eMail of August 16, 2010

I´m sorry to hear that Bill passed away. It must be hard on the family. I am glad to hear though that everyone is doing well. That is incredible that Marc has a week left. It´s hard for me to fathom. Time is dissolving away like cotton candy. As for everything that has happened this last week, I will start with Tuesday. On Tuesday we started a set of leadership training as missionaries. Our mission president is giving us a set of 8 lectures, one a day for two weeks Tuesday through Friday. We still have a week left, but this first week went well. The First Presidency wants us to focus on those 8 specific things so that the missionaries will better understand and know their purpose. I greatly enjoyed them and learned a lot. We as a mission are unique in the world as we can do the lectures with the Mission President. No other mission can as they are too spread out. The Mision Presidents are teaching zone leaders and sometimes district leaders and no one else. Also we had the opportunity to find several news this last week. One came to Church too. He smokes but we should be able to overcome that problem as he gains a true testimony of the gospel. There are several other investigators that seem rather promising as well. On Saturday we taught a class of English for the second week in a row and it went well. We have had an investigator family come the last two weeks and several others, and afterward we played soccer for a bit. It has been fun and we have already had success. I can see that there are several people who´s hearts are opening more and more. I have also had a fun time with my companion. With all that this week went by fast. I can hardly believe how fast time is going. Well, I love you all and am grateful for you prayers and support. I hope that everything continues to go well and that you are protected. Have fun, be safe!