July 27, 2015

Hola Familia,

Well, I don't want to lie or anything, but it sounds like you had quite the boring week. I can't believe that Tyler is already going on his mission. Wow, time sure does fly. He will enjoy it so much. Wish him the best of luck for me and you will have to keep me filled in on what is happening in his mission. I don't know why you asked me for a theme for conference because it sounds like you already have a great one.

I am finally settling in to being district leader. It still feels like a huge responsibility. In my zone we verify what has happened everyday. I have to call my district and get there numbers daily. I then have to call the zone leaders and tell them what is going on with my district and I. It keeps me from my sleep. I guess it is just one sacrifice I have to make to keep the mission work progressing. I have now done a few trainings. I think they have went well. I am still scared that now I have to worry about more than just my own area.

Rosalinda has a lot of doubts right now. She is really scared that all her friends will look at her weird and won't be her friends if she gets baptized. She was also super busy this week and we couldn't hardly teach her. But when we passed by her house we met her cousin. She is really cool and is reading the Book of Mormon. She even came to church with us and really enjoyed. Hopefully we can baptize both of them together.

We also found a really cool family this week. We were contacting them and found out the mom is a member. She got baptized 22 years ago and became inactive about 15 years ago. She now has her husband (although they aren't married) and her two daughters. We only taught them once this week but the mom and two daughters came to church. The husband, Juan, couldn't this week but told us he will come next week. Now the only problem is, like normal, getting them married. Hopefully they can get married and get baptized. I would love to baptize them as a family.

Nothing really interesting happened this week. The only interesting thing happened this morning. There was a car crash not too far from my house between a mototaxi, a small car, and a garbage truck. One guy got sent to the hospital in an ambulance. We hope he is ok. Other than that, it was just a long week of contacting and looking for new people to teach. We are cleaning out our old investigators that aren't progressing and replacing them with new investigators. This is what we have done for the past couple weeks. We are now going to settle down and start working with all the new people we have to teach.

I hope you have another fun week and stay safe in California Mom. I want a full report of your trip when you get back.
Love,
Elder Isaacson