October 19, 2015

Hola Familia,

Well, to start off... ¡Feliz Cumpleaños Mom! I hope you have a great birthday Mom. You are going to be super old. Just kidding. That is great that Dad is finally out of his sling and getting back to normal. Hopefully he will be completely healed up in no time.

I can't believe UEA has already come and gone. It sounds like the school year is going by pretty quick. It seems like you just went back to school. It must have been nice to be able to get a break. Sometimes I wish I could get more than just one day of rest. We are always working so hard sometimes I feel super tired. But it is a good kind of tired.

Like always, thanks for the sports update. I can't believe that the Utes are ranked #3 in the country. That is amazing. They must be playing amazing. It sounds like almost all of the Utah sports teams are doing pretty good.

I feel bad about Aunt Jill. Tell her I wish her the best and hope she gets well fast.

The weather here is starting to warm up. We have some days that are really hot and the sun just bakes us. The next day can be cold and chilly though and I go out in a sweater or long sleeves. But I can tell summer is coming. I am not looking forward to it because it is so hot and about kills me.

I am sure they are sending Elder Lopez to the Provo MTC so he can learn English there. His training is going well. I am not going to lie... but he is probably my most difficult companion that I have had. I have already trained one elder so I wasn't too worried, but this is a different story. A lot of times he doesn't want to listen to me or do the things that I tell him. I would think he would like to get some advice from me so he can be prepared to teach the Gospel after I am gone. Also, where he is an only child, everything has to be about him. He has started to invade my space too. I think he likes my desk better or something, because he always sits in my chair and at my desk even though all my stuff is there. I think I am just going to pick up and move desks to not cause any problems. I will be alright though, I am going to talk with him and try and get along with him.

As for investigators, we are doing pretty good. We had a few investigators in church this week. Nikol, the one who's mom passed away, was at church again this week. She keeps progressing but doesn't have a lot of desires to get baptized. We are going to keep working with her so she can get baptized. Also, this week a guy just showed up at church. He told me that he had talked to the missionaries before but had never gotten baptized. He came yesterday and stayed the whole three hours. I have my first lesson with him today so I will see how that goes.

Other than that, my week was pretty normal.

I love and miss you,
Elder Isaacson