HOLA!!!
NO ME DIGAS!! Kristin must be so happy!!! (New 1-year-old small corgi/chihuahua mix dog). And that's great that Gordo (With a name like Gordo, I don't know if I'd ever call him Hachi) is already potty-trained! Saves a lot of time and cleaning!! Especially that dark-colored-lump cleaning that we had to do with Phoenix and Apollo...well, I guess more accurately, the dark-colored-lump clean-up that we SHOULD have done, but that you and dad wound up doing sometimes...
(Haha oh, and a side note: Have you seen the gorditas at Taco Bell? Gordita is spanish for little fat girl. Just thought you'd like to know )
Haha I love the camera!! I can't wait to see some of those videos that you have! Those times are so much fun!!! There are some times that I miss it A LOT, and then other times where I'm thinking about all these fun activities that we do out here, or sometimes just about the future...It's really weird to think about. And so in those times, I just try to whistle a song or sing one of my favorite hymns (or songs from the movies we watch: Podemos reunirnos por siempre otra vez - From the video "Together Forever: Espanol." That has to be one of my favorite movies of this current era of my life ).
And Elder Kobayashi just named one of his mail folders "Poop." It's a good day.
In terms of lessons, we have done much better, especially better than last week. But our OYMs are still suffering. So this week, we're trying something different. We're putting lessons as back-up plans, with OYM-ing, talking to people, and building the area as the primary plan. That way, because we really want to be able to sit down and teach the investigators we're already working with, and the investigators that we will be working with, we'll be much more inclined to reach that Standard of Excellence. Once we're reached the OYM goal we have for the day, we can move in to teaching lessons, especially because most of the people we're working with don't even get home until after 6:00. I don't know how much longer I'll be here, or how much longer we'll be together as a companionship, so I really want to make this week count. Today starts Week 6 of the transfer. And there are only...6 weeks in a transfer.
Things have been going well between Elder Kobayashi and I. But the funny thing is, whenever I say something like that, bad things usually happen. Not super bad, just little irritations. But maybe, since I added that line there...well, hopefully things are still grand!
Junior Sanchez was confirmed this past week (Francisco Rodriguez, Junior, but we've been calling him Junior Sanchez). It was an awesome experience! I had the opportunity to confirm him as a member of the Church. He was really nervous about going up to the front, but he did it, and he did very well at church, though he's had problems in the past with being separated from his mom during classes. But he's awesome!
We also had the blessing of having two less-active members at church! One finally got work off, or had vacation for the week, and the other just got a ride! I really hope that they'll be able to continue coming to church, and that the blocks they had in front of them in the past are a little bit smaller. With the member who just got a ride, we had an interesting experience that we might try using in the future: We called a member to give Hna. Gonzales (Less-active) a ride to church. The active member, Hna. Portillo, wanted the phone number of Hna. Gonzales. So we looked it up in our phone and accidently hit a few wrong buttons. In the end, we connected the calls, and they talked right there, right after our appointment, and Hna. Gonzales showed up at church the next day! We were so excited to see her there, and socializing with a few of the other members. What a great Sunday!
And that about sums up the week! There's been a lot more stuff, but I don't have my journal with me, so I can't really e-mail all of that to you right now...
Although, something interesting did happen just the other night. On Saturday, Elder Kobayashi and I were riding our bikes (swiftly) down this road, and Elder Kobayashi took a turn a little quickly. He slipped off his bike and landed on his back. The worst he got from the crash was a little scrape on his elbow, though, so that wasn't bad. But his seat snapped, and he had to buy a new one. At the same exact time (we think), Sister Arnett's brother fell and broke his shoulder in Galveston. And in another location, the other Elders in the branch were waiting to turn when a lady rear-ended them. Their trunk was crushed, the back window smashed in...They're OK. But their bikes were on the back of the car. Those bikes aren't doing too great right now. They're going to be getting a new car and maybe even bikes as well. We'll see!
Well, that's all I have time for right now!! I hope all is well at home, and that there won't be too many poop stains on the flor from Gordo/Hachi!!
I love you!! Have an AWESOME week! (We might be playing Laser Tag for P-day today, so I'll let you know if that goes, and if it goes well!!)
Con mucho amor - a infinidad, y mas alla!!
El Devinator
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