Nov. 11, 2013
Hola Familia!
How is everybody this week? Thanks
for all the Halloween pictures! I love them! In answer to your question about
the weather...It is supposed to be warming up and we have had a couple days
where the sun is shining and it gets pretty hot, but right now it’s cold and
cloudy again. Everybody keeps talking about how strange the weather is right
now. Usually at this point it’s a lot warmer. I can`t wait for it to warm up!
Although everybody keeps telling us that as soon as it warms up we`ll wish it
was cold again. Apparently the heat and the humidity are horrible in January
and February.
That’s awesome that you made that
connection with Lisa Capt because Hermana Nelson and I made that connection
too! I know her daughter Carlee Capt from my seminary class at PG and also Mrs.
Herrick from when we went to Disneyland for Nationals. Hermana Nelson and I
have already decided that we are going to be best friends when we get home from
our missions so you should definitely call her mom and get to know each other
in advance :)
I hadn`t heard about the Typhoon in
the Philippines...that is so sad!! You will have to keep me updated. It’s
crazy, but one of the things I miss a lot is knowing what’s going on around the
world and being able to read the news every day.
I am trying to think of what
happened this week. Not a whole lot, really. The best part of the week was a
new investigator we found. Last Sunday we were walking around our area and
starting walking down the street. When I suddenly stopped and just looked at
Hermana Espinoza and said, ^I think we should go the other way...^ So we did
and as we were walking we passed by a man sitting outside of his house. He was
sitting outside of this tent type thing (they put them up for parties and
funerals and things like that here) and as we walked by I just knew that we
needed to talk to him. So I walked up to him and introduced us and started
talking to him. Well, we found out that they were getting ready for the
memorial service for his wife who had passed away from cancer one month before.
We were able to testify about the plan of salvation and eternal families and he
invited us back to come talk to him. We went back on Tuesday and not only was
C. (the man we contacted) waiting outside for us, but his youngest daughter
(who just turned 8 years old) and his granddaughters who are 8 and 10, and
several others in his family were all waiting for us. We have been able to have
2 lessons with them and during the last lesson he looked at us and said, “Just,
tell me what I need to do to be with my wife again.” Hermana Espinoza and I
just looked at each other and smiled, and said, “that is exactly why we are
here.” We invited him to be baptized and he told us that he is going to pray
about it and talk to his family and let us know this week. Also, those three
little girls, (A. his daughter, and his two granddaughters) are like, my new
best friends. We started walking down their street towards there house on
Saturday for our second lesson and they were all outside waiting for us and as
soon as they saw us I heard, “HERMANA SHELTON!!!” and they almost knocked me
down with their hugs. I guess you could say that I love this family a whole lot
:)
Ok, I have to go.
Les Quiero Mucho!!!
Hermana Shelton
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