August 24, 2009

Hello Everyone,
We had a pretty good week this week. Again we were able to do a bit of service for people around the area. One of the biggest projects was we helped a member who is the resident manager of an apartment complex clean one of the apartments that got totally trashed. It was like his 7th to clean in the last month and he had people moving in that day so we told him we'd help him catch up. It was nasty! Man, some people just don't know how to clean. But it was good to be able to help him out so that apartment wasn't trashed for the people moving in.
We got to attend one of our investigator's 'testing' nights for Tae Kwon Do. He was testing to go from I guess purple trim to brown belt? I think. Anyways, it was pretty fun to watch and see what they do. Unfortunately he didn't pass, but he gets to retry this week. Also watched some of the other members train before the test which was pretty cool.
We were able to make some more progress with the Perez family, Alvaro and Maria. They're awesome. They had read all that we assigned and loved it. So we jumped in the Gospel of Jesus Christ lesson and they really enjoyed it, especially the verses we used from the Book of Mormon. They're really excited to come to church and should be there this coming sunday, which is awesome. They really want to learn which is great. They're also helping me remember some of my spanish, which is fun too. So we're both learning!
Other than that we've been trying to find new people to teach. Zone conference is this week which is exciting. We attended stake general priesthood meeting yesterday and something that has been said before but is always good to hear was spoken. They mentioned that missionaries are called to be full-time teachers...and that members are the full-time finders. This is true. Though a lot of times missionaries have to do finding themselves. But, they were emphasizing the importance of members finding people for the missionaries to teach. I know that as you ask the Lord for assistance in finding someone for the missionaries to teach He will help you. You will find greater joy and happiness as you share the gospel with others, I can promise you that.
I hope you all have a great week!
Love,
Elder Fitt