May 9 ,2016 Hola Familia,
So first I'm going to attach the letter I wrote to President for you. Something crazy happened this week. Dear President Kendrick,
We were able to have an investigator come to church, but unfortunately he dropped us afterwards. But we had an amazing lesson with one of our investigators named Alan this week. We found him because a lady peered out her window to see us having a lesson with our Less Active member and she asked us what we do. We told her our purpose as missionaries and she in turn asked us if we could teach her son. So 2 Fridays ago we began teaching her son Alan and we left a Book of Mormon with him to read and asked him to pray about it to see if it's true. Well we had another lesson this past Fri after a quick lesson with him on Tue and he told us that he'd been reading and that he's on Chapter 10. We were both suprised to hear that he had read 10 chapters already in just a week. I asked him if he could bring his book out so that we could read with him and he did. Although when he brought it out his book mark was in the middle of the book, and he opened to it. I was confused and asked him what exact page he was on and he said 231. It turns out he was on Chapter 10 of Alma. He told us that he hasn't stopped reading since we gave him the book. As soon as he finishes school work he reads, he reads with his brothers too and parents. He told us that he loves it. He also prayed to know if Joseph Smith was a true Prophet and he said that he answered his prayer that he is. Honestly I've never taught anyone that has read so much in so little time and that has done everything that we've asked him. He is only 12. At first I had a hard time believing that he had read so much but as he was telling us all these wonderful things, the Spirit testified to us that everything he was telling us about was true. Sorry for such a long letter President but it was such a crazy experience that I'll keep with me for a long time. We'll try to work with his parents and the rest of the family to help him come to church and be baptized. It'll be different because the parents will have the say in whether he progresses or not, but we'll do our best. Thank you President for everything! See you on Tuesday at Zone Conference!
Elder Emerick
So yeah, an amazing investigator that has read half of the Book of Mormon in a week. 12 years old! Like I said in the e-mail it will be up to his parents whether he progresses or not towards baptism but we're going to work hard with them to let their son (And themselves if possible) to join the church. We took our car to PepBoys on Saturday and we stayed there for like 3 hours. One of the most boring times ever. We went on exchanges twice this past week as well. Once with Spanish missionaries in Fallbrook and once with the Zl's where I stayed in Vista. Also we had an investigator come to church but during Priesthood he left and started walking home lol I don't think we'll be seeing him again. He's a little nuts. We may be teaching the rest of his family though! We'll see. My favorite part of the mission is having awesome experiences like the one I just shared and teaching people who want to know the truth i.e. The Elect people who Heavenly Father has prepared for us. Well I hope you all are having a good time enjoying the blessings you're getting! I'll tell you some music that you all can listen to, to know what the culture is like, Que Linda Morena by Area 305, La Luz by Juanes, Las Piedras Rodantes by El Tri, Vivir mi Vida by Mark Anthony are just a few of them. They're all great songs in general even if you don't understand the lyrics. haha Also this week we're going back to Escondido for a baptism that Elder Wockenfuss is going to perform! It's the son of a recent convert he taught, so I'll see the Nieto family and be sure to take some pictures! Anyways have a great week! Les quiero!
Elder Emerick
May 16,2016
We were able to have an investigator come to church, but unfortunately he dropped us afterwards. But we had an amazing lesson with one of our investigators named Alan this week. We found him because a lady peered out her window to see us having a lesson with our Less Active member and she asked us what we do. We told her our purpose as missionaries and she in turn asked us if we could teach her son. So 2 Fridays ago we began teaching her son Alan and we left a Book of Mormon with him to read and asked him to pray about it to see if it's true. Well we had another lesson this past Fri after a quick lesson with him on Tue and he told us that he'd been reading and that he's on Chapter 10. We were both suprised to hear that he had read 10 chapters already in just a week. I asked him if he could bring his book out so that we could read with him and he did. Although when he brought it out his book mark was in the middle of the book, and he opened to it. I was confused and asked him what exact page he was on and he said 231. It turns out he was on Chapter 10 of Alma. He told us that he hasn't stopped reading since we gave him the book. As soon as he finishes school work he reads, he reads with his brothers too and parents. He told us that he loves it. He also prayed to know if Joseph Smith was a true Prophet and he said that he answered his prayer that he is. Honestly I've never taught anyone that has read so much in so little time and that has done everything that we've asked him. He is only 12. At first I had a hard time believing that he had read so much but as he was telling us all these wonderful things, the Spirit testified to us that everything he was telling us about was true. Sorry for such a long letter President but it was such a crazy experience that I'll keep with me for a long time. We'll try to work with his parents and the rest of the family to help him come to church and be baptized. It'll be different because the parents will have the say in whether he progresses or not, but we'll do our best. Thank you President for everything! See you on Tuesday at Zone Conference!
