Hello everybody! It's been another good week here in good 'ol El Paso. The Meek family is going to be baptized this Saturday. It's amazing to see how they've changed around. The other elders started teaching her a few weeks before I got into the area but they tell me that at first it was just all Bible-bashing with them all the time. It was still pretty intense when I first got here so it's pretty amazing to see them getting baptized.
Christmas was fantastic. I'm still full from it, though. We had three dinner appointments for Christmas and Christmas eve. (Cue all of the RMs "When I was in *Name of South American country* we were lucky if we got fed three times a year!*) It was good to talk to the family, and thank you to everybody who sent me Christmas cards, I appreciate all of the love.
Big news of the week is member referals. We've received 3 or 4 member referals which are just DYNAMITE! In the zone we've received a few others and we're seeing a lot of success from it.
Also, I've had the opportunity to learn a lot these past few weeks as we've gone on splits with a lot of RMs who are home from Utah for the holidays. We're going to be sorry to lose them in a couple of weeks.
This morning we played some tenis. We played doubles, the Bishop's son, Tyler Payne, and I, against Elder Matute and another Elder named Elder Larsen. Elder Larsen's team was strongly favored since he was a state champ in tenis back in Utah, but David beat Goliath this time and we squeeked by a victory in tie breakers. 7-6(8-6).
Veronica Varela is close to getting baptized (Someone I found and taught almost a year ago)... I got to visit her and her familiy on Christmas eve. The Chaparral Elders have the marriage license and everything and now it's just a matter of getting her husband Chewie to sign it, and it sounds like he's close to just doing it. This woman deserves baptism more than anyone I've ever met. She's read through the Book of Mormon all the way and is half way through reading it a second time. She's attended church regularly for almost a year, and regularly gives rides to other investigators. She feeds the missionaries weekly. So needless to say, I'm pretty excited about the prospect of her finally getting baptized.
By the way, this is my last P-day until transfers (WOAH snuck up on me) and so you might want to start sending letters to the mission office. Yes, there is a 90% chance I WON'T get transfered but it's always nice to be safe.
Well a lot more stuff happened this week, but I can't remember right now. Next time, I'll bring my journal to the email session (Which I've started writing in again things to the urgings of Mom). I love you all and am greatful for your continued support.
Till next time,
Elder Tree Wilson
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