August 17, 2009 Hello From Minnesota!

Hello Everyone,
We had a pretty good week this week, I hope you did too. We were able to start meeting with a guy we tracted into a little bit ago, his name is Marcus. We taught him the Restoration earlier this week and he participated a lot and had good questions. Best yet, when we asked when we could come back he said the next day. Then, it gets even better, when we came back the next day he had actually read some of the assignment we left! Wow...no one has read anything we have left for such a long time, it was crazy. So then we talked about that and taught him about the plan of salvation. So things are looking pretty good for him, hopefully he'll keep reading and praying and good things will happen.
Also, another cool story. We got a referral in the mail the other day for a person down in a town called Pelican Rapids. Its about 30 miles out of town so we had a member take us down there. Before we left Elder Badten remembered we had another referral for down there that they had got like 3 months ago and hadn't been able to contact. So we took that too. The one we recently got wasn't there but we tried the old one. They answered and we were able to drop off the Lamb of God DVD for them. They are a nice Mexican couple, the husband speaks pretty good English the wife doesn't...wish I knew my Spanish as well as I used to(which still wasn't the greatest). But we set up a time to come back to meet with them later in the week. So we were able to do so and we had an restoration lesson with them. The wife was full of questions, and though it took a little longer with the husband acting as interpreter, it still was great. They're searching for the truth and they realize it isn't in a lot of other churches. A great part was that they were upset with all the idol worship that happens in Mexico and we were able to talk about that and other things. But they look really promising. The only problem will be getting them to church since they live a decent ways from the building and might work during it...and the wife wouldn't be able to understand most of what they say. But the Lord will provide.
The rest of the week was good too. But those were the top stories. We were able to help a member's neighbor move some wood. A tree had fallen on his property, a good mile or so from the house in a pretty thick forest and he had quartered it. So we piled into a 4-wheeler pick-up thing and picked up the wood and brought it back so he could split it for firewood. It was pretty fun. Neat old guy.
I'd say those are the highlights of the week. Oh ya, transfer calls came, we're both staying. So I'll be here for at least another 6 weeks. But a lot of missionaries are going home in the next few months. We got 9 new missionaries this transfer and are getting 11 new ones next one...so maybe I'll be training, we'll see.
Anyway, I hope all is going well and that you are getting blessed with missionary opportunities!
Love,
Elder Fitt