It was great to read your letters, as it always is. I guess the holiday time is all wrapped up (heh heh) and the regular routine´s starting. Sounds like it was a good one! And I´m looking forward to the next one. :-)
Things have been going really well here in Jardines.
Andrew told us about some of the goals he and his companion have been working on ... and it does sound like WORK!
This week, for the first time, we had our weekly goals basically met on Sunday and didn´t have to stress about how we were going to finish. But man, were we tired at the end of the week.
Heh heh. Now I know better what Elder Holland was talking about when he said, ´You Elders should fall into bed exhausted at the end of each day because of how hard you worked.´ It´s good to work hard.
I´ve just got to keep this behavior up now - make it a habit.
[One investigator] is progressing nicely. He´s reading, and praying to know if the things that we´re teaching him are true. He thinks they are. And, he came to church yesterday and really liked it. He wants to bring his daughter.
This week the ward is going to be doing a Family Home Evening/Talent Show, which should be an excellent opportunity to have investigators see the church and get to know some of the ward members so that they´ll be more likely to come on Sunday. I´m not sure why it´s so hard for people to come to church! But it´s much more likely that they´ll come to an activity!
Piano class went really well last week - lots more members showed up to learn. I´ve separated the teaching into 4 distinct lessons. It´s pretty simple - they´re picking it up really fast. If they practice, I think they can be playing some simplified hymns in church in just a couple months! I was also able to help [a man in the ward] know how he can apply his guitar knowledge to the hymns in the simplified hymnbook, and play hymns to sing in his family. I like this! At the beginning, I thought we were just going to be teaching them a few fun things that they can do on the piano, but I really think they have the potential to continue on with what they´re learning. How great would it be if the ward was self-supporting in piano players? Heh heh. Kind of fun. And one of our investigators has been coming to the music classes and really enjoying them. So it´s good for him, too.
Let´s see, what other fun things happened this week?
[One of our Peruvian investigators] is fantastic! She loves everything she´s heard from us so far. She was really interested in the Book of Mormon, and said, ´Why have I never heard of this before?´
And, that´s most of what´s going on here. The work is progressing, slowly but surely. We´ve experienced some incredible storms (lightning storms! Wow!) and some incredible heat. And I learned that you can buy little ice cream bars for 1 peso at pretty much any kiosko. So. Life´s good.
Much love! Thanks for your emails, your support... keep living & loving life! You´re the best!
Love,
Elder Stockton
[One investigator] is progressing nicely. He´s reading, and praying to know if the things that we´re teaching him are true. He thinks they are. And, he came to church yesterday and really liked it. He wants to bring his daughter.
This week the ward is going to be doing a Family Home Evening/Talent Show, which should be an excellent opportunity to have investigators see the church and get to know some of the ward members so that they´ll be more likely to come on Sunday. I´m not sure why it´s so hard for people to come to church! But it´s much more likely that they´ll come to an activity!
Piano class went really well last week - lots more members showed up to learn. I´ve separated the teaching into 4 distinct lessons. It´s pretty simple - they´re picking it up really fast. If they practice, I think they can be playing some simplified hymns in church in just a couple months! I was also able to help [a man in the ward] know how he can apply his guitar knowledge to the hymns in the simplified hymnbook, and play hymns to sing in his family. I like this! At the beginning, I thought we were just going to be teaching them a few fun things that they can do on the piano, but I really think they have the potential to continue on with what they´re learning. How great would it be if the ward was self-supporting in piano players? Heh heh. Kind of fun. And one of our investigators has been coming to the music classes and really enjoying them. So it´s good for him, too.
Let´s see, what other fun things happened this week?
[One of our Peruvian investigators] is fantastic! She loves everything she´s heard from us so far. She was really interested in the Book of Mormon, and said, ´Why have I never heard of this before?´
And, that´s most of what´s going on here. The work is progressing, slowly but surely. We´ve experienced some incredible storms (lightning storms! Wow!) and some incredible heat. And I learned that you can buy little ice cream bars for 1 peso at pretty much any kiosko. So. Life´s good.
Much love! Thanks for your emails, your support... keep living & loving life! You´re the best!
Love,
Elder Stockton
