Denver...

Hola,

Well, another week has come and gone.  I got an email today from the secretaries saying they are in the process of buying our plane tickets and want to know what airport we need to go.  I thought it would be a nice road trip, so I told them the Denver Colorado Airport.  I hope your OK with that.  (Obviously I'm joking.)  It made me realize just how quick the time is going here.  As far as the changes go, it wasn't quite as I heard.  I did have changes, but not to Cuautla.  I'm in the ward next to the one I was in with Elder Jones, called Anahuac.  The particular area that I'm in hasn't had missionaries for about a month, so we didn't have much when we got here.  Oh, my new companion is Elder Orozco from Sinaloa speaking of changes.  We get along pretty well so far.

As far as news goes, not too much to report so far.  We only have a few days in the area since we got here on Thursday, so we don't know too many people yet.  We met a family with a couple grandkids getting ready to be baptized, so we helped explain some things to them.  They will be getting baptized Saturday.  Other than that, we've only met a few member families and gone to look for some of the investigators the other missionaries were teaching, but most of them said that they don't want anything now.  So it looks like it's going to be a slow start, but I know that we'll find some people to teach soon enough.

That's about it for news from these parts.  I like your idea with the Book of Mormon.  I'm currently in Alma myself, and one theme that I've seen has to do with the wars.  I've realized that every time there's a war, there's always a verse or two that says something like "And they were strengthened by the Lord because of their faith" or "The Lord was not with them because of their wickedness."  Maybe not in those exact words, but basically the idea is that the Lord always helped them when they were obedient, but if they stopped the commandments, they lost that help.  It helps me see the importance of constant obedience, when you're in the war, it's too late to be looking for the Lord's strength.

I love you, and I'll write you next week.

Love,

Elder Samuel Long