Letter from Monday, December 15, 2008

Hello family!

It sounds like mom and dad have been having a great time
in Paris. The rain and cold definitely do sound miserable
however. I hope that you both travel home in safety.

It's been a decent week, nothing too exciting really,
but nothing terrible either.

Martha - We taught her the Word of Wisdom. She accepted
it very willingly, she says she doesn't feel ready for
baptism yet.... We're working on that. This week we'll
be teaching her the law of chastity, which should be
interesting, seeing as she has a live-in boyfriend.

Maria - We found Maria while looking for a referral we
had received. She let us talk to her, and teach her,
and we taught her with the senior couple in our area.
The lesson went well, and we extended a baptismal date
for the middle of January.

Ester - We taught the plan of salvation with her, and
with two of her two kids - Hope, and George. We're
still working on getting her to church. Her boy George
always colors something during the week, and sends it
home with us. We have a few of his pictures hanging on
our fridge.

Asusena, Yosio, Gustavo, and Nicolasa - Well, Yosio and
Gustavo are kids of Asusena. Yosio is 14 and was
baptized several years back, but has since been inactive.
The others had heard the missionaries in Mexico, but
felt they were being pushed to be baptized. However,
yesterday, we had a great lesson with Asusena, Yosio,
and Gustavo (Nicolasa wasn't there). Hermana Cantu (from
the ward) came with her kids, and helped us teach. We
committed Asusena, and Gustavo to baptismal dates for
the 24th of January.

Well, transfers are this week, but I'm pretty confident
that I'll be staying in the area, but who knows. I'll
find out late tomorrow night.

The work continues forward, obviously there are struggles,
but there must needs be opposition in all things.

I've been reading Jesus the Christ, and am at the point
of His betrayal. I've really drawn closer to my Savior. I
don't want to put the book down. Only a couple of hundred
pages left :)

The Christmas season is definitely a bit different down
here in Texas. Sometimes I miss home a lot, but I'm doing
well. I'm excited that I'm down here. Some lessons make
me never want to go home.

Well, the work moves forward.

I appreciate all the thoughts and prayers in my behalf.

Con amor,
Elder Meservy