ey everyone, this week has been another incredibly successful week, we have 2 new baptismal dates i'll have to tell you about!
So we had to drop one of our investigators Betty because she just doesn't want to meet with us anymore because she doesn't have much of a interest anymore, so that was sad, but the good news is that we have 2 new baptismal dates, this is going to be a good start for the new year! I'm so excited and I'm really excited for all of their progress!
Dec 23- Julianna, she has been investigating for a little less than a month before I came out (for about 3 months total) and she has been really hesitant to set a date because of some outside and unrelated problems but she really is so so ready for it, we're so excited for her!
Dec 29- David G, his wife is a recent convert and are currently looking for homes in the Warm Springs area here in Fremont, we had dinner with them at the Eyre's about 4 weeks ago and he mentioned and I quote "I would really like to convert to the Mormon Church, this seems like the right thing for me." His mother was an active member but since his Father wasn't he never was able to attend church, so he's finally making that choice to come unto Christ.
Jan 5- Ryan G. He is really great, he is so ready to get baptized, we just need to get him out for church. He has exercised his faith so much, and is setting such a great example for his family, he has totally quit drinking coffee and alcohol and is really trying to meet all the baptismal commitments that he needs to.
Jan 19- Yang Chen Chen (Alexander)- He finally had a chance to talk to his dad about getting baptized and he asked him to wait until July, but he was like "but dad I know it's true, so i'm going to in January" so here we are! He was my first lesson in the field and back then he was just barely understanding the gospel and now his faith is so exceeding. It's really quite amazing that just a few short months ago he had no belief in God at all.
Jan 26- Paul B. This is kinda a sad one because we might lose contact with Paul and have to refer him to another mission, which we really don't want to take that chance on him. Paul is a foreign exchange student from Berlin, Germany that is currently staying in with a less active member in the ward named Michelle W. Paul is supposed to be moving to San Ramon which is in the Oakland Mission at the start of the year, so we're frantically trying to find a host family in our area so that he is able to continue going to Irvington High School and stay in our area. Paul took the first lesson 2 weeks ago and he LOVED it... he was like wow the whole time. This past week we taught the Plan of Salvation with a member that recently moved into another ward that spoke German, and he was like "Wow this makes sense, really does" and he committed to be baptized on the 26th. We asked him after the lesson how his reading had been going and he said "Oh it's not going too well, i'm only in 2 Nephi Chapter 5" and we were like wait what? You read from 1 Nephi 1 all the way to 2 Ne 5? and he was like yeah sorry and we were like oh no that's seriously amazing.
So yes, we have some really exciting things going on here. I had Advanced Training at the mission office with 12 other missionaries on Friday and it was really good, talked about difference teaching methods and how to study in the morning without falling asleep at your desk and other things and it was a really good day, I got to see my friend Elder Woodbrey from the MTC for the first time since we left almost 7 weeks ago, it was good to catch up.
Saturday we had the Ward Christmas Breakfast at 8 AM and it had a huge turnout! I was able to participate the the primary's Nativity and also in the ward Choir on Sunday for the Christmas program. It was a great weekend, but very tiring, I feel asleep last night at like 9:50... soo tired. The Ward Christmas program on Sunday went very well, and the Gamboa family came and it was a really great time to have them come. Bro Gamboa's countenence has changed so much since when I first met him, he brought his "Libro De Mormon" to church and as he came up to me he said "Let me tell you, this is a good book"
We had service after the Breakfast on Saturda at a less actives house, digging up cement blocks from old fence posts with one of the huge breaker bars, took us like 2 hours to break up two of them, Donald would have been proud.
I really miss you all, and I hope we're all skyping next week? I'm not even sure if I'll be able to email next week, so if you guys aren't on Skype i'll have Sister Eyre call home to you guys and get you on Skype. haha
Love you all, here are some pictures from this week,
Picture 1: Shepherd and Inn Keeper
Picture 2: Elder Giles' sniper (he was in the Marines before his mission)
Picture 3: The last big chunk of cement from service
Elder Sanchez
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