02-01-2011

Hello, everyone:

 

So this e-mail is a day behind. We got a call in the middle of last week that we were going to have a visit from an Elder who is part of the Quorum of the Seventy, his name is Elder Patrick Kearon. So we made a trip down to San Rafael and had an All Mission Conference. It was definitely uplifting and time well spent. I also got news that I would be staying in Kelseyville another six weeks at the very least. That is good news since we have a baptism for this coming Saturday for Katie and Nikki Hall.

 

Regardless of how the next six weeks goes these two things have definitely allowed it to start off great. Our teaching has still been a big slow since we haven't been able to find many people interested in our message. A lot of the people we regularly teach are still occupied with various things, but we're definitely staying patient.

 

To sort of keep us in that positive mood we've been having support from various people we come across. While we were knocking doors on one street, a lady was walking by heading towards her home. I briefly talked to her, she knew who we were and wasn't quiet interested but as we made our way down the street she invited us in quickly to help her stack some wood. We decided to help her and she told us how she had met missionaries in Lakeport (another city) and she was familiar with how they don't accept pay. As we finished stacking the wood she was kind enough to serve us chili and she also gave us quiet a few groceries to take home.

 

Another incident happened as we were walking to a man named John who we have been teaching. He recently came back from a vacation in PA and he's been busy working so we haven't really been able to meet with him. We were able to catch him home and talk with him briefly and as we were walking back we talked briefly with a man named Vincent. He was very familiar with the missionaries, but really not interested either in us speaking to him about the church. He did honor the work we do though and said that we could get in touch with him if we ever needed a ride anywhere around the area we live in.

 

It is the start of a new week though and we look forward of many great things to come. My e-mails as of late have been shorter than normal, but we have been having difficulties finding a computer to use since there are no libraries in the area. I do hope that next week I can share many more things that have been happing to the Kelseyville area and to us as each day goes by as well as a bit of what was shared in the talk by Elder Kearon.  I hope that all is going well in each of your lives. Take great care of yourselves and each other.

 

Love,

Elder Gallegos