Thursday, September 6, 2012

Summer is officially over


Hosford Family,

The first thing I want to say is that summer here is officially over. It’s still hot during the days but the nights are cooling down. I am going to miss summer, but it’s nice not waking up all night because of the heat.

The work is going well here. Only problem is that we don’t have enough time to see them all cause we are busy and so are they. It’s nice just to have a list of people to call.

Right now the people we see often are these:  There is a kid named Salvo who is about to turn 12 who will be baptized in these coming weeks. We are thinking the 21st, but it might be the 29th. He is great, keeps the commandments, involved in the ward, etc. We are also teaching his mother who is supposed to be baptized with him, but she doesn’t do as much. We just want something to click with her.

Then we are teaching this 50 year old (maybe older) named Pietro. He sat a date/goal for the 29th of Settembre.  We are seeing him about 3 times a week (he became an investigator last week) and is progressing. We taught the restoration and half of the plan of salvation. He agrees with everything but wants to know if Joseph Smith was a prophet or not. We are going to see him today, even though I will be in Siracusa. Hopefully, things go well today.

We are teaching this guy named Jay from the Philippines. We have taught about the restoration and he said he would get baptized if he felt these things were true. He was raised a Catholic, but doesn’t read the bible. So our lesson with him today will be about reading the scriptures and why its important then that will lead to the plan of salvation. We think the key for Jay will be to read.

We have more investigators than those three.  We made a list of all of them and we should be having 4-5 lessons every day. Two a day with investigators and 2 a day with new contacts, and then a member lesson.  Just it’s hard because everyone is so busy and I am glad vacation is over because people won’t be busy or out of town anymore.

Other than that things are going pretty good here.  The city is huge and still confusing, but I am slowly learning it. Thanks for the family reunion letter.  I enjoyed it.  Glad everyone is doing well.  Love everyone lots!

Anziano Mitchell Hosford

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