Week 23

 The completed Paper Christmas tree!  Thanks so much for that, such a cool idea and so nice hearing from everyone!

   This week was a really great week as it normally seems to be here out on the mission.  I probably say that at the beginning of every email, but it's the truth!   We had the "privilege"  of being on bike week this week, although we ended up walking because it got a little colder this week.  I really enjoyed the week, because it helps us to make better plans, and talk to everyone.  As a result of the week, we found a ton of new investigators this week.  More than the previous weeks, and there are a lot of them who have really good potential. We met a lady named Erika and she said she was from Puebla.  And we told her we know people from there (Ana).  Then we told her the name and she said she knew her really well, so she was really friendly to us.  We hope to teach her and her family this week, and invite them to come to church and start the small steps of entering into the best path we could ever be on in this life 

   As for Church, Luis was not able to come to church.  It's just really hard to catch him while he is at home, but we're praying that we will be able to teach him a few lessons this week and he can come to Church again.  They really loved church, so hopefully it won't be too hard getting him to church!  But one of our Investigators who is the younger of Maria (who Meyers had taught before when he was in this area) came to church.  They were on vacation and he is really good friends with our recent converts.  So they told us that he had gotten back from his vacation on Sunday morning and ten minutes after he was at their house asking if they were going to church.  He went with them and really liked it!   His name is Eliam and is about 13 years old.  Now that they are back we want to start teaching him and Maria again!  We're really praying that we will be able to baptize them soon.  They are both super cool! 

   But that's about all for this week, this week should be a really good week because we have a lot of investigators to go to and teach!  Our new years was great, and still can't believe that we are already in 2015.  And this transfer is getting close to ending just about a week and a half.  It's been the best and fastest transfer of my mission. 

   Sounds like you had a really awesome news years week.  Wow that is so amazing that Bryce is going back on a mission.  That would be really really hard to go back out after that time, but what an awesome example of fulfilling his duty and serving the lord.  He will blessed in so many ways, and bless the lives of so many people. Good luck with the mini-mission, that was always fun and a great missionary experience.  Have a great week love ya'll so much!! 

Love,

Elder Geddes

                                                                 

Missionaries of the branch with the departing missionary Derek, son of the Branch President.

Me and Jerry outside of trailer with sweet lights!