ello family,
well another eventful week, kinda. Amanda, the woman that we baptized is
taking huge leaps now that shes baptized and has been definately becoming a
brighter person with the love of christ in her heart. thats probably the coolest
thing thats been happening this week. she's all excited about everything! haha
its pretty sweet. much better than before her baptism. very cool. I havent
figured out yet what i am supposed to learn from my experience with her yet but
i'll let you know when i figure it out. all i know is that its fun to watch and
to talk to her about the change thats come. when is the baby due for kristen? we
share a car in our area so we have a bike every other week and a car every other
week. my bike is currently broken however so we are walking. till tomorrow when
we get the car back. we switch at the district meeting every wednesday. when it
comes to voting i didnt get to cause i didnt have an absontee ballot but we are
allowed to. pretty bummed how it turned out. everyone around here is pretty
bummed too. people are pretty political out here. if they studied their
religions as much as they watched fox news it would be a lot easier to teach
them. instead they just listen to whatever their preachers say and thats it.
they say they are saved by grace but it doesnt seem that their faith in Jesus
Christ is worth much because most of them dont believe in revelation. its
interesting how they think they can get answers to there prayers but not recieve
revelation. its all take and take out here, not much give. pretty crazy. idk if
that made sense. its just like the scriptures say. lots of religions counting on
the interpretations of man instead of what the spirit can teach us. whatever.
everything with our other investigators is moving along pretty smoothly. bumps
but progression. there arent many who dont get a little taste of anti out here.
but its all good. as long as they let us answer their questions it seems to turn
out ok. studying is 100% my favorite thing out here even though its a little
selfish. but really its for everyone so whatever haha. I have no idea what i
could want for christmas. everything has to do with guns or music, out here. i
could use an ipod player/ clock radio thing for our apartment. that would be
nice. and if its full of josh groban and adrea boccili that would be good too.
we have one of the josh groban cds though so make sure you ask which one before
you buy any if you decide to do that. other than that there isnt much i could
use. maybe some layrite palmade haha. if you could send me some money i could
buy a gun and ship it home =) its a lot cheaper here for everything! and its
legal to buy haha. anyways. idk much about the pictures i sent and the format. i
just send them as they come. they worked for joanna so maybe you can see how
that works. i wrote kenny a letter yesterday by the way. so he should be getting
it by thursday or so. maybe longer. idk. its hard to write people when theres so
much to do on mondays especially when we dont have a car. but its on the way for
him.
Katie,
Nice work on the spanish test! alright water polo... something you have to
figure out is the ability of each one of your teammates. so my advice throw it
so your pass is always catchable but with speed. people gotta learn how to
catch! but, adjust your speed to each player. in practice throw it fast enough
that it pushes them to have to try harder and it will get them ready for a game
situation. but keep it reasonable for them. a good player will make it so the
team has to rise with them. but you gotta push them at a reasonable rate. thats
all. idk how else to explain it. push them. but dont make them feel stupid. you
play in a game how you practice. if your practices are fast your games will be
better. speed speed speed. power. lobs are for sissies. thats cool that
your friends are coming up to you. dont be scared to invite them to things. more
will probably say yes than you think. keep up the good work.
Love you all, Elder Dalton
