Hello

Here are some updates on our progressing investigators. Leticia is doing amazing. Before someone has there actual baptismal interview by the DL, the missionaries are supposed to basically do the interview first. That way we know if they are prepared and ready. So we asked her about if she believed in living prophets and President Monson. She said she wasn't sure because honestly, we hadn't done a good job of teaching that to her. Oops? So she immediately said she'd pray about it that night. We came back the next day and shared a little about church organization and watched President Monson's testimony on “Special Witnesses of Christ”. We asked if she had prayed about him and she said “yes, and I felt good.” Honestly we were all saying how we've never had an investigator who understands that they really can pray to get an answer, and then have that investigator also recognize an answer through their feelings. She's amazing! She's just one of those investigators that you don't have to worry about too much; you know she understands everything, even if our Spanish isn't fantastic. She can always reteach us what we taught, but in her own words. That's a first! So she is getting baptized this Sunday and she's invited all her family. Yeah! We finally found Juan Carlos on Saturday-after almost two weeks. It turns out he had been going to a lot of AA meetings. We really hadn't taught him enough to even know he had an alcohol problem. He told us right off that he was going to church and he'd be there at 10:40 and he was taking the bus. But he didn't come. We're pretty sure he just told us what we wanted to hear. And the Lopez family. Well, after stopping by and calling all week-with nothing happening, finally we were walking (stalking?) behind their apartment the other day and the daughter was out on the patio. She came down and let us in. Sounds like they've had a pretty bad week and actually went to a different church. They think their kids like it better there and they just want to go together as a family. We basically let them go. It was realllly hard. The dad was crying and the mom at one point too. But sometimes honestly it is not someone's time. Maybe they're prepared enough for the next missionaries who come by. We had a lot of potential and new investigator that we just didn't get hold of this week. So who knows? We don't have very many progressing right now. One girl we were teaching, Angelica, was doing really well (even though she couldn't go to church because she is always taking care of her 7 month old brother) but we won't see her very much for a while because she is going to go help her 15 year old brother's girlfriend take care of her new baby (ah!) everyday. But we did set a baptismal date with Stephanie Mendoza! We chose March 14, and she said that's her cousin's b-day and she (the cousin) had been thinking of being baptized that day. So it sounds good to us! She basically accepted, and we're going to try hard to get and keep her prepared. Stephanie is doing everything she needs to be doing, everything a member does; she just needs to be baptized to get those blessings! We're doing a whole bunch of exchanges this week-3 or 4 or something. The week is going to fly by. And then we'll get transfer calls this Saturday. I have no clue what's going to happen. We're getting two new sisters and the numbers won't be right for a threesome, and a new area will have to open up, so who knows! I would love to be here for some of our upcoming baptisms (like Jung and Stephanie) but whatever works that will be fine. We've been having a really really good time in our companionship, so it will be sad. I think (?) we are learning a lot from each other and have a lot of fun. Oh well, we'll see what happens! Well familia, things are going fantastic! Good times being a missionary! Happy late birthday Ryan, happy birthday Erin and thank you everyone for the letters and love and prayers! I love you all!