Hello, everyone!
Sorry that you didn't hear from me last week. It seems as though e-mail time comes and goes as was the case last week. Along with that, there was quiet a bit to be done. We are heading into week four of this transfer. This is usually a good time--being the midway point--to look at what my companion and I have done and what could be done in Kelseyville, because before we know it another three weeks will pass by and we will receive information on whether we will be transfered or if we're staying. There are no baptisms on the horizon but a few things have happened in the last two weeks.
We now have Spanish speaking missionaries that cover Lake County. We do have quiet a bit of Spanish people in the area which is good and our Bishop is hoping that they could find enough work to keep them here since it has been about two years since Spanish missionaries have last worked in Lake County. They live with Elder Burns and I and they're great Elders. The two Elders are Elder Knowles from Utah and Elder Vasconcelos from Brazil. Elder Vasconcelos was an exchange student and not only had to learn English for the year that he's been in America but is also learning Spanish since his native tongue is Portugese. While it's great that people now have the privledge to hear the gospel in their own language, which will make my companion happy as he no longer has to knock a door and not know what to say, but they also lend a helping hand to clean up the house which is never a bad thing.
We got snow again during last week. It was fun but also a burden. We were hoping to go see an older lady named Dotty, but our car couldn't go up the hill. My companion ended up getting the car stuck and as we went to the store to see if they had chains, we realized that they were closed because of a power outage and they had no generator. The road was eventually plowed and we were able to get back to work at around 2. Some other missionaries organized a snowball fight up on a mountain today, but we couldn't make it since today is a 1/4 day off for us since we are going to drive up to the Oakland Temple this Friday. We also found out that a young man in our ward, Tim, had put in his papers to serve a mission. We're pretty excited for him. His family are great members, always supportive of missionaries, and Tim himself has been an example to many of his friends in the neighborhood that are not of our faith.
Other than that, Elder Burns and I are just continuing to find. A lot of the people we regularly teach have not been returning calls or at home when we stop by. We're praying for them that they may soon continue to progress. We are also continuing our efforts in finding. We've actually handed out our first Book of Mormon in many weeks. Ashley, whom we talked to, is more 'spiritual' than 'religious' but her mom was baptized into the church and she was willing to read and happy to have us again over this week. We also had some members bring a friend to our service yesterday. Her name is Marietta and she is from Cebu, Philippines although she has lived in California for around 19 years. She did enjoy the service and the warm welcoming and friendliness from everyone. We also had a man we've been trying to teach, John Thorn, come to church with a friend and they both enjoyed the service as well so that was exciting. :)
I hope that all is well with each and every one of you. Yesterday was the four month mark since I started the journey from Florida. Time goes by fast, a lot has seemed to happen in that time. My thoughts are with each and every one of you on a daily basis. May you all strive to continue to do well. You are all welcome to write me by handmail or e-mail at any given time. I hope to hear of many great things for all of you and hope to continue to share many great experiences with you as with four months down there are many more ahead. Take good care of yourselves and each other.
Love,
Elder Anthony Gallegos
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