13 February 2010--Re: Friday February 12th

Hola Familia!

Thanks for the awesome e-mail.  Sounds like you guys are going to have a blast this weekend.  It really exites me to hear about SUU and everything too.  I really don't know if I should come home a week early or just go a week late to college.  Because I guess the first week of classes isn't too difficult, but I really don't know.  What do you guys think would be best?  I thought I had more time to make this decision, but the time has really flown, and I guess I have to make it pretty soon.  I really don't even know where I'm going to live, or even who I'm going to live with.  Just let me know what ideas you have.  I don't know if you could get a hold of Cam and find out where he is living.  I guess Shay is going to be married, so I guess that cuts him out of the roommate picture.  Or I could do what I did Freshman year, and just live in Cedar West again.  We'll see what happens. 

Well the work is going great as always.  We haven't been able to teach as much as we wanted this week because we had the Zone Leader counsel, and everything goes crazy with 24 zone leaders in the house.  President invited me to join the counsel too, even though I'm just district leader.  I really learned a ton of things that are really going to help out in our work.  Like we went over and discussed each of the Key indicators, and how they will be counted.  Like how we count new investigators, and each lesson.  It’s pretty much just following exactly what it says in Preach My Gospel.  It’s amazing how Preach My Gospel clears up any doubt you have in missionary work.  It is really inspired, and when we follow what it says we will have success in the work. 

We have a new couple Susan and Cesar.  Susan is from Canada and Caesar is from Peru.  They came to church for the second time Sunday, and everyone really welcomed them as if they were part of the family.  It was great, and they really had a good experience.  Susan went to the class in English, but when they finished she said, "Elder Lee, that was not an introductory class!"  I had never attended the English class, but it is full of all the temple workers and everything, and I didn't realize that it would be so complicated.  It worried me a little bit, but next week we are going to take her to the Spanish class with Caesar, and I will just translate for her.  They are progressing really well though, they just haven't gained their testimony of the Book of Mormon.  Which really is the most important part.  So that is what we are working on right now, and hopefully they will be baptized at the end of this month.  We are praying hard for them. 

We also have an investigator name Branco from Yugoslavia, and he is awesome.  He has come the last three Sundays, and really loves being in the church.  We watched The Restoration with him in the language of Serbia or something like that, but he understood it, so it’s all good.  It’s awesome how it has so many languages to choose from.  We have two recent converts that are just excited as ever to get out in the mission field.  Andres who was baptized in October is going to Mission Prep classes starting this Tuesday, and is going to go around proselyting with us tonight.  We also have Jorge that is going to receive the Priesthood this Sunday.  He bore his testimony for the first time last Sunday.  I told him I would go first if he bore his testimony, and he did it.  It was awesome because President Marcus B. Nash of the 70 attends our ward, and he thanked Jorge for his testimony.  It was awesome.  I was also able to present our investigators to President Nash too, it was way cool.  He even told the Hna Susan that she is in good hands, and pointed to Elder Rojas and I.  It was way cool. 

Thanks for everything you do for me.  I really don't know what I would do without a family that is so supportive and loving, and I can't wait to hang out with you guys again.  Keep up the good work, and enjoy your 4 day weekend.  Love you!!

Love,

Elder Lee