Splits and Investigators

Hola,

Well, another week has come and gone.  (I feel like I've started pretty much every letter like that.  However, when I try to think of something new, I draw a blank.  If you have any ideas, let me know.)  This week was pretty good, although it feels like it went by very fast.  We're entering into the final week of this cycle, and I honestly have no idea what will happen next.  I'm just going to enjoy this last week here with Elder Cory, and if changes come, I'll see what happens then.

As far as this week goes, everything was pretty good.  We found a new couple that are pretty interested.  They came to church yesterday, and they seemed to enjoy it.  The husband in particular seemed to fit in perfectly.  Getting the investigators to come to church is one of the hardest hurdles to pass, so it's a really good sign that they came, and by themselves to top it off.  We'll see what happens with them, but for right now things seem pretty good.  (Their names are Guillermo and Lizbeth in case you were interested.)  Other than that, things are more or less the same.  We had divisions with the zone leaders on Friday, and I went with Elder Cowdin in their area.  He still doesn't know his area very well, so we got a little bit lost a couple of times.  It was still fun though.  The last lesson was pretty interesting.  We went to vist a family they are teaching with the Elders Quorum president.  When we got there, only the wife was in home, so we changed our plan of what we were going to teach.  We started to ask how her prayers were going, in particular if she was asking if the church is true.  She told us that she wasn't, and that she didn't feel like it was necessary.  So we explained the importance, and, after some time, she started to understand.  So we figured we would end with the testimony of Brother Emilio, the president.  He's only been a member about two years, so we figured everything would be great.  Then he started his testimony saying this:  I didn't have to ask God to know that the church was true.  Elder Cowdin said it was like we had spent about a half an hour building a castle, and when we asked the brother to put the finishing touch on it, he proceded to tear the whole thing down.  So we had to spend another 15-20 minutes fixing the situation.  Everything turned out OK, but it could have been better.

That's about it for news from here.  It sounds like everything is going pretty good in home.  I did hear about the supreme court decision.  Although I can't say that I support it, it doesn't surprise me that it happened.  The world is changing fast, and I can't help but feel that the second coming is drawing close.  I suppose that we just need to stay strong through the days that come and know that God is in control.

I love you, and I'll talk to you later.

Love,

Elder Samuel Long

Not too many new pictures this week.  Just our personal versión (Mexican Word put the accent mark, and I don’t want to change it.) of William Tell.  Don’t worry, Elder Tlachi is fine.