Mi familia!
Todo está bien. Ha sido una semana muy bajo y rápido. We
have had quite a few meetings this week, but the work has been in
somewhat of a drought, can't seem to find 'actual' investigators. The
temperature is dropping and many people just stay secluded in their
homes now. So when we knock on their doors they probably think that we
are either salesmen or jehovahs, so they don't even bother coming to the
door. We have been riding our bikes a lot lately. I heard that this
winter is supposed to be really bad, so we probably won't be on our
bikes for very much longer. I have seen more Mitt Romney signs pop up!
But at the same time, most of the people that see us riding around, mock
and point the finger of scorn at us. Kind of makes me feel like I am in
Lehi's dream. Where the people in the great and spacious building laugh
at those whom are holding to the iron rod. Over the past weeks I have
been pouring over the ward records. And have found that the actual
church attendance almost perfectly correlates with actual home/visiting
teaching. As of right now the ward about 20% of its members actually
attending church and 20% doing their home teaching. Members may whine
and complain that we don't have a big ward, but that's their fault.
Because they themselves are just letting the ward (it's members) seep
through the cracks until eventually they are lost! So Elder Jensen and I
have made it a goal to strive to see everyone that is on the ward list
this month. And we are doing that by calling up the home teachers and
going out with them to see the families that they have been assigned.
Some of these families that are less active are part-member families as
well. This past Sunday we had 7 less active members come to church after
we visited them that week. So we are already seeing some results.
Newport Ward, has the potential to be a big ward it's just up to them to
reach out to these long lost members. If they would just do that, we
could have 4 or 5 times as many members than do now. It's frustrating,
but you probably might find that in Liberty Ward too. That's a idea for
the missionaries. Get a Home Teaching List from the Ward Clerk and help
the member's visit everyone in the ward, it's way more effective than
tracting and you gain the trust of the members.
Anywho, I think your week sounds way more exciting than mine. Aaron
has asthma! That kind of stinks, well at least that mystery has been
resolved and thankfully he can still have fun in band. Danny got into a
fight to save another kid, that sounds fun! And he a bonus prize, he got
a black eye! That must have made him look even more tough. Dad is good
and well. And Mom got acupuncture, did that hurt? I still don't know how
that works, if it doesn't feel at least uncomfortable. Aunt Jean is
going through tests. That is amazing that they have the new
procedure/operation now to where they can go through the rib cage,
instead of having open heart surgery.
Oh by the way, since the announcement in General Conference about
the age change for missionaries. We received the announcement that the
Massachusetts Boston Mission will be receiving 50 new missionaries
within the next few months!!! Ridiculously awesome! And they are having
to create new areas in the mission. This week we will be have interviews
with President Packard and so I will not only talk to him about school
but also about the speeding citation. And yes time is flying by, it's
kind of disgusting. Tell Aaron and Danny, that they can be missionaries
now, they don't have to wait till they are 18. And once a missionary,
always a missionary. Well gotta go!
Love all of you a lot,
Elder Everett Alan Escobar
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