The Big Number 50‏

email dated 7/25/09
They say that there is a 50th wedding anniversary this week! I am sad that I can't be there. But I wanted to just say congrats again to the best grandparents around.

We played basketball again this morning. My ankle was still a little tender from last week and so I couldn't run 100%. But I still made my shots. We still lost to AZ. Moving on.

My new companion Elder Clark is a nice kid. We should have a good transfer. He is the 8th of 9 kids and he goes to BYU, plays the piano, and likes musicals. Moving on.

We are in a finding phase. We have given a lot of baptismal dates but the people who have received those dates don't make it to church. Se les complica ¿viste? We are looking for someone elect. Yesterday we found a lady named Diana who said she would go to church and get baptized when she knows it is true. I was thrilled that she said, "yeah, why not. I will go to church on Sunday. What time?" She is pregnant and the man is nowhere in sight. I feel bad for her. OH WORLD!! Obey the commandments. Especially the law of chastity! Mosiah 2:22-24, 41. All the Lord asks of us is that we keep His commandments. In the first place we are debtors to Him for giving us everything. The only thing He asks is that we keep His commandments and give Him our will, because we cant give Him money or possessions. And if we keep those commandments, He blesses us and we continue in His debt. We are happy when we obey the commandments.

This week 30 new missionaries came to our mission!! In a mission of 140 missionaries, only 6 leaving and 30 coming, you could say that that is a significant event. It is cool because with the new missionaries I bet we reach our goal of 150 baptisms in one month. We have been getting close already without them. It was one of the funnest things I have ever done in my mission, greeting the 30 new missionaries and seeing the nervous faces, the tired faces, the excited faces, the pride-filled I already know what is going on faces but I am soon to be humbled and fall flat on my face faces, etc... Talking to the new missionaries and telling them about their mission was a lot of fun.

I love you all! I gotta go! Take care!!

Andy