Sept 14, 2009

Hello Everybody,

I am late on the email because the server was down all morning. I have had some good experiences this past week and I am sending 20 pgs of journal entries home. I now have 4+ RC investigators. I have another one named Kimberley that is from Las Vegas that is probably going to be baptized within in a short time and I worked with another guy Ted. Nicole Candelaria is still doing very well. Her testimony almost makes me cry ever time I talk to her. She is so simple but her testimony just burns within her. It is beautiful. My email won't be very interesting today because I don't have much to say that isn't covered in the journal entries.

Here's some journal entries-

I spoke with Nicole, my RC investigaro, on the phone for my third time. The first time I spoke to her it was 75% confusion and 25% spiritual experience. The second time was probably 50/50l But this time was incredible! It was about 90% hard core spiritual goodness. I had prayed about her mucho and had prepared many specific things to talk about and when I talked to her she was so ready to learn and commit. She had kept her committment to listen to the B of M everyday and had prepared to know if Joseph Smith was a true prophet. She felt that she knew it was true. She had been watching the restoration video many times and was totally in love with it.
Just from seeing a picture of Pres. Monson she says she's knows he's a prophet.She offered the final prayer which was very scary for her because she felt like her words were not good enough, but her prayer was the most beautiful, humble prayer I have ever hear. It brought me to tears. I am so thankful that God gave me this opportunity, this tender mercy. Any other missionary at the MTC could have done what I did but in his mercy he gave this opportunity to me.

Jeff's have other great conversations with others at the RC(Referral Center). He loves this opportunity but says he usually gets real talkers and can hardly get a word in. He talked to another lady, Kimberly, who was so excited when he told her about templesand how she could live with her family forever. Jeff says it's so amazing to know that we can have glorious blessings if we keep our covenants.

Sept 16

Jeff pulled a few strings and was able to meet Tracy and "host" her when she got to the MTC. It was awesome for Mom and Dad to be greeted by Jeff at the MTC, even though it was just for a minute. He looks the same (Mom's words)