Monday, January 3, 2011

1-3-11 Happy New Year--Still in San Martin!

  1-3-11
YES TODAY WAS TRANSFERS! BUT I STAYED WITH ELDER PRIETO IN SAN MARTIN. THE ZLS CHANGED AND LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE, BUT WE STAYED. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY BAPTISMS AND THE WORK IS A LITTLE TOUGH HERE NOW, BUT SUNDAY WAS COOL. 2 PEOPLE THAT WE WERE ALREADY TEACHING SHOWED UP TO CHURCH, AND 4 DIFFERENT MEMBERS BROUGHT A FRIEND TO CHURCH, SO WE ARE STARTING TO HAVE MORE HELP FROM THE MEMBERS WHICH IS NICE. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WE ARE TEACHING RIGHT NOW SO IT WAS REALLY AWESOME TO SEE MEMBERS BRINGING PEOPLE TO CHURCH. IT’S WAY EASIER FOR THEM, AND THE PEOPLE THEY BRING ARE WAY MORE LIKELY TO ACCEPT THE GOSPEL BECAUSE THEY HAVE A FRIEND FROM THE START. 

BUT YEAH MY COMP AND I GET ALONG WELL. HE IS SENIOR (PRETTY SURE), BUT I'M ALWAYS THE ONE WHO WAKES HIM UP (LITERALLY POURING WATER IN HIS EAR EVERY DAY, HE HAS A PROBLEM WITH WAKING UP) AND IT'S COOL BECAUSE WE TRUST EACH OTHER AND THE ONLY BOSSING AROUND IS ME IN THE MORNING, SAYING ELDER GET READY!  BUT HE WANTS TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT, JUST HAS A PROBLEM WITH DOING WHAT’S RIGHT AT THE RIGHT TIME HAHA. 

I JUST SAW CALIFORNIA ON THE NEWS IN THIS LANHOUSE, SOME FREEWAY WITH LOTS OF SNOW.

OUR WARD NEEDS A NEW YOUNG WOMEN PRES, ALONG WITH HIGH PRIEST GROUP LEADER, ELDERS QUORUM PRES, COUNSELOR TO THE BISHOP, PRIMARY PRES, WARD SECRETARY, AND MORE AND MORE, ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY LEAVING SAN MARTIN IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. IT'S REALLY RANDOM BUT EVERYONE'S LEAVING AT ONCE. THE BISHOP NEEDS YOUR PRAYERS.  I FEEL REALLY BAD FOR HIM. IN HIS LIFE ASIDE FROM BEING A BISHOP OF A DYING WARD, HE ALREADY HAS PLENTY OF PROBLEMS.
WE HELPED THIS NICE COUPLE MOVE IN NEXT DOOR TO US, AND IT TOOK ABOUT 5 MINUTES, LITERALLY.  NO ONE OWNS THINGS HERE. THE COUPLE IS PAULO AND SILENE, THEY ARE NEWLYWED, AND REALLY AWESOME. YOU'LL PROBABLY GET AN EMAIL FROM THEIR COMPUTER SOMETIME, ASKING FOR A RECIPE OR SOMETHING.

  LOVE YOU TOO, BYE
ELDER HOOKE

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