Surprise! It looks like the powers that be (AKA the area presidency) have spoken, and for the time being at least we can no longer receive permission to leave the mission. So, we didn't get to leave today. But we did find a faster route to get to walmart, so that's a good thing I guess. I'm just glad I got the chance to leave a couple of times before this happened at least.
Other than that, this week was pretty good. Except that Elder Cory got sick for a couple of days and we couldn't leave the house. We did get to go to the temple on Wednesday though, so that's good. It's pretty beautiful inside. But now that I've been inside, it was a bit weird to go through in normal clothing. It was also weird since our guides were a sister missionary and her mom. I don't know how that turned out, but it would be weird for me to work with dad as a missionary. Still, it was a nice experience, and as always I could feel the spirit strongly there. it was such a good experience in fact, that we will be going again this Wednesday. Hopefully this time without sickness.
Other than that, this was a pretty normal week. We had a pretty interesting lesson yesterday with some new investigators. The sister has family members who are members, including her mom and a sister who just recieved her mission call to Yucatan. She enjoys the church, and would probably be a member if not for one thing: she's deaf. The christian church where her and her husband attend has a translater and many deaf members. Her family and one sister can translate, but she would still be the only deaf member in the ward. Still, she is willing to keep learning if her husband is. Her husband is also interested, and they came to church yesterday. We had spoken with him once before, and he has some different beliefs. Still, yesterday he seemed much more open to listen. We taught part of the restoration, and when we started to talk about prophets, he asked us how he could recognize a true prophet. Questions like that make me happy. We explained the scripture in Mathew 7 that says that we will know them for their fruits. We then explained that we will recognize the fruits as we try them and ask for the guidance of God. He has listened to the missonaries before, so he has a Book of Mormon and has heard of Joseph Smith before, so we invited him to read and pray. He said that he will do it, and he seemed pretty interested. So, we'll see what comes.
That's about it for news from me this week. Mexico beat you, school didn't start until today here. There were certainly a lot more people in the street than there normally are. School being in is both good and bad for us. Good because a lot more people are here, but bad because often the people are a bit busier. That's OK though, we still keep busy. It also sounds like you had a pretty fun party for dad, and I hope you have a fun one for Sarah today. I also hope you have a good school year. I also hope Lori survives Calculus 2. She'll do fine I'm sure.
That's it for me this week. I love you, and I'll write you next week.
Love,
Elder Samuel Long
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