Leticia is doing fantastic! We dropped by on Friday to see how it's all
going, but we didn't have enough time to teach a very big lesson. Instead, we
discussed how she'd liked the relief society activity (she LOVED it) and then
set her with a date for the 27th of July! WHOOO!!! She readily accepted it,
which was quite unusual and very encouraging, and she is super excited to move
forward and keep progressing. She also came to church this past Sunday, and she
brought her three children; Samantha(15), Cesar(9), and Gaspar(4) AND she
brought her Landlord, who is a member out in Camarillo. The children absorbed
super quickly into the youth programs set up, and Leticia looked just as happy
as can be, and really connected with the message about the Sabbath day. We're
so excited for her!!!
We also taught the Sanchez family this past Friday, and they really loved
the message again. This time, we just taught the parents, and at the end of the
lesson, they ALSO accepted Baptism Dates for August 17th! This is super
exciting, because they're super eager to learn and progress. They still haven't
been able to come to church, but they're planning on it soon.
Another fun event; last night at dinner, we ate with the Garcia's, and it
was all pretty normal until Daisy's friend Gabe showed up. I guess he just
showed up because he felt like it, and as we got talking (even though he was a
tiny bit awkward) I found out he was an Eagle scout. (Connection!) So we had a
good talk about that and he mentioned something about Jamboree, and my ears
pricked up bigtime. It turns out that he went to NBJ at the SAME TIME as we
did! We talked a bunch about the experience and he remembered the Alaskan group
that lost some members. He opened up BIGTIME after that, so much that we could
teach and testify of the peace and truth of the Gospel, and he told us, "yeah, I
live out in ______; and you've got a HUGE church out there. I'm gonna stop by
next week and talk to the missionaries there, this is cool to talk about."
It was an awesome week all around; Too much stuff has been going on for me
to talk about it all. Elder Carter is cool; he was in Elder Mortimer's district
and they were best buds! He's a really strong missionary with an intense desire
to help others. It's gonna be super fun working with him. (By the way, yeah,
I'm still the District Leader.) I love you all, and I hope all is well. I'll
try not to get myself killed by electricity, fire, etc, but I can't say anything
about fatigue! Love you!!!
Love,
Elder Matthew David Clough
