Alex's latest letter!

Hello all!! Well this week has been really good and a lot of work.  Sorry but this letter might be a little short.  We don´t have a lot of time because we went to the mission home which is a good hour away.  This was the last activity and maybe the last time I will get to see President and Hermana Watkins.  Well as I said, this week has been good and a lot of work.  We have been trying to get some new investigators.  Not everyone is like Amanda who stops you and asks you to come by.  Before I mention her more, I'll say a little about our other investigators.  Benito is doing great like always, but his baby got sick and Diana and Eron(the baby) had to go to the hospital.  It was a good expierence for both me and Diana.  I hadn't given a blessing in Spanish yet, just in English.  We, she asked me to do the anointing, so that was cool.  It went well and the spirit helped me remember the words in Spanish.  Susi is also doing good.  She is getting prepared for her baptism later in June.  Eliana is doing okay.  She has missed her baptismal date which was this weekend.  That is fine, she needed more time.  The same with Amanda, her baptism was this week and we still haven't met with her.  She works a lot and she finally had time!  But at the last minute she said she had work. 

 AHHH! Luis is doing great and getting ready to go to the temple and getting ready to recieve the Priesthood. He just looks so much happier than before.  Everyone else is doing well too.  I know that I have left some out but they are doing great.  Well this past week has been kinda long.  We didn't have that many lessons because everyone is at work or just doesn't have time for us which was a big pain.  But the good part is that we contacted a lot.  We had a lot of people listen to us... but not a lot of people that wanted to hear more.  The people who did are actually really good.  We have a lot of real numbers that people have given us and have some visits set up for the end of the week.  Well the awesome part is that we have some new investigators.  Some even went to church this past Sunday!  I will tell you more about them later.  Well, that is about it from this past week from working.  A lot of contacting.   

Yesterday I went on splits.  Elder Wilson is the Zone Leader so he went on splits with Elder Woodbury.  So it was me and Elder Johnson!  This was an amazing experience.  From just one day I saw that my Spanish isn't horrible like I thought it was.  It still needs a lot of work, but it is better than before.  I was understanding and speaking most everything.  It was so amazing to see how much I have progressed.  I am so glad that I had that experience yesterday.  It is sad to say, but I use Elder Woodbury as a crutch.  I just look at him to help me.  I couldn't do that with Elder Johnson.  He is in the same boat as I am.  So I had to pray a lot and just hope that the gift of tongues kicks in.  And I tell you what, it really did.  The Lord helped me out a lot.  We had 2 lessons that went well and we also had 6 received contacts so that was good too.  People said after I said that my Spanish isn't that good that they could understand me and I was doing fine.  That felt good.  Well on the food end, I had Chufa.  It is only grown in Valencia.  It is a small little fruit that they smoosh to make like a milk.  It tastes like it but it is a little bit of a sweet taste to it.  Well that is about it on my end.  I love you all so much and the Lord has been blessing me a lot this past week.  I feel all of your prayers and I look at that North Star every night, well at least the stars at night and I think of you all!  I love you and I am lighting up Spain!!

Love,

Elder Alex Laubaugh