another six weeks has come and gone.
We got Elder Swenson´s replacement this Thursday. Our new Elder is Elder Santa Rita from the state of Bahia. He is also ending his mission in a month, so we won´t have too long to get to know him.
We still don´t know if we´re going to have anymore changes in our district. I´m hoping to stay for one more transfer. We were greatly blessed in our work this week. This Sunday we had seven investigators at church, which is the most we´ve had at church since I got here. We tracted down a less active family that we had previously last tract of when they moved. It has been nine years since this family has gone to church. We found their house and taught the first lesson. Saturday we returned to see if they´d be going to church the next day, and the dad said that it was up to the mom. I think it was the first time that I got down on my hands and knees and begged someone to come to church, but it worked! The whole family came to church yesterday! Our next step is to start teaching they´re three daughters that aren´t baptized.
We did have some disapointment. One of our investigators, who could be getting baptized this week, didn´t come to church, because his son tried running away from home. Everything got worked out in the end, but not until after church had ended. This week we started a program with him to stop smoking. In order to get him started on the right track, we bought him a ten pound bag of oranges, and stole his cofee. After we stole his cofee, we took it back to the house and disposed of it in the best way that I thought possible (picture enclosed).
That´s all I have for this week.
Write me a letter.
love,
Elder David Short
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