3 October 2009--Conferencia Hoy!

Well it has been a pretty crazy week. First Monday I had to make the payment for all of the missionaries, and so I was a little stressed to get that done. Usually it takes about three days to get in there so I had to get it done to have it in for the first of the month. So I got it in, and the money actually got there a day early. The only problem is we had changes on the 30th so everyone took their money out a day early, and there were a few that left their travel money in their old area, where they were supposed to bring it to their new area. So that created a little bit of a headache yesterday trying to fix that problem, but it wasn’t too bad, and I think we got it pretty well taken care of. So we sent a bunch of missionaries home on Tuesday, and it was crazy because Elder Ebert went home, and he was the secretary when we came in. It’s just crazy how fast time flies. So we got all of that taken care of in time for the new missionaries to come in on Wednesday. We gave them their training, and everything, and got them sent off to their new areas. Let’s just say it was a relief to finally get all of that taken care of. Elder Micheal Taylor from Tooele came in, and it was awesome talking with him about what’s going on back in Tooele. It sounds like some good friends have gotten back from missions and everything. He said the new high school in Stansbury is done, and that Tooele high is going to turn into the ghetto. Let’s hope not, man I love Tooele High.
So the work in our area is going really well. We have found quite a few new investigators, and we have one named Andres that we are working hard with, and we are going to put a baptismal date for the 17th of this month. He has been to church the last three Sunday’s, and is excited for conference today too. He is great. We also have a few references from members that are starting to progress too. I just talked to a missionary that was just in Pichanaki, and it made me miss everyone over there quite a bit. He says they are always contacting in the park, and the people ask where the gringo that used to run in the mornings went. I got a good laugh about that, and it was just great to hear how everyone over there is doing. I also ran into one of my first baptisms here in the office the other day, The Hna Pajuelo. She is so awesome, and she actually has a daughter in the mission right now, and they were a little worried about their daughter so they came to talk with President. Its crazy that it has been almost a year since we baptized her, but it was so good to hear she’s still strong in the church and everything.
So it was a really good week. What made it even better was I threw down a good 5k this morning. I’m feeling pretty good in my running right now too. Just couldn’t be happier here doing the Lords work, and I just can’t believe how blessed we all are to be part of this gospel. Thanks for everything, and tell everyone hi for me. We’re going to head over to conference right now, and I am so excited. Its so amazing to hear the prophet and apostles speak. All I have to say is, OHHH YEEEAAAHHH!!!
Nos vemos pronto,
Elder Lee