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Monday, December 3, 2012

Hello family!

This week wasn't the most exciting week ever, but every week is a good one when you are a full-time representative of Jesus Christ. We found a solid investigator in the street though. His name is Omar Rivera. He is from Puerto Rico, and has only been here for 6 or 7 months which makes him hard to understand for Elder Wright every once and a while, but it is cool. We had one lesson with him, taught him about the book of mormon and baptism. We challenged him to be baptized, but he said that he was baptized catholic so that he could get married to his girlfriend, whom he no longer lives with (hallelujah). We asked if he believed that the Catholic church was true, and he said no. We then asked him, "When you find out for yourself that this message is true, will you be baptized......." He said ya. Naturally because the Spirit was there!! President Schafermeyer is HUGE on that. “When the Spirit it there, challenge them to be baptized.”

Weird to think that my first transfer in the field is over;  it feels like I have only been here for like a week!! Time really does fly!

Another cool story... A former investigator, Mario something, who Elder Wright met a couple months ago, decided that he wanted to come to church. We saw him there, and stopped by his house. Before, he "quit smoking" because he was in prison, and was going to be baptized but then started in old habits again. When we went over to his house, he told us that he had stopped drinking, listening to bad music, doesn't watch bad movies anymore, listens to the Book of Mormon during his work, and is doing his very best to quit smoking. We are going to share the church's "Quit smoking in 7 days" program with him. He also said that he is going to buy a ring for his novia, and if she doesn't want to get married, then he is leaving and going to live somewhere else. Why can't other people have Mario's attitude???? He realizes that this work is so important!! He knows how it is blessing and can continue to bless his life!

Christmas is in the air, and it is the best thing ever. Man I love this season. There are snowflakes on the light poles and we had a snowstorm for a day but it is all gone now. Oh I will probably be able to skype, but I have to ask President first. I will get back to you on that.  It would be cool if we could work out a 3-way skype with the other Elder Dial that would be pretty neat.

Congrats on the play Jojo!! You will do great, even if you have to become a ginger. Just don't make it a permanent thing. Marcus is gonna make an awesome king trident, but he has to go get some more muscles first. Go drink some muscle milk or something. Funny story about Vicky. She hasn't changed at all has she meg?

Well I love you all. This work is the bomb.com. I love it more and more every day, and love seeing people's lives change for the better. Read the scriptures, pray, and go to church. Those will help you TONS!!! Peace and blessings,

-Elder Dial

P.S. Elder Uctdorf's talk on the Devotional last night was way good!!! Be a good receiver of a gift. If you didn't see it go watch it. Plus the Prophet's was cool too. And Eyerings. It's like they are prophets, seers, and revelators or something.