The One with Pat Benatar 7/31/17

Hey everyone!

So this week we had a lot of lessons set up, and all but two cancelled. The one family we have been working with for awhile now are literally an invitation away from being baptized... except now they are ignoring us so we are trying to figure out what is going on there. We worked with another investigator this week and he got his work schedule figured out so he could attend sacrament meeting- and he didn't show up! We were really excited to see him in church because we've seen the influence of the gospel already work in his life. We have an appointment with him later tonight so hopefully we can get him to come to church this Sunday.

We had exchanges with the Zone Leaders this week, which was pretty sweet. I got to go up in Lathrop where we spent the most of the day tracting. The people that even bothered to open the door showed very little interest, until it was time for us to head back we decided to knock on a few more doors. When we got to the porch of one of the last houses we were going to knock on, I didn't feel like anyone would show any interest. The car outside had a bunch of hard-rock band stickers on it, and it sounded like people were having a huge party inside. We knocked on the door and this girl answered that (no joke) looked like Pat Benatar. We explained who we were and she told us to hold on for a second. Then came out a lady that was probably her mom. We explained who we were and she told us that she needed the Savior in her life. They were going up to her father's funeral that next day but she told us to come back the following week and gave us her phone number. We told her a little about the Book of Mormon and she accepted a copy.

So we got transfer calls last night, and it looks like I am returning to Stockton. They called me to be a Zone Leader in Stockton. I wasn't a district leader for very long (I wasn't even a full district leader), but I'm pretty excited. I miss my home ward up there. Because it's such a small mission, there aren't many options of places to serve, especially for Spanish missionaries. All transfer calls are made by revelation. I'm sure that a lot of prayer and meditation went into the transfers. My companion will hit a year in Tracy by the end of this transfer. It's just where the Lord wants me to go.

Love you all!