Chugging along

Good to hear that Dad’s devotional at Utah State University went well. The fireside was at Utah State right, not Utah Valley? If you ask me, they need to move the name of one of them. They’re way too close.

The branch has some challenges. One of our main focuses has actually been to see if we can help the branch have more unity and feel more integrated in the work, because unfortunately we’ve basically been chugging along alone. I’ve learned a lot better why the help of the branch is so important, as we can do all our part (talk to people, teach lessons and knock some doors), but if we don’t have the members behind us to help us with the other things (references, lessons with members, their homes to do stuff like FHE´s to help with integration) we can only go so far. This week we’ll have to come up with some ideas of how to improve this situation.

We’ve got a couple of good investigators going. There’s a guy named L. we found as a result of looking through the “former investigator” part in our Area Book. (Thank goodness the last Elders wrote good notes!) His wife had been taught and had gone a couple of times to church last year, so we showed up to see if she was still interested. She wasn’t, but L., her husband, was quite receptive to the message. He said that he’s been looking for a church, as he just goes to the Catholic Church with his wife, but doesn’t really agree with the doctrine. He accepted a baptismal date for May 9th, so please pray for him that he’ll progress well.

Welp, sáll from me I think.

This transfer will be a bit rushed as it’s only a 5 week one (as opposed to 6 weeks). Everybody ready for Mother’s day coming up? I know I am. I’m thinking on asking Pres. Leal if he’ll let me have one more phone call after this one, as my group missed the opportunity as a result of being in the MTC. You think it’ll work?

´till next time.

-Ancião Heperi (Elder)