3/15/99
Word!! Right back at you Mom I had the first Mangos of the season after reading your letter. It’s on!! Elder Hoare and I decided that we are going to keep track oh how many mangos we eat this year. So far two down, lots more to go. I’ll keep you posted.
Elder Hoare and I have done lots of stuff this past week. I’ll try to tell you about it:
This week in our AP duties we have been preparing for Zone Conference this coming Thursday. We have been preparing the program, we also have to prepare our lesson. We were struggling for ideas.
The theme scripture is Alma 57:21, the theme is focusing on obedience.
21. Yea, and they did obey and observe to perform every word of command with exactness; yea, and even according to their faith it was done unto them; and I did remember the words which they said unto me that their mothers had taught them.
We are going to do our lesson on the mission statement: 1) balanced effort 2)Memorize Discussions and Scriptures 3) Return with Honor. We want to focus the blessings and positive results of doing these things.
The next coming month in April, 7 new missionaries are coming: 3 Khmae specking, 2 Vieet speaking, 2 Khmae Natives. Elders Heywood(Sandy, UT) , Gray( Morgan, UT.) and McCormick( Washington, State) are dying. We wrote names with white board markers on the tile walls in our house. We kneeled and prayed first about who the 5 new trainers should be and then worked out a suggested move plan. Our part is kind of the physical planning and then we turn it into the President to let him give it spiritual examination. April = 24 Foreign Elders and 4 Native Elders 22 District Elders and 6 Viet.
This morning Elder Hoare and I hit the market at 7:00 a.m. with the locals. Tomatoes, Mangos, Green Peppers, onions, Potatoes, carrots, eggs. All by the Kilo. Also we stocked up on more rice. We want to make a weekly P-Day run to the market. We also keep a great supply of bananas
Sunday night to end the week we had about 20 min before we had to come in and we wanted to use the time productively. I remembered a house that we had seen earlier in the week thinking, “ I bet a neat family lives there.” So we followed that idea and went. We yelled out at the front gate and sure enough here comes a Dad and about 4 kids. He asks what do you want? We explained and gave him a Book of Mormon. I must first back up and said that time seemed to stop for a second as he and his kids stood at the gate looking at us. My heart was just a beating and I thought WOW what an awesome family. He said he was confused about the Jesus Christ Religion and wanted to know more. However he is filming a movie for 15 more days and then will have some free time. We set a plan with him to come back. Almost every single person we have been working with this past little while are members of other Christian Churches. They are stressing searching for truth, Book of Mormon, and Joseph Smith.
Another change is we are losing Elder and Sister Fowler, the office couple in charge of finances etc. There is no one to replace them for at least 2 months. That means a companionship of Elders has to spend a half day in the office. Sister Fowler was also the District Primary and Nursery President.. . . .So I’m thinking . . . .Grandma Talbot grab your companion Dot and come quick!! We need you!!
I’m out of time.
Love ya your Son, Brother, and Missionary.