August 25, 2104

well that makes me more than happy that janci was able to give a talk. that is huge and i cant even imagine how hard that was but man that is freaking sweet!!!! and presidente is just a man. haha i cnat say anything else other than i would trust that guy with my life! he is a super good guy!

haha tell josie to go to SLCC! im thinking of going there also!

monday:

well we taught eduardo again and he doesnt want to go. he doesnt believe that he can pay his tithing and so we will see what happens with him. we then went and taught recient convert and it was  super cool. she got baptized 10 months ago and one year ago her daughter with autism died. we then were able to go to a family home evening with one of the families and it was kinda wierd we just got to sit there and listen. haha and learn. that was it. haha it feels wierd to do that!

tuesday.

we found a super sweet investigator! he is the bishops cousing and started asking th bishop a bunch of questions and so the bishop sent us to his house and he is so good!!! he wants to fill his heart beacuse he fills like he hasnt been able to find it! we actually werent able to find him for the rest of this week but yes we are going to continue passing by and we are hoping to put a date with him this week! we got to teach raul also and we taught him tihting and is good to go! we then walked around for a little and talked to people and took our clothes to the members house that washed our clothes. haha the guy plays golf and is  way funny. speaks super fast to haha me and my comp cant understand him sometimes!

wednesday.

had our district meeting and it was the last district meeting for one fo the sisters and so that was kinda cool. she gave a super swweet testimony about patriarchl blessings. and then we had spllits and i was with a kid from colorado. his s¿twin is in joshs mission and he has ten brothers and sisters. ahhah thats alot. thank you mom and dad for not having so many kids. haha. he loves star wars and the simpsons and is super goofy! also we taught a recient convert and she looked exactly like taylor martinez. haha it was way weird to see her. haha.

thursday

well we had a enlgish class and no one showed up ahah and then also we ate a bunch of completos for lunch. and then we taught the bernal family about family history and it was cool. ahha they then fed us dinner and ive never seen so much food in my whole life! haha we had to run home to be ontime and my comp almost threw up from how much food he ate. ahah it was slightly incredible how much food he ate! hahah

friday.

so went and put in the roof in the kitchen of a less active sister adn i just destroyed my thumb hammering in some nails.... haha 3 times. that felt super good. haha. and then we had once with her. and then we had a ward activity haha it was super ridiculous. we had dinner. haha a crap ton of chicken and rice. ahha and then me and comp had to run home again to get home on time. haha it was insane.

saturday.

had lunch with the bishop and gave a a thing called mechada. its just straigh junk food sloppy joe. haha. and  we taught that same less active lady about eternal marraige and it was cool to see her have that hope. ( she is the only member of her family) but it was super cool! and then we taught elias and elias. haha we were talking a little bit before the lesson, we taught tithing and they are extremely poor, and as we were talking the earthquake hit. ahah everything was shaking but they were just like, "relax, tranquilo no mas" haha and there we go. ahha it was for like 10 seconds and it wass actually pretty strong but nothing shook but yes the lights did flicker. haha and it rained a ton also satuday. haha and in the morning my comp just ocmpletely ate it going down a dirt hill. haha and had to change his pants be acuse he got mud all over them haha. oh yeah i ahd like a toe infection thing and my comp gave me a blessing and it was gone by sunday. that was awesome!

sunday

we had elias elias raul and an investigator named felipe (has mental problems but has a lot of fam that can get baptized) came to church and we had ward conference! haha felipe had drank quite a bit of wine the night before. haha you could definetly  smell it also!!!!!! ahah but it was fun. we got to go to a baptism with elias y elias and they loved it and are super excited to get baptized! ahaha its so sweet! and raul is just trying to prepare for his interview! and so we are now just waiting get it all finished with! and then we ahd a super sweet lesson with the bernal fam. we went to the church and taught them about  fam history. ahha they are now going to start looking for a the great grand partents ahah and maryan saw the great grandma phillips name on our famliy tree and thought that was pretty cool! hahah and then we had to run home again. haha and me and my comp both ate it because we played tag.... (haha probably shouldnt have on sunday) and he was chasing us and we both just ate it and now i am goign to havet o wash my suit. hahah its muddy! 

hhaha i think its super sweet that you are talking to them and it helps!"

also a side note. i have never eaten so much food in one week! ahha

love you mom and also happy aniversary last week!!!!!!

Elder Ethington