HOWDIE!

Dearest Fam,

Well, it started out to be a great week when I received a package from Kris in Spain. He sent me some nice little goodies with a beautiful tie and a tape. This week was kind of crazy. I was in like four different areas on divisions. I really had some great experiences in these other areas. The Spirit worked through me to get 2 people baptized that weren't planning on getting baptized this past week, in other missionaries' areas. One of them was a 16 year-old-girl who is named Michelle. She lives with members and goes to Church. I talked to her and interviewed her (without her knowing I was asking the interview questions). She passed all the questions and didn't have any problems, but still didn't want to get baptized.  I talked to her for another 15 minutes, and she finally said she wanted to get baptized. I then asked her who she wanted to perform the baptism. She said, "I want you to baptize me". I told her I couldn't do it, because I had baptisms in my own area. She then said she didn't want to get baptized if I couldn't do it. So then, I convinced her that any worthy Priesthood holder would be acceptable to the Lord.  She finally agreed to have another missionary baptize her. So she got baptized on Saturday. Then, there was another grandma named Vicky that got baptized after a nice long hour interview. So this week was full of all kinds of fun little interviews and experiences. We had a family of three that was going to get baptized, but when Elder Alvaraz came to interview them, after their interviews they didn't want to get baptized. We then went back and visited them, and they are going to get baptized this Saturday. We also have another couple that needs to get married this week. They can get baptized this Saturday. Their names are Alex and Odelia. We will also marry another couple, Andres and his wife, and baptize Andres this Saturday. Also, we are going to baptize a man named Aldo Santos this Saturday. So, if everything works out awesome, this weekend we will baptize seven on Saturday. This will really be a miracle for our ward. Oh and something that was really really awesome this weekend was the asistencia was 195. Last week it was 115, and the week before, it was 129. So, this last Sunday, I don't know if all the members ate their Wheaties in the morning or what, but the attendance was 195! We also brought 11 investigators to Church. So that was another blessing from the Lord. This week, my companion and I are going to do another sacrifice week together, so everything works out good with our investigators, and with the investigators in the District. Please pray for the Martinez family, and Alex and Odelia. I know you don't know them, but they need your prayers. They need the strength to make right decisions this week. This past Thursday, we had a Multi-Zone Conference. It was great, I learned a lot of stuff.  My Zone was congratulated  for baptizing 59 last month. As a mission, we baptized 259 the month of August. It's the most ever that this mission has baptized in a month. I hope to still be in the mission to see the mission hit 400 baptisms in a month. Well Puerto Cortez is going awesome. The members and Bishop are great here. My Comp and I are really getting along really well. I just found out this week that he has a girlfriend that is in Provo studying at the 'Y'.  She is a Gringa who served in Uraguay on her mission. So that was kind of interesting. My Comp speaks a little bit of English. At night I make him pray in English. He is doing really good now. He just needs to work on his prayer language with Thee, Thou, and Thy. I like having Comps from other places. I am learning all kinds of new words that they use in El Salvador. So when I get home, I will be Honduran, Salvadoran, Guatemalan, Gringo, and Mexican....my Mexican vocab is growing cuz I always ask companions how Mexicans talk, so I can be prepared when I get home. The Spanish is going great. I pretty much talk now without even thinking. So that's a little bit about what"s going on here. Oh, thanks Mom, for the update on the girls. You're too funny. So Trisha is dating a BYU football player seriously huh? Very interesting!  Elder Khan told me, after about a year in the mission, missionaries start to receive weird letters saying people are getting married, doing this, and doing that. Thanks to everyone for the birthday money, letters and packages. Sounds like everyone is doing great back home. Sounds like you guys had a good time at the Husky game. I have gotten down to only about one football dream a week at nights. My companions always tell me I talk in my sleep in Spanish and in English....and its really hard to understand. My last companion told me some of the best lessons I teach are at night when I am sleeping. So Jonathon moved back into town?  I mailed him like a 6-page letter from my last area, but he still hasn't told me that he has received it. Oh, and if you could get me The Big G dog Gerson's address, that would be great. His email also. And Carlos', and Brother Edmunds'. I have lost all of their addresses. Well, I have to get going. I will send some pictures. I hope everything's going great back home. Thank you for all your prayers, letters etc....even though some of you make me baggie for about 2 minutes. I am really excited for another year in the mission. I am looking forward to all kinds of new and awesome experiences. That sounds really weird to me that Farva is going on his mission and Caleb Whitby. Aren't they like 17 playing high school football still? And that sounds crazy that Steven Hawkins already returned. Wow. Time is really flying. Well gotta run. Have a great week. Love, Elder Lee