Hey hey hey!!
How ya'll doing today?!
Before I get too in-depth, here's the address:
101 Bending Shore Court
League City, TX 77573
And actually, here's the interesting thing: We're living with members. They're members of the English ward, but members nonetheless. It's very weird, to say the least. There are different rules to living with members as opposed to living solo in un apartmento. Like, this isn't just our place. We actually need to clean up after ourselves. And so there's good and bad about it. The good, is that they're great people, always nice to talk to and ever helpful. The bad...they're AWESOME people!!
As we were upstairs planning, I heard someone on the show they were watching say the names: "McGee! Abby!" "Whoa, hold up there, boss!" "I don't think so, Denozzo!" So, they love NCIS, they have Star Wars shirts sitting up on the dresser at the top of the stairs, and they have a box of Stargate DVDs sitting on top of the bookshelf. I haven't really talked to them about all that, but I'd better be careful not to get unfocused on all of that!
Anyways, Kemah (Our area, though we live in League City) is pretty cool. It's HUGE. We cover about 5 towns. Not little cities, towns. And we're in a car, of which I am actually not too big of a fan. I look forward to riding my bike around, and talking to people. Because of transfers and my lack of desire this past week, what with everything moving around, I only got 27 OYMs. Terrible. So this week, we'll hopefully be on our bikes more often. That way, we can talk to more people and get more appointments, and from that, more lessons.
We did have a great lesson this past week. The ward clerk, who we call Meme for some reason (or gordo, because he calls us flaco uno y flaco dos), has a girlfriend that he wanted to introduce to the Church. So we went over and taught her. He told us beforehand that he wanted her taught bit by bit, piece by piece, and to not extend a baptismal date in the first lesson. We decided to let the Spirit guide, and if she wasn't ready for a date yet, we'd wait till next time.
When we taught, we had the AMAZING opportunity of having the Spirit strongly present in the lesson. By the end, we extended the baptismal date, and she accepted! She is preparing to be baptized on the 30th of October, at the end of this month. She seems very solid about it, and hopefully she keeps those desires.
This past Saturday, we also had a Tri-Mission conference. Elder Claudio R.M.Costa was there! He spoke at General Conference, I think in the Saturday afternoon session. It was a great lesson! One of the things he taught us was about OYMs: a new approach. He would go up to someone and ask, "Are you a member of our Church?" and when they would say, "No," he would ask, "Why not?" One thing led to another, and eventually, each of those people he talked to invited him and the missionaries back for a visit. It was a very good conference, and was great to learn what he came all the way from Salt Lake to teach us.
Let's see, what more to say? Oh, my companion: Elder McGuire. He's from the Sacramento area. Small world? He's a good, hardworking missionary. So far, we've gotten along just fine.
Well, I've got to hit the road now. We've done e-mailing a little differently than I'm used to, so I'm not sure if I'll be able to get a written letter off. If not, just know that I love you, Mom, Dad, Justin, Kaytlin, and Kristin, and I keep you in my prayers each and every day!
I love you all, a infinidad - y mas alla!!
Con amor,
El Devinator
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