Elder Justyn Pollock

This week we have been teaching Pedro (who´s 13) on a regular basis. This week we mostly taught him the plan of salvation and the commandments with his freinds who are also investigadors. He came in a suit this week again which is something I think I left out in the other email. Last week on fast sunday he came in his suit, bore his testimony as an investigator, and did home teaching with the deacons after church! The next day he went to a family night with Aaron to a membrs house. He loves the church! His dad is an inactive member who we are trying to teach as well. Pedro has a baptismal date for this Saturday which is exciting! His freind Aaron has come to church regularly as well and has a baptismal date for October.

    We also found 2 new investigators this week, Eunice and Anaí, who are twins! Their parents are both inactive since they were young. The Dad sells encebollado on Sundays (which is like an onion fish soup type like dish (WAY good)). That will be his challenge for getting back to church.We had a lesson with the twins and their parents this week and are working with them to get the back to church. The twins have baptismal dates for October. Apart from them, a member of the church preparing to go on a mission brought 3 investigators to church this Sunday! They are Brigit, Melisa and Jonathan. We have appointments with them today and hope to be able to teach those families.

   I guess I wasn´t able to tell completely how my birthday went last week cause I was still mid-birthday! haha. After we went teaching investigators, 3 future missionaries here that always come with us to teach investigators had made a cake. They gave some words which was hilarious, we sang happy birthday in english and spanish (which is actually the tradition here even for the birthdays of those tha tlive here) then we ate cake, after they pushed my face into it while I was trying to eat it haha (another tradition in south america) Atleast they let me take my glasses off. When we got home we bought pepperoni pizza and soda which was a good finish to everything.

   I got a birthday package from home as well which was awesome!! Yeaa beef jerky! Along with many other awesome things my family included in the package (tie, white shirt, etc.!) Thank you everyone!!

   I´m very grateful to be here in the mission as a missionary and to have the chance to spread the gospel. I´m loving it here and I know this is the work of the Lord!

Love,

Elder Justyn Pollock