It's a really HOT August

"We're three million miles away from the next human being, what do you mean it wasn't you?!?!?!??!?!?"

 

Hey, thanks for the Gold medal mom, I'll count that as another win for the USA!

 

DAD< HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! The best gift I could give you would be to replay that time Sister Federico called you "a fit looking young man" or something like that. HA! Still wooing the ladies. You are a great man. I have heard you change through your letters, is that weird? You have become very gentle and sensitive to the spirit, at least from my point of view. I wanted to share a quote with you for your birthday that has changed my life,

"I would also recommend checking to see if the drinking fountain works before forming your lips"

Thank you for everything, your support is much needed and much appreciated

 

This week has been pretty good, we have seen things slow down here a LITTLE bit, but I don't think we are going to get sisters back. There is another Elder Andreasen coming into the mission, crazy eh?

 

We are trying to help our investigators progress toward baptism but it just seems like every single one of them is trying to overcome one big obstacle right now. Daniel still isn't convinced that the Mormon church has the authority, he says he has some feeling in the back of his head and neck but it's different than the Holy Spirit he has felt before so he just doesn't know what to do. Margie knows it's true but is afraid of making the commitment, but she received revelation about the Book of Mormon and she believes that it is true. Julia (new investigator last week) is really struggling and trying to find out if there really is a God and if He really is our father, that has been a really fun opportunity to teach about actually. She asks us really good quesions, like "If God really is our father, why do we need a Holy Ghost and a Jesus Christ?" We love her. Clay has investigated for like 10 years and doesn't want to change, even after he felt the spirit at the church and his grandson is preparing for a mission. Josh is catholic and afraid to make a decision on wether to join or not. We sense that there are some fears there about telling his parents, but he has read well into 2Nephi. We know he'll make it someday. Kim needs to get a divorce, and they are trying to but they said the Lawyer they paid is asking for more money and now they can't do it. She has such a strong desire to be baptized, but the important thing is that she is exercising faith every day and repenting. Marge is 84 and so sweet, she let's us come over and talk, but she can't read anymore. She has a whole book of poems that she wrote and she recites each of them by memory! Quite a feat if you ask me, but she's tied to her Philipino church because they let her recite a poem every week in the sunday service. (They really know how to retain recent converts)
The funny thing is she's not even Philipino! She's white as the snow.....
We have some really good recent converts. Josh D. is always stalwart, coming to church and helping us teach, and he just received and accepted the call to be a ward missionary. Josh J. is 19 and wants to serve a mission really bad. His family is almost dis-owning him though because he's a member now. His dad apparently flipped out the other day and threw away his quad. WOAH that is rough, but he just asked us for a triple and a bible, he said "OH well, they'll find out some day."
I am excited for another week in the field, trying to make every day count. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity, and I am so thankful to be here.

Love you all! 

 

Elder Skyler Mark Andreasen

p.s. I choose Christ