Hey hey hey from this side of the country. So no, I didn't feel the earthquake, but I don't doubt it. It seems that there's another one every couple of days now. The weather was heating up, but it seems to have dropped back down a little bit, which is nice. Glad to hear everything is going good with you all back home. Dad, sorrry about the lack of success in the job department. The Lord is just preparing you for when you really really need it! Remember, he doesn't forget those who don't forget him (1 nefi 21:16 or something "I have engraven thee on the palms of my hands. Thine walls are forever before me"). Just keep looking and taking care of the things that need to be taken care of. Pres. Millburn is even throwing in some prayers for you, so that's gotta add some extra swing up there, right? hahaha
Yeah, I'm so burned out on school as well. And I'm not even going to be back for another 15 months! Crazy, right? I'm super proud of her for sticking it out and pulling to the end! Who was that apostle that said that the Lord will bless us in the last 5% of our 100% effort?
Glad to hear the little girls are doing well. I have so many pictures of them all over in all my books. I just learned this week that I was saying twins wrong in spanish. Apparently gemelas( hem-el-as) is identical twins whereas mezillas( me-siy-as) is fraternal or whatever twins, the kind that bailey and reg are. Just a fun fact.
Man, grandma and grandpa are going to end their 3rd mission that fast huh? Isn't it crazy to think of how fast it goes by!? 3x in the service of our Lord. Isn't that great!? And Elder Slack has officially departed! That's way cool! What part of spain is he going to again? He's going to talk with a funny accent when he gets back! haha
Oh man, Pres. Dyer would be a great young men's president! That's way sweet!
We're not teaching anyone new right now, still the same people, and they're all way sweet. Elder Ghelfy from Mexico and I went on exchanges on Friday adn it was so cool speaking spanish the entire day. We visited Marcela and Isidro and things with them weren't going too well, but Isidro started crying and told us he wanted to change really bad, so we told him the gospel was the way. We went back yesterday and tried to set a baptismal date for him, but he said he'd need at least one year to make sure he's making the right decision, but Marcela said she's down with getting baptized as soon as possible, so we're really excited with her. She's so awesome. Her face just lights up when we come to the door, but we really need to get some member presents so it's not just us that help her to feel that way. Elder Zobrist and I have been failing with member presents lately, so that's one of our big focuses these coming weeks. We've got a correlation with our branch president today, so we're going to present our massive plan to get the entire branch moving and working again por medio de un plan misional. SO we'll see how that goes.
Dionicio is doing alright. He told us the earliest he'd get baptized is May 24th, becasue he has to wait til may 12th, the day of his saint, to see if mujer will marry him or not. I don't get it, but it really doesn't make any sense anyway. But whatever. We're going to keep teaching him and help him see why he should get baptized de todos modos.
Jenry has pretty much fallen off the map. He barely has time to ever see us, and we can only go over to his house 1 day a week now. He doesn't really like talking to us on the phone, and he works sometimes on saturday's so he can't come to church on Sunday's, and we just don't really know what to do anymore. Suggestions maybe? I just don't want to lose him when he's THIS CLOSE to being the happiest he's ever been in his entire life!
So I started the Book of Mormon over again in English this time, adn I just started realizing how many examples there are of family teaching in there. In 1 Nefi 4 I think it is, Sariah is complaining to Lehi because she thinks that their sons are dead, but Lehi just responds with his testimony and his faith that he knows God will make everything work out. How sweet of an example is that? It even says "in that manner of language did my father comfort Sariah." Then, in Chap. 8 in teh tree of life, Lehi eats the fruit and immediately wants his family to eat it too. So he turns around and calls out to them and is leading them to the tree. As melchizedek priesthood holders, we have the duty to call and guide the family towards the tree of life. Isn't that such a great and wonderful responsibility? It's funny the subtle ways in which the Lord teaches us great lessons for everyone.
Alright, well I gotta go now, got a few other emails to write. Stay strong, keep moving forward, and never give up. Love you all.
-Skyler
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