February 7, 2011

Hey fam!

Asu! It's freezing back home! I told my companion how cold it was and

he said "and they're alive". I can't ever remember a time when it was

that cold. It's super hot here. I'm kinda missing the cold weather. I

want to see snow again. It's so hot right now, the pulgas (fleas) are

eating me alive... My ankles are all torn up... it's not too fun. The

pulgas come out in force when it gets hot. They live in the sand and I

walk in the sand all day so there is not much I can do about them. We

always see poor dogs that live in the street and pretty much have no

hair because they have scratched it all off because of their fleas. I'm

not very happy about sharing their fleas, but its getting better. I'm

showering twice a day and its helping, a little.

We have some wicked sweet investigators right now. we only have one

with a date in February right now but we have four more in March. The

majority of them are progressing really well. I'm rerally happy about

it and we are feeling good. This past month of January we passed the

record high for the whole year of 2010 in our zone so we just need to

keep trucking and we´ll have a really great year. I can't tell you how

much I love my companion. He is the best really. It's so much fun to be

his companion. We are working super hard and getting the job done. He

is helping me a ton. Probably the best missionary in the world, haha.

Elder Campos and I looked for a reference that we had received and

when we got there he wasn't home... so we went and knocked a door they

weren't home either, but when we left the house we saw a family of a

husband and wife and their little boy taking a walk. We walked up to

them and started a conversation. Turns out the man is Peruvian but

has been living in Colombia for 10 years. His wife is from Colombia

and they recently moved here together with their son. We talked to

them a little about families and took out an appointment. Yesterday

my companion and a member went to their appointment while I went with

another member to go to a couple other appointments. My companion said

that they are a family of gold! He invited them to be baptized in the

first lesson and they both accepted. They also have plans to get

married. They are really interested in our message and want to know

much more. They are awesome. The Lord does things in such small and

wonderful ways. Maybe he gave us that reference just so that we would

find this family. Who knows.

One thing that I love about being a zone leader, is that I get to meet

with the Stake President every month and talk about how the work is

going in the stake. Yesterday, Elder Campos, President Manning and I

went to talk to President Morocho, our Stake President. It's a really

great experience to be able to talk to and work with the leaders in

the mission. I really enjoy the opportunity. I'm learning alot about

what I want for my family in the future, and lots of leadership

skills from them.

Ah man Josh broke his hand? Bummer dude. Right or left? How many

bones? You think you can beat me? I hope not. I had 18 stitches 7

screws and 2 plates... Hope you just need pins... That's really lame

that you can't play lacrosse... sorry buddy.

Good luck with your science project D-man. I love you fam! you're the best!
Good luck at Districts sis! Have fun

Love Elder B