Monday, February 16, 2009

Well, another week has come and gone. Crazy! The weather has
been really fickle down here lately. It's gone from like 90 degrees
to cold and raining a few different times lately.

The work was slow and hard overall this last week. We're in the
process of trying to find lots of new investigators. We've spent
a lot of time tracting lately.

Yesterday, Nora and Edgar were confirmed members of the
church. It was a great confirmation, and I'm excited for their
decision to be baptized and confirmed as members of the church.

I'm definitely learning a lot and have grown so much in the time
I've been out.

Well, here's an update on a few of our investigators.

Martha - Well, we had a lesson with her this last week, and we
read out of Preach My Gospel with her. We read the quote
that talks about how everything that we believe hinges on the
base of the Book of Mormon being true. She came to church
yesterday, and we had an amazingly awesome lesson in
Gospel Principles (I taught it...:)) about the Holy Ghost.

The Palacio family - We met them a couple weeks ago, and
they are a very nice family. He's been studying out of the
pamphlets that we've given them (he has writing all over
the pamphlets). We're excited to keep working with them.

Brittany and Bridgette - They came to church again this
last week. We're still working on teaching them the rest of the
lessons and all. With time, I think they will find out for
themselves the truthfulness of what we share and be baptized.

The Lord is definitely watching over all of us.

I love you all

Portense bien.

Con amor,
Elder Meservy

Monday, February 9, 2009

Wow, another week come and gone. It's crazy how quick the
time goes. Not alot has happened this week. We're continuing to
keep finding people, and to work with them to help them
prepare.

Well, I guess I'll talk now about those we're working with.

Palacio Family - We found them a couple weeks ago. They're
an awesome family. We had a really good lesson with them
this last week. We watched the Restoration video with them,
and they seemed to understand and to accept it. However,
they didn't make it to church... we'll keep working on that.

Martha - Well, Martha's lesson fell through this week, but
she came to church again yesterday. She's been so close for
so long... oh well. Again, we'll just be patient.

Brittany and Bridgette - These are two of the Lozano kids.
They've now come to church 3 times, and we're teaching
them the lessons. I think it's a matter of time until they
are baptized.

It's crazy that it's already a couple weeks into February!
The weather down here is crazy. It will be really hot one day,
and be really cold a few hours later.

Well, my thoughts and prayers are with you all.

Monday, February 2, 2009

First of all, I'm glad to hear that Lauren is doing well.
It's always a relief to know that things are going well.

Well, this last week was transfers. I'm here in Weslaco
still, and will be at least until April 22 (because
Elder Brown goes home at the end of this transfer,
and President doesn't like white-washing areas). I love
this area, and don't think I'll ever want to leave.

I play the organ every week for the English ward, which
is a lot of fun. Unfortunately, I'm not able to sit by
our investigators because of it, but I get to be with
them the 2nd and 3rd hours.

Well, the biggest news this week is that Nora and Ovidio
got married yesterday! Right after the wedding, Nora and
her son Edgar were baptized.

What a blessing it is to take part in this work.

We're still working with several other investigators. It's
such a blessing to be able to find people who are preparing
to receiving the gospel of Jesus Christ.

We're continuing to work with the Lozano family - their
oldest daughters came to church again this last week.
They all certainly seem to enjoy us coming by. One of
these weeks we'll get Don at church as well. It's hard
to know how much to push for him to come, versus just
being patient.

Life is definitely crazy as a missionary, I love it,
but sometimes it's incredibly hard. However, the Lord
watches over us and blesses us as we put our trust in Him.

I hope this letter finds you all well. Please know that I
am praying for you all.

Con amor,
Elder Meservy