This has been another great week! The big
news of this week is transfers. Last night we got our transfer calls
and I am leaving El Dorado Hills. I am now going
to......GALT! I'm going back to the Lodi branch to serve in the Galt
area. I'm so excited! When I was there last we were the only two elders
in the branch but now we have 4 elders and 2 sisters there. The Lodi
area is getting split into half elders and half sisters and we will be
covering Galt by ourselves. I am so happy to be going back. The day I
got the call to leave Lodi I wasn't sad because I felt like I was coming
back to Galt sometime and the members told me the same thing. Now it's becoming a reality! I'm sad to leave Elder Russell but he will be in good hands with Elder Harrison here in
El Dorado. Elder Guzman is going to be my Zone Leader in Lodi (he only
has 1 transfer left before he goes home) so I'm happy to be with him. I
can't wait to see lots of familiar faces in the branch again!
We had 3 miracles this week in our area. First, we got a call from a lady who lives in
El Dorado Hills (the Folsom stake which we also cover). She said she
has a family that they want us to teach that live close to them and that
they are good friends with. The husband of the family is from Brazil and is married to a lady from Nicaragua. She only speaks Spanish but he
speaks Spanish, Portuguese, and English. The husband works for DirecTV
and works with a lot of Mormons and is really interested and knows a
lot already. The mother of the Nicaraguan lady actually is being taught
by the missionaries in Nicaragua and is in the area visiting. The
family went to a primary program last year and loved it. The mom wants
her kids to grow up in the church so that her son
entering middle school can have some good friends. They are a golden
family that will be baptized in the next month but it looks like Elders
Russell and Harrison will be taking care of that.
We brought the Less Active/Part Member Family
(Villanueva) to mutual this past week. The kids loved it and now the
mom (who's not a member) said she will take her kids every week. She is
going to stay and help us teach the English class while her kids are at
mutual (we're applying the principles from "The Everyday Missionary"
by inviting her to serve/teach). The mom told us she wants to get the
whole family coming back to church again as well! They didn't come
last week because the mom had to take a certification test for her job
but they will start coming next week. They are coming to a few
activities that will be going on in the near future as well.
Our most progressing investigator (Maria Preciado) also
had a breakthrough this past week. It's kind of hard to explain but you
could see a major difference in her. She is really excited to meet the
Rodriguez and Villanueva families and then start coming to church. She
is probably moving to Mexico for the summer but she wants us to find
the closest church to her so she can go every week and get her kids in
Mexico to go with her. She will probably be yet another investigator of
mine that gets baptized in Mexico. That will be OK with me as long
as it happens and I stay in touch with her and the missionaries down
there.
That's all the time I have today, hope everyone has a great week!
Les Quiero Mucho!
Elder Gaskill
Hey Elder Gaskil! Your letters remind me of my old Anaheim days many moons ago. You seem as though you are loving your mission, as I did mine. The People and members of California are so great, and their testimonies are so very strong! As you know, there is no work more satisfying and wonderful than that of a missionary. To do His work is to serve Him. Emily is leaving to Knoxville Tennessee in August (right after the MTC of course). We love you and pray that the Lord may continue to provide you with people to teach and to bring unto the Fold. May He guide and protect you and your fellow missionaries, is my prayer. All our Love.. Uncle Marty Crapo
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