Oops, Missed one....

From Feb. 28:

Hi!

Yeah that was a pretty quick week. Pretty legit week too. So what happened... well, right now we have 5 people with Dates... Brother Somchay is a for sure one.. he did have a relapse though. It was basically a mini grad night and all his friends were tempting him.. he gave in and drank and smoked a little.. and when i say a little i mean A LOT. But we taught him the process of repentance and committed him to begin repenting of his sins. At first he was kinda hesitant about everything.. but yesterday he told us himself that he would prepare and get baptized on the 12th. We only have a little left to teach him before he will be ready. He didnt have a problem with the Ten Commandments or the Sabbath day, which was kinda suprising, but hey.. whatever ill take it. As far as his family.. well, his mom isnt fighthing him against it, but definitely isnt for it. His family probably wont come. But he has a strong enough testimony that he will do it anyway. Great dude. We still have Noy and El, both of which are progressing very well. Noy's faith.. holy.. just getting way up there. When we first met them he was the one saying that he couldnt go to Church becuase he didnt know anything, then after a little while he said he could go, but the 2 of them would have to switch together... like, 1 would go and the other would look after the shop.. when we asked them to go together, El responded right away saying, "no we cant! Maybe we can get someone to Look after it for us..." After that, Noy stopped and said, "no.. you know what.. we can just close it and go together." Was way cool.. i actually wasnt there, but Tom told me after. In fact, i only met them 2 or 3 times last week. We have been having switch offs so much.. trying to spread the time apart where 1 person finds and the other teches.. works really well helps our teaching pool stay strong. So remember what i said when i first got here? Average of 6 lessons with a member.. this past week? 20. Yeah.. get it. Doesnt even compare though to the 2 sisters.. they had 33.. thats just with a member! They are doing work.. Our zone has a total of 30 people with a date, and the Sisters in our district have 11.. whoa! So much better than Elders! We need more sisters! Anyway, Noy and El have a date for the 26th of March. On to the next family.. yeah! We found a way sweet family last monday. Old dude and his wife, with their son. They are progressing really well and have a date for the 9th of April.. guess whose birthday! So this family is special.. the Dad is 72.. the wife? 27. Yeah.. little bit of a gap no? When we first met them i missed the part about them being husband and wife and thought that it was his daughter. They are really nice and want to be baptized, but arent sure yet just because they just got to know this stuff. But they feel really good when they pray and want to meet often so they can know everything.

One of my favorite moments this week was when i was with Brother Ice (one of the recent converts ive mentioned before) on an exchange... we were taking the Sisters to one of our investigators to hand her over, but she wasnt home. So we were biking down this hill by Brother Naay's house and i was just like, "hey.. its been a while.. lets go over there." We went to his house and hey! He was home.. pretty rare because of the fighting going on over by Cambodia.. but he was home! He asked me, "howd you know i was home? I told you guys that i would be gone almost all the time.. how do you know to come today?" Well.. do i beat around the bush or tell him the truth? Tell him the truth of course! THe spirit led us to you! Although hes been gone he has been continuing to pray and feels that when he prays, hes not alone.. but someone is always with him. We shared a few scriptures and he felt great.. he wants to be baptized and meet with us often, but he has to keep up his duty as a soldier, especially since if he doesnt do what he is called to do, he gets put in jail. He went off already to Cambodia but he felt strengthened and ready to go.

So.. i think this is all i got today. The weather is fantastic! Im totally lying but i made a committment to myself that i wouldnt say anything negative about how.. works out pretty well haha. We are changing for the summer schedule already.. we wake up at 600 and leave our house right away and study at about 1 in the afternoon... that way we dont you know.. die. Will be like this until july. So, hope you all are fantastic! Thomas, cmon man.. dont get married.. you just got home! Chase.. your sitch is diff.. but i have to say it.. dont get hitched! Love you guys too much! Say what up to Steven for me.. pretty sweet that he just got made AP.. responsibility! K love you all.. say hello to Encinitas 1st eh? 

Elder Gudmundsen