Elder Emerick
So yeah, an amazing investigator that has read half of the Book of Mormon in a week. 12 years old! Like I said in the e-mail it will be up to his parents whether he progresses or not towards baptism but we're going to work hard with them to let their son (And themselves if possible) to join the church. We took our car to PepBoys on Saturday and we stayed there for like 3 hours. One of the most boring times ever. We went on exchanges twice this past week as well. Once with Spanish missionaries in Fallbrook and once with the Zl's where I stayed in Vista. Also we had an investigator come to church but during Priesthood he left and started walking home lol I don't think we'll be seeing him again. He's a little nuts. We may be teaching the rest of his family though! We'll see. My favorite part of the mission is having awesome experiences like the one I just shared and teaching people who want to know the truth i.e. The Elect people who Heavenly Father has prepared for us. Well I hope you all are having a good time enjoying the blessings you're getting! I'll tell you some music that you all can listen to, to know what the culture is like, Que Linda Morena by Area 305, La Luz by Juanes, Las Piedras Rodantes by El Tri, Vivir mi Vida by Mark Anthony are just a few of them. They're all great songs in general even if you don't understand the lyrics. haha Also this week we're going back to Escondido for a baptism that Elder Wockenfuss is going to perform! It's the son of a recent convert he taught, so I'll see the Nieto family and be sure to take some pictures! Anyways have a great week! Les quiero!
Elder Emerick
May 23,2016
Hola Famila,
So if you look up Glenn Thomas G&K Services, you'll see a picture of our new mission president in July. Also it's the end of the transfer and we're staying together for another 6 weeks! So did you listen to any of the songs I told you about in my last e-mail? What did you think? I love the culture. Anyways some updates on Alan, he finished Alma on Friday and was about to start Helaman. He hasn't been to church yet because neither of his parents could take him but we'll ask them if we can have a member stop by for him. We also went to Escondido for the baptism of Jonathon Castro. Elder Wockenfuss performed the Baptism, he forgot a couple of the words in spanish so I had to help him say the prayer, he was a little nervous. jaja Also the boy's toe kept popping out of the water so he had to do it a couple times. I was also able to see the Nietos again! It's so crazy, they've given prayers, talks, and he's actually blessed the Sacrament once! I gave them a tie to help them remember me, they were elated. They can't wait to meet you all next summer. I also gave them Mom's Facebook so if Gloria Nieto asks to be your friend you should accept it, even though you may not be able to communicate too well jaja it'll be good practice. So since we're staying together for 6 more weeks I won't be training this transfer but I might the next! We'll just have to wait and see! After this next transfer My group of Elders will be the OLDEST SPANISH ELDERS IN THE MISSION. And there's still 5 transfers left for me. That's so weird. President Kendrick is finished after this transfer he's not getting trunky though. jaja It's so cool that John is only .06 away from breaking the School record considering the person who holds the record was like 6ft 8 and had a ginormous stride. I hope you get the job! Mas dinero siempre esta bien! Para que no sea mucho trabajo poco dinero! My second companion Elder Ellsworth dies this Tuesday, I learned so much from him and we had a good time even though we had no car covering a whole stake in the middle of summer with no hispanic people to talk to. That's how you enjoy your mission! You have fun and do your best even when you have so many trials, weaknesses, and problems. We talked about being happy in this week's past Zone Conference and they told us that it's a scientific fact that we all can CHOOSE to be happy. And that when we're happy we help others to be. So in the words of Hno Vidal Sr. "Don't Worry, Be Happy" (In a very difficult to understand Chilean Austalian old person accent) I also gave a talk in Zone Conference about Being happy in the work. I guess President must think that I always have a great attitude about everything. I didn't find out I was giving the talk until the Elder directing the meeting announced it so I was a little unprepared and may have let the lest of the congregation know by saying "Sigh! nooooo...." everybody laughed but President said afterwards that he liked my short talk. Well I'll send off some pictures now. Have a great week!
Elder Emerick
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