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Oct 21

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I'm not getting transferred!!! I am so glad that I get to stay here in El Camino for one more transfer, and that I get to stay with Hna Anderson!

Somehow I ran out of time today... (that's what happens when I don't write this email first) but I'll write what I can.

First, one funny story from this week. The first person we found this week seemed very open and interested when we first talked with him. He came right out of his house, and let us teach the first lesson just standing there in his driveway. He also committed to read Moroni 10 and pray about it. We were excited for our lesson that Friday so that we could invite him to church and meet his wife, but the next day he texted us and said he read and prayed and felt peaceful, but that he's catholic and not interested in changing. He said we could still come to our appointment, but he just wanted to give back our book. We assured him he could keep it, but I don't know if he believed us. The next day he texted us again saying that we didn't need to come on Saturday anymore. It was a little sad to not be able to try one more time to convince him, but more than anything though it just made me laugh. The reason we didn't need to come any more was because he couldn't return the book. Apparently his dog ate his Book of Mormon. I've heard of "the dog ate my homework" but this takes it to a whole new level. :)

This week was also really good because I got to go back to Sylmar for an exchange!!! It was good to see some of the missionaries I've worked with there and some of the members, but mostly it was just a really good exchange. We really wanted to contact this referral that they had received the day before, but when we got to the house and started to open the gate a big white dog ran up. Hna Redondo was scared and said we should just try to call him some other time, but I felt good about trying the door anyway so in we went. In addition to the big white dog we found another big brown dog, but neither one tried to bite us, and it turned out that they were both friendly. We didn't manage to contact the referral since he wasn't home either time we tried, but we did talk to two other people who lived there, and now they might be able to teach more of the family.

Sorry I didn't write more, but I'm out of time. This next transfer is going to be AMAZING!!!

Love,

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