Season 4, episode 1, December 14, 2015

Dear friends and family,

I have seen record rain and record heat here. The river is so high and

is causing flooding. It is crazy!  It usually does this really stupid

mist stuff. It just sprays you in the face no matter what direction

you face. But now, it has been pouring rain for like a week. I am used

to it, but I am not a huge fan of it. I am still surprised why people

actually like it here. The people are weird and the weather is crappy. 

We had a sweet week. 

Tuesday-

We taught a lady who we have been trying to teach for about a transfer. (6 weeks). She has been referred to us by another mission and she was

awesome. She accepts the restoration. She soft committed herself to

baptism. So we were stoked about that. When we were teaching our

part member family, Michael expressed that he wanted to know the

church was true before he got baptized. Then me and Elder Moore bore

powerful testimony of how he can. He hadn't read the Book of Mormon and

he wanted to know it was true. It was sweet!  The spirit was way strong

there. We had an Alma and Amulek moment. Then we committed him to read it more.

Wednesday-

This was transfer day. So we had the transfer meeting. We had to do it

over FaceTime but it kept cutting in and out. We really only could hear a little bit of what President was saying.

Thursday-

We worked so hard but it was a rougher day. The people we were contacting were not at all interested.

Saturday-

We had an awesome day. We did a lot of finding. We had a good mix of finding. We went less active hunting. There are so many here. Then we taught the R. family again. We committed him to live the word of wisdom. It was another  powerful lesson.

Sunday -

We haven't had a single investigator at church. We have tried with the R. family for six weeks. Every time, they said that they would definitely be there and every time they weren't. So we have one o'clock church. And they are usually a family that is always late. So we figured they would be late. We also have Sacrament  Meeting last. It is weird. So it is 1:00, they aren't there. It is 1:30, still not there.

Then 1:45, still not there. Then at 3, they showed up just in time for the  Sacrament. We were so happy. Because he can't get baptized until

he comes to church. Now he has. 

The new Christmas video that the church made is awesome! We use it all the time. It helps us in our finding efforts. Because a lot of people are Christians but they don't want to talk to us. It softens their hearts a bit so we can teach

them a bit. It is sweet! I would encourage you to watch it. And, as you do, think

about someone who would benefit from watching the video. Then share it with them.

#ASaviorisBorn

Merry Christmas (christmas tree, santa emoji)

✌Elder Astle (fist Pump)