Family!
This week I found out
that we will get to go to the temple in September! I also found out that
on the 8th of September we will get to go to a Cincinnati Reds game as a mission!
Stay tuned...
We found an amazing
family this week! The Dad is Guatemalan and learned Spanish as his second
language, then learned some English when he came here. The Mom is a
full-blooded Sioux Indian. Their kids are just about as Lamanite as you
can get... =) But the sad thing is that the kids and the Mom don't speak
much Spanish, so we're probably going to have to pass them along to the English
Elders...
This week we had a
really cool miracle happen. We had some plans fall through, so we had an
hour left in the day with nothing planned. We decided to pray and ask for
help to know what to do. As soon as we finished our prayer, a truck
turned the corner, stopped a few houses away from us, and a Hispanic got out
and started to walk to his house. It was almost as if we had been
delivered a Hispanic to talk to! We went and talked to him, set up a time
to meet, then went to say a prayer of thanks. When we finished that
prayer, we saw another Hispanic down the street, so we went to talk with him.
After that, we remembered a potential we had in the GPS, so we went and
knocked the door, and a really nice lady answered who invited us back. It
was a really productive hour!
We had an amazing zone
conference this week. President Porter taught us about the Doctrine of
Christ and on how to get rid of negative and doubtful thoughts. It was
probably one of the best talks I have ever heard; I wish I could have recorded
the whole thing!
As we were walking
down the street one day, we passed by a house with a few very obvious signs
that Hispanics lived there. First off, there were tomatillo plants in the
front yard. Second, there were Hispanics out front bathing their
Chihuahuas. I have never seen anyone bathe a Chihuahua until that day.
We had the 1st
Semi-annual Batalla de Los Tacos this saturday. We had a super good turnout, and we
ate some of the best Mexican food I have ever eaten. The branch is really
pulling together and working hard to fellowship and help the work here get
moving.
We got a new Branch
Mission leader. I'm excited to start working with him.
E---- is all set for
baptism! I'm super excited for him!
Sorry this email is a
little disconnected.
I know that this is
the true church of Jesus Christ on the earth and that as we work to spread the
message of the gospel, we are helping our brothers and sisters come to
knowledge of how they can have more peace and happiness now and eternal life in
the life to come.
Have a great week!
Love,
Elder Foote
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| Preparing For Saturdays Baptism |
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| At Zone Meeting |
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| Elder Foote With One of the Families |
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| Elders Foote, Taylor, Fivas and Martin |