. I only "ate it" twice. This
week was stake conference and we got to hear some outstanding talks. One of
them that I really enjoyed was about temples and how important they are. We're
so blessed to live in a place where we have easy access to temples on a regular
basis.
Also, at stake conference there was a special missionary
segment where they basically told all the members that we need more referrals
and that tracting is quote: "a waste of time". Thank you stake conference! Hopefully we get
some more help from the members in the near future.
We also got a truck to use this week which is pretty cool.
Our car is in having some body work done for a few days.
We found a new investigator this week. He said he'd read the
Book of Mormon in his free time. Hopefully he follows through. We'll go see him
again this week. This Sunday is transfer calls. I feel like having a change of
scenery but there may still be work to do here for me, so we'll see what
happens. Meanwhile, our other investigator has stopped drinking once and for
all and says he's committed to coming to church. We had a lesson in the
Bishop's house this week and he cooked us honey-glazed Dutch oven ribs for
dinner. They were incredible. Our investigator accepted a commitment to be
baptized. Hopefully that will happen in the next few weeks here.
I forgot to tell you that we had a goodbye meeting with President
Weston by the way. He flies home tomorrow. As of today, President Marston is
officially in the mission as mission president.
Mom, something that
really helped me improve my accent was reading aloud in Spanish and trying to
imitate the accents I'd heard. That was probably the biggest thing.
That's all the big stuff that happened this week.
Well, my second year has begun. It’s gone by so fast!
Anyways, love you guys!
Jake
