Cooldown

Hey everybody!
Well, things have finally begun to slow down here in Tocornal. But does that mean that we dont have any plans? Heck, no! We are still working with about five people who really want to get baptized, but are not able to for bad circumstances. The real one hope we have right now is Sophie, a painfully shy girl who is part of a less active family. When we got there, the family readily accepted us, and things have only gotten better from there. now Sophie has a fecha, and she is more than ready to get baptized. I only had one question: Why hasnt she gotten baptized before? It was a fairly simple question, and the fact that many other elders have passed by this house, presumably to get sophie baptized made me wonder why it had taken so long. were they on vacation? Was sophie a drug addict (she is 9)? What could be the problem that happened there?
What I found out surprised me. We talked with the mother, and in a nutshell she told us that she had not felt comfortable with any of the other set of elders that had come through. We had something that she liked about us, we were different (in a good way, of course). I think that I am beginning to realize why I am the way I am. I know that I can get into houses that other elders cannot. I also recognize my weaknesses and admit that there are houses that I cannot get into that other elders can. It is all a matter of who is where at what time, an even better incentive to just do your best, and let God work out all the details.
Mom, In Preach My Gospel, chapter 6 is just riddled with things that will help you out. I know it has helped me for sure! Also, if you could get a smaller size of journal, that would be awesome; mine is just way too big.
Also, I would like to give a hats off to Alyssa for turning 18 yesterday. Holy cow, lyssa, you´re legal now!!! I need to buy myself a shotgun before I get home: there have been a lot of elders that have asked about you. Let me know how things go with the ACT and the SAT. They are evil. Just take them and never look back.
Thanks everybody, Hopefully we will have more fun things to talk about next week! Take care!
Con Amor,
Elder Westover