Well, the last month.
Unbelievable. November already.
Mom - I think that's a FANTASTIC
idea! I really hope it works out, and I'm touched by what you told Marilee.
Thank you. :) Anyway, I'm glad you
survived another Halloween, and it's good to hear that you're doing alright. :)
Love you!
Dad - It sounds like it was a
success! Sounds like you had a good time. Thank you by the way for getting me
all registered and stuff! When I saw the schedule it hit me... I'm going to
BYU!! It'll be a blast haha… And that's too bad about the Jazz… hopefully
they'll start winning some games haha… in the meantime I've decided that
Brooklyn is going to be my number 2 team, mostly for Deron Williams. I hear
they're doing pretty good! Anyway, just let me know about housing. :) Love you!
Anyway, a pretty good week,
although something crazy happened... So we were on our way down to Barranquitas
to do trade-offs with the ZLs there, and we're passing through Cayey, and there
are no speed limit signs or anything, and it's not a residential or business
area, and there's like 4 lanes of traffic, so I'm driving at a pretty good
speed, like 50 mph. I thought that on a major highway like that, that'd be a
good speed. Also, I was going the same speed as everyone around me. Anyway, we
get to the top of this hill and boom, there's a cop there, and he doesn't get
in his car and tell me to pull over, but he waves me over, so we stop and ...
long story short, I got a speeding ticket. :( Apparently the speed limit was
35, but we could not find any sign that said that. However, it's too big of a
pain here in PR to fight tickets, so I'm just going to pay it. So don't be
surprised if in the near future a large chunk of money is missing from my
account haha... Anyway, I figured I'd just tell you that.
Besides that, we had a great
week. We had a blast in Barranquitas with the ZLs there, and had a good time
with their investigators and stuff. It was a lot of fun. :) We played this
sweet basketball game with their investigator family of 12! It was fun.
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| With the ZLs from Caguas West |
Halloween wasn't all that great,
we had to stop work at 6:00, so we came to the church and just hung out until
9:00 and then went home.
However, we had a GREAT day on
Sunday!! We had 5 investigators in church!! We had a family of 4 (only 3 are
investigators because the 4th is a 4 year old little girl), and then another
man and then another investigator. It was SWEET! And they all have
baptismal dates. :) It's been a sweet week and we had a lot of really
spiritual lessons. It's been a real blessing from the Lord, to be sure.
Anyway, that's about it for the
week I think. I know you're all just counting the days, and in about 2 weeks
and a half, after transfers, I may join in on that. But for right now,
¡pa'lante!
I know that Jesus Christ taught
His Gospel the way He wants us to live it. He wants us to have faith in Him, to
repent of our sins, to be baptized, to receive the Holy Ghost, and then endure
to the end. That is His doctrine (2 Nephi 31) and there is no other doctrine of
salvation. He is the way, the truth, and the life; He's the only way back to
the Father (John 14:6). I know that He lives and loves us, and He died to make
us whole.
I love you family. :) The end is
near, just hang on a bit longer. Don't get too trunky either!
"The
hardest thing I ever loved to do
Was
letting go of everything I ever knew.
19 years
of dreams left in my room,
as I
buttoned up the jacket of my suit.
"And
the hardest words I've ever loved to say
were
goodbye to my mom and walk away.
Choking
on my tie and on my tears,
as I
walked down the hall into those years.
"But
the sweetest song I ever loved to sing
filled
the MTC on angel's wings.
And the
chorus filled my soul 5,000 strong,
and I
wished it would just go on and on..."
--
Elder Kimball Ray Gardner
Puerto Rico San Juan Mission
