October 26, 2015

Hola Familia,

I am glad to hear that you had a good birthday. The week sounds like it was pretty normal and calm. With just one kid in the house it seems like it would be pretty boring. Between Dad's physical therapy, Kenzie and school, and Mom's class, it seems you are pretty busy but not doing anything too interesting. It should be a fun week with Halloween. They don't celebrate Halloween here too much. A few kids will go around asking for candy but not too many. A lot of people think it is Satan's Holiday.

We had a pretty normal week. I am still trying to work with my companion. I am trying to teach him everything he needs to know but I feel like he doesn't even listen to me and is wasting my time. He is more holding me back from working hard than helping me. For example: We were doing our extra hour of study. We are taught to always to practice role plays. He said no and just went to go sleep. We ended up leaving late because I was not going to let him win. We finally did the practice when I threatened to call the zone leaders. But the whole time that I taught, I would ask a question to see if he was understanding me and I would see that he wasn't even paying attention. I tell him this everyday but everyday he doesn't pay attention. I even told him he was wasting his time, my time, and the Lord's time even he wasn't going to try and learn. Hopefully his visa comes through and everything gets better.

As for our investigator Jhon, he is the one that came to church on his own last week. Anyways, we met with him a couple times this week. We had a super good lesson with him and was able to set a baptismal date for him for November 14. It was all going well and then we started to talk to him going to church this week. He told us that he had plans and wouldn't come. He is super cool but he likes to do a lot of other things on Sunday. That will be the hard part with him, getting him to come to church.

As for Nikol, she came to church this week again. I asked her why she didn't want to get baptized and she said that she wants to get baptized but not this year. This year has been really rough on her. Her mom died and she has had 7 more relatives that have passed away this year too. We have helped her a lot but we might just wait and baptize her in January. I hope I can be here for that. There aren't any more investigators worth telling you about. They just don't want to progress.

Also, I don't understand why people always confide in the missionaries so much. This week I have helped one sister stay with her husband and not move out with her kids. I have helped another one whose family member has passed away and a lot of other things too. I am so thankful for the Spirit because when they tell me these things I don't know what to say but I start to talk and something always comes out. I know that I didn't say those words that helped them but that the Spirit did.

Love you all so much,
Elder Isaacson