Hey family! Another week has come
and gone, and this week was a pretty good one! We've definitely been seeing
some success, and things are going good. I've seen some great changes since I
first got to this area, and it's been incredible to see the growth and changes
here in Guayanilla.
Mom - I'm sorry to hear about all
that.. :( All I can say is that through much prayer and fasting, miracles can
happen! Thanks for the pictures; I'm sure you're real happy to see the
Halloween stuff coming out! It's weird to think that that is next month. Wow.
September's here and almost half gone, and then it's the best month of the
year! October! That's crazy. The lawn mower looks much smaller than the last
one, so that's kind of interesting. But know that I love you so much Mom, and
that I keep you in my prayers always, and I thank you for everything you've
done for me. :)
Dad - Go Cougars! I can't believe
the U lost to Utah State... that's weird. Does Utah State have a good team
then? In any case, I hope BYU destroys them when they go up to Logan. But yeah
I look forward to hearing what happens this weekend! It sounds like BYU hasn't
really had much of a test, and I don't know how good the U is, but I guess I'll
find out next Monday haha. Anyway, it's great to see all the Halloween stuff
coming out, and I hope that all goes well! And thank you for Elder Perry's
notes and comments and stuff; they are very interesting and enlightening. And
that's cool that Brigham City is all ready!! That's great! When is Ogden going
to be done?
Marilee - I will write you separately.
Anyway, I know I didn't write much
last week - things were crazy. But nothing really happened with transfers,
besides the fact that Elder Morrison is gone, and Elder Durfee is the new DL.
I'm still here in Guayanilla with Elder Caal to finish up his training, and
we'll see what happens after! But it's been a pretty good week, and we have 3
investigators with a baptismal date! 2 are young men, ages 15 and 13, and one
is an older guy. Narayan, the 15 year old is super prepared and is pretty much
ready for baptism. He's the son of a member, and it's great to teach him and
everything. Brian, the 13 year old, is the friend of a member young man in the
ward, and we had a good lesson with him too. Both of them want to be baptized,
which helps a lot. The older guy's name is Isidro Castillo, and we're not
entirely sure if he's completely on board haha. He loves listening to us, and
reads the Book of Mormon inbetween visits and stuff, but he said he's open to
everyone, no matter what religion. I don't know with him yet. But we'll have
the faith that baptism can truly help him, and that he'll be ready for his date
on the 12th of October. The other 2 by the way have a date for the 29th of
September.
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We've been able to really work with
the members here, too, which has been great. They're really starting to show a
greater desire to work, and poco a poco we're starting to see some great
changes here. :) When I first got to Guayanilla, we had just Zondy and a couple
of other weak investigators. After Zondy was baptized, we had hardly any
investigators. But after we started showing our faith and truly working with
all diligence, with all our "heart, might, mind, and strength," we
started seeing miracles. It's been a wonderful experience, and in an area where
I used to think "get me out of here," I now think "I love this
place." It's still a hard area just for the fact that it's a biking area,
and a lot of hills and everything's so far apart, and we can't go to Peñuelas
or Macaná anymore (more than half our area), but we have a bunch of people to
teach and the members are really starting to work now. It's great. :)
Speaking of bikes though, my bike
has decided to start being dumb. Only 9 months in and it's already starting to
fall apart! Part of it's because I was riding super fast and then hit a pothole
and my back tire was just destroyed, and since then the axle piece broke. I had
to take my bike to Yauco and get it fixed, but it's still giving me problems.
The wheel won't go on straight, and the gears are off now. So that's a pain.
But other than that, everything's good! I learn more and more every day, and my
testimony is strengthened all the time.
Anyway, that's about all I've got
for this week. This Friday is interviews with President, so that should be an
adventure- it always is haha. So I'll be letting you know next Monday how that
all went and if I survived ;) No, it will all be good, and I look forward to
hearing from you next week! I love you all so much, and I hope you all have a
great week. Keep sending the pictures, I love seeing what's going on back home!
Love you all!
Con
muchísimo amor,
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Elder
Kimball Ray Gardner
Puerto
Rico San Juan Mission
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