First off, bad news :( Pablo didn't get baptized... I think I told you this last week, but he wanted to talk to his wife first before being baptized. We went over the next day after his interview (Tuesday) and sat down and talked to him and his wife. We thought everything was all good. She is Catholic, and told us she probably wouldn't have time to go to Pablo's baptism, if he got baptized. So, that was a bummer, but he said he would still do it. Then, on Thursday, Elder Farnsworth and Elder Hansen went on exchanges and taught him. They said that he had completely changed and didn't want to be baptized anymore :( :( :( He didn't come to church on Sunday either, and things are not looking good for Pablo :( But! We haven't given up yet! He has had his interview and is sooooo ready. We don't know what to do yet, but we will find a way to baptize him this transfer!
So, Wednesday, I had exchanges with Elder Nelson. It was SWEET! They have this area in their area called La Zanja. It is 99.9999999% Spanish. It's like, 14 o 15 streets FILLED with Spanish people. It's awesome! Elder Nealy started his mission in that area and had told me a lot of stories about it and it was pretty sweet to finally see it in person. There's always so many people just outside walking! And they are all Spanish! It's so cool. Anyways, we had a sweet exchange. We found a new investigador and set a baptism date! It was a sweet exchange. I have exchanges with Elder Farnsworth this Wednesday, in my area, so that will be sweet. Elder Farnsworth and I served in Esco together, but never could go on exchanges... But, now we finally can and it will be awesome!
Not much is going on with our investigadores... Elder Chavez and Elder Hansen set a baptism date with a guy named Alejandro the day before I arrived here, but we could never find him... But, we finally found him on Sunday and he is doing super good. HE works two jobs, which is why we could never find him, but we are going over on Thursday, his day of rest, to teach him. His date is for the 23rd, so we are going to have a baptism that day!!!
We found (kinda) a new investigador on Saturday. He was an antiguo. his name is George. He is 15 o 16. He is super cool. We taught him about the BOM and how he can find his own answers. He is a cool kid.
La familia Berdeja is being super lazy... They didn't come to church on Sunday :( but, we have decided that we are just going to teach the daughter, Maria. She's 16 and awesome. We have an appointment with her tonight, and hopefully her learning will spark a flame in her dad and he will stop being lazy.
Also, Arturo. He works A TON, but we finally saw him last night and he is soooo prepared! He has two sons. One died and the other is in jail right now. He really wants to turn his life around to try to make things good with his son and stuff. The Plan of Salvation is perfect for him! the only problem is that his wife is Catholic and she doesn't want him to learn, so he is going to learn in secret :)
So, the area is sweet. It is super rich and the houses are super nice, but there are also lots of apartments with LOTS of Spanish people :) We also have some parts in San Juan Capistrano (where we live) that are pretty Spanish. And since we live with other Spanish missionaries, we actually live out of our area. It's so much fun living with other missionaries. Definitely takes a lot more discipline though jaja
I still have my bike! And I still haven't rode it! :( We are in a full time car, so no bike :( Elder Chavez wrecked the car like 2 months ago and so Elder Chavez and Elder Hansen had to ride bikes for 2 weeks! Dana Point is extremely HILLY and so I am glad that we don't have to ride bikes here.
Spanish is going good. I am trying to work on learning vocab. The problem with that is that I don't know what words are important! And plus, there are so many different words for the same thing... And Mexicans have their own words and Cubans have their own words and so on... Every culture have different words for the same thing and so it's frustrating sometimes to find the right word! But, I love Spanish. I am mind blown about how much I have learned in the past year. I could go live in Mexico and have no problem! It's so cool the help we receive from God in order to preach his word to his children. English classes are in the process :)
The BYU shirt was SWEET. In fact, today is district activity and I think I will wear it!
I sent an email to Elder Jensen today, so hopefully my package should be out soon
Thank goodness Grandpa is okay! I have been praying for him, so that's good to know he is okay. I hope Grandma is okay too! That's scary
I had no idea the Superbowl was yesterday until last week. As a missionary, some things you just don't think about! Elder Hansen and I really wanted to know the score so we would peek through some people's windows while walking to and from our appointments :) jaja it was funny
Pues, creo que es todo. Espero que tengais una buena semana! Ojala que todo os vaya bien! (me gusta usar la forma de vosotros. casi nadie lo usa. solo en espana. un dia me ire a espana. :) )
Os quiero, Elder Hunt
P.S. Mi camera todavia esta en San Marcos... O esta en el correo en la oficina de la mision en Vista... Lo siento :( creo que la recibire este domingo! Espero que si!
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