I thought the weather changed a lot in Utah.. ? I didn't know that they filmed The Day After Tomorrow here in L.A. with no special effects needed...
2-8-11 Tuesday
The weather was perfect today - but our appointments weren't. Most of the one's we had planned to go to fell through - but somehow we managed to teach a grip of lessons AND have time to get a Respaldo. Bonus. We read in 3 Ne. 11 with the Galeas - they really liked that. We taught Anthony that lives in the same place as them - he's been gone for quite a while. He committed to re-read and pray about The Book Of Mormon. We had dinner with Sister Cruz - rice, beans, chicken & tortillas - I have this meal atleast once a day. I'm turning into a corn tortilla. The lesson kind of blew up in my face. I taught the lesson with the outline of The Family... A Proclamation.. etc. She just cried the whole time and said how bad of a mother and wife she had been because she devorced her husband and her kids live in Mexico. Awesome. We just comforted her and told her to pray... :/ oops. Elder Watkins was also in her bathroom with the runs and there wasn't any toilet paper. BUMMER. Gotta be prepared...
2-9-11
Today we taught a girl we "fished' into on her porch (I don't find OR look anymore.. I fish. You'd really be proud of my new lingo i'm sure) She responded to the Restoration lesson very well and promised to read the pamphlet and pray about it that night. We did a lot of fishing today - did find a couple of good people that want us to come back. We talked with an inactive member that got baptized 6 months ago... yup. In her respnse to the question "why were you baptized?" she said, "because it's good". She doesn't know why she was baptized and continues to go to the Catholic church. Some missionaries really frustrate me that baptize people like her that aren't ready. It really causes a lot of problems. Oh well she said she'd come to church this sunday... so we'll see. AND her neighbor let me pick a few oranges and grapefruits off of his tree - they were what you'd call 'ripe'. Nice. We taught Dennis the Plan of Salvation - he's really changed a lot. I'm really excited for him to be baptized next week. We ate at Panda Express with a member of the church and then went to teach a couple that we 'hooked' yesterday while fishing. They were really interested - it was a lesson that was going super well - too well. In fact, just before the end, the wife said "I want to learn, but i'm Catholic. And nothing is going to change me. ever." Dang it all. Hopefully THE SPIRIT and THE TRUTH change her.
2-10-11
We taught Esther again today through her 'ghetto door' that is on every house out here. She was kind of busy but watched the Joseph Smith movie with her family and believes it all. She's white and we'll probably have to turn her over to the english elders. The one white person we run into is actually interested.. good thing I suppose. Just wish I could teach her. We weekly planned. We went to see a refferal that the sisters gave us. She's super old and speaks no english. She is pretty much already to be baptized.. Such great news. She is coming to church this sunday and already believes everything to be true. We had a lot of appointments fall through afterwards so we went to the park and went 'trolling'. We found a couple of really good people that we'll go teach tomorrow. A member took us to a restaurant that i'm going to take ya'll to next year. You'll like it no doubt. It's a heck of a lot better than dads' "Villa Lobos" ;)
2-11-11
After studies today we went to see Ricardo. He had been drinking but wanted us to come in. He just kept talking about Jerry Sloan and that he had just resigned.. Awesome way to make me lose focus.. (p.s. WHAT HAPPENED?) We finally got concentrated on the Gospel. We bore testimonies of The Book Of Mormon and gave him a copy. His girlfriend and he have been to church once and are coming again this week. He admits he really wants to change his life - that's the first step. I have high hopes for him. We taught the referal again (old lady - Rafaela) - she has a bag that comes out of her side to catch her.. waste. It's distracting. We had a really good lesson with her on her porch. She's super enthusiastic about the gospel and wants it for her kids as well. We all know what happens when mom or grandma want something... they get it. A very good thing in this situation. We visited our old friend Alejandro that was baptized about a year ago and has cancer. Everytime i've seen him, he's been up and moving around. Not this time. His close friends and family were gathered around his bed. He was hooked up to machines and breathing very slowly. He wasn't expected to make it through the night. We gave him a blessing and talked with the family. They had some questions about where he was going and even how the funeral service should go. It was rough.. Afterwards we rode over to Jennifers' for Elder Watkins birthday (today was his b day) - we ate dinner and talked for a while. Dennis wasn't there so it wasn't super effective. Bummer. Good to eat cake again though.
2-12-11
Correllation was canceled again - Surprise! Our first 3 appointments fell through. We ate lunch with the Galeas' and had an awesome lesson on repentance. We taught patrice on her porch with 7 cat's around us. Nasty. She is really looking for something greater in this life. She is 'lost' and needs to be found. We are doing our best and letting the Spirit teach her. My stomach started acting up so I decided to ride home real quick and take a pill. We went to Ihop with a member and then it really started to hurt. Our next appointment fell through so we went home. I just sat in the shower for a couple of hours. Didnt get alot of sleep. Today it was about 85 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. Crazy weather here..
2-13-11
Still wasn't feeling too well. My time is running out on the computer but we had 5 investigators at church! So great. We went to the Visitors Center with some Less Active members and they loved it! Didn't get a lot of sleep again but i'm feeling better.
I love you all and hope you had a great Valentines Day... happy valentines day. I dunno what else to say about it. ha
Elder Cottrell
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