8.8.2011

So it seems like everything at home is super busy. I'm kinda glad i'm still out here for all of that (even though i realize I'm part of the reason everything is busy). Not to say that the mission isn't busy but it's just a different kind of busy. We found out today that when I leave, Elder Jacobson is going to be primarily with the Assistants so I've been teasing him that he is the new assistant. haha I realized that is probably only funny to me and him. It's my last full week in the mission and miracles are happening. A huge miracle happened this week.

We decided to go out tracting in the rich area which rarely weilds results but the ones you find are solid. Anyway, we were out there all day and had no one that was interested let alone nice but than we get a phone call and the man says "Is Elmer there?" and we were like um...I think you have the wrong number. And he asks are these the missionaries and we said oh yeah we are. He than expressed that he wanted to know how to join the church and be baptized. We told him that is what we do and we set up an appointment for after church at the church. He was super great and solid and wants to be baptized so bad. He had a friend he met in the hospital who is a member and she told him about it. We asked him why he was interested and he said "she said you don't drink, do drugs or have sex before marriage I think that would be good for me. We were like "um...yeah it would be." haha. He loves wakeboarding so him and I hit it off way good. We set a date with him for Sept. 3. The bad news though: He turned 18 on Saturday so we had to turn him over to the Young Single Adult missionaries. It will be better for him to go to the YSA but it sucks that we can't teach him anymore. He should be going to FHE tonight and he's excited so it should be good. He'll be baptized for sure.

Not much else is going on. We are struggling getting our investigators to come to church and live other commandments. Just a constant struggle here in the CWM but we're working hard.

Love,
Elder Turner

P.S. At the airport, I do not want signs or posters or baloons or anything of that sort. If there are I will sneak around you and call Tony to come pick me up. haha Love ya.