This week was another great week.
Elder
Gilray and I have been continuing to work our butts off and give it all
whenever we can. We've done a lot of teaching and lots of finding.
We have been continuing to work with Brandon Owens. He is going to get baptized this Saturday
and I can't wait! It's going to be a great service. He is very prepared
and loves to learn and study and he understands everything so well.
This week we found out how old he is. He seems so mature that Elder
Gilray and I both thought he was 22 or 23 but it turns out he's our age,
21 and turns 22 in May. I'm excited to always stay in touch with him
and see what's all going on in his life. He is very much converted to
the gospel and ready to be baptized this Saturday.
We weren't able to see Brandon
Jones too much this week but he is working on quitting smoking. He still
has plenty of work to do and we are helping him as much as we can.
Kenneth
has been doing well as well. He went a few days without smoking but
then had a cigarette the past 2 days. He really wants to get baptized
and last night we set the tone with him so he can be ready for his
baptism on January 26th.
Unfortunately he didn't make it to church because Josh was sick and he
couldn't find his church clothes and we didn't know that was the
problem until last night.
We have been working with a guy
named Luis this week. He really wants to get answers to his questions
and keep learning. He feels the spirit every time we go over there, we
just have to help him do his homework and make it to church at the end
of the week.
We finally found Tara again.
She was sick for a while and gone for most of the holidays but we found
her and were able to talk to her again. On Saturday
we helped put together some shelving so she can keep her snakes/cages
more organized. She's excited to start meeting with us again and come to
church and activities.
We also saw a huge difference
in one of our new investigators named Nati. He changed completely in the
week and a half that we didn't see him. He had almost completely
stopped drinking and was very humble. He felt the spirit when we taught
him and even committed to come to church yesterday. He came and hated it
but that was OK. He was a little bit drunk and you could tell he felt
very uncomfortable there (the Spirit/your own conscience will do that to
you!). He still wants to meet with us and tonight we will talk to him a
little bit more.
We got to do two exchanges this
week and that was a lot of fun. The first was with one of the district
leaders in our zone and his brand new companion. They have been
struggling the last 2 transfers to get anything done but we had amazing
days with both of them. I brought the district leader to my area and
showed him what we were doing and he was amazed and learned a lot. Elder
Gilray went to their area with his companion and showed him all the
work they could be doing in their area. The rest of the week they were
on fire and were very productive and we were very happy to the be the
spark.
The other exchange was with
Elder Gurr, one of the assistants to the President. I always love being
around Elder Gurr because he is one of the first people I knew in
Sacramento. We sat next to each other on the plane ride from the MTC to
Sacramento and got to know each other very well. We had an awesome day
with him and were able to learn a lot.
The end of the week was a lot
of fun. It was Jovita's birthday so we went to their house to celebrate.
We also had dinner with the Barajas family last night. They showed us
all their pictures/videos from their trip to Mexico and continued to
emphasize how much we missed out. Hermana Barajas is trying to set us up with
her family members too. She has a sister who's 21 and she said she's
going to set her up with Elder Gilray some day because she's too tall
for me but not for him. She said she's going to set me up with one of
her cousins that's the better looking one of the two. Ha ha it was really
funny to listen to that conversation because it's apparent how much
they like Elder Gilray and I and want us to be part of the family.
We are continuing to work hard
and are looking for more baptisms apart from the next two weeks so that
when I leave it's the worst day of my mission because the area is doing
so well that it will just kill me to have to leave.
I hope all is well! Les Quiero Mucho!
Elder Gaskill
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