January 25, 2016

Hola Familia,

It sounds like it was a fun, busy week back home. Sports never stop. I can't believe it is the Super Bowl again. That is great that the Broncos are in it. I hope they win it. I can't believe Kenzie is going to turn 18. She isn't that old. Ice fishing sounds like it was pretty fun and at least you had a little success.

As a fisher of men, this week we also had success. We had a great baptism. There were 7 baptisms in the ward this week. 4 by my comp and I, 2 by the other companionship, and an 8 year old girl. The baptism was great. I have never seen so many people come to a baptism. Normally, people never come to the baptisms and we struggle to fill the room. This week, we had to move the meeting to the relief society room so everyone could fit in and then go to the room with the baptismal faunt. The baptisms were great. Everything went great and we didn't have to repeat one baptism. The Zavaleta family was so happy. Every single one was smiling and laughing. This is one of the best baptisms for my mission.

The next day, we went and got them so they would get there early for the confirmation. Andrea and her granddaughter, Andreita, were going to follow us down in a moto. We got to the church and only Andreita was there. She said that her great aunt had gotten to the house. Her great aunt is in a wheel chair and Andrea had stayed home to take care of her. After we confirmed everyone and took the sacrament, my comp and I ran to her house. We got her to church just in time to be confirmed. It was a close call but we made it.

While we were walking up to Andrea's house, a talk came out and started barking at us. That is normal. We just ignored it and kept on walking. It kept on barking and then out of no where it lunged at me and bit my leg. Luckily I reacted quickly and it didn't puncture my pants or my skin. It just left a bruise on my leg of where it bit me. The next time I see that dog, I am going to get my revenge.

We also got a few really good references this week of people that their friends have brought to church. We ended up having five baptisms this month and we have potencial for a lot more baptisms in February. There is a 10 year old girl that is a members daughter that was never baptized, Evelyn, a reference from a member, and Darwin, another reference from a different member. Hopefully everything works out well.

We had a lot of meetings this week. We had a training by President that helped motivate the whole mission. We also had a whorldwide training by the apostles. They helped us learn a lot more about finding new investigators and helped us improve our teaching techniques.

Hopefully next week is just like this one, minus the dog part...

Love,
Elder Isaacson