May 17th
Family!!!
Well it's good to hear that the parents are doing amazing in Israel. you guys are so lucky because after reading the bible and learning so much I want to go over there and see what it is really like. This week was really wild and a lot happened. Thursday and Friday we had interviews and conference. Interviews were pretty good. haha well actually they are getting more and more boring, because I have nothing to say and niether does he, so i just ask him doctrine questions every time. but it was cool cause we got to watch the elder Holland talk about missionaries and it pumped me up so much! I love that guy, he’s the best speaker in the world. well on Friday we had conference, so the ap`s call us and give us assignments and luckily they don’t give me one so I was happy. When I get there elder Davis tells me that I have to direct the whole dang thing so I about poop my pants. I really wouldn’t have been that scared except it is with 3 zones and as the director I had to sit next to president just in case he had to make corrections. and let me tell you, of all the people I know, president Torres is the most intimidating person in the world!! but no worries all went well and I did ok. we just talked about converting ourselves and learning what we need to hear on the mission to prepare us for after the mission. president even complemented me for how good I did :) which made me happy. then on Saturday we had a baptism, his name is hector fuentes and he is so cool. when i first got here he was having some super doubts about the church. but me and my comp really talked to him about the authority of the church and the restoration and watched a video with him and the spirit was so strong! so he finally decided to get baptized. He is actually really smart and remembers everyhing. when you first look at him he has tattoos and always wears ACDC shirts and stuff and would never think he wanted to hear the missionarys. but hes actually really humble and cool.
On Sunday we had stake conference and it was seriously the best one I have ever seen. I dont know what was so different but the spirit was so so so strong in the chapel. we had 2 families come to church and they loved it. hna and President Torres and a lot of the bishops gave the best talks ever that focused on getting baptized and staying faithful in the church. it really helped a lot with our families that came. I have so much hope for this area and it motivates me to just work my bum off every day. which kind of blows because my comp is super baggy and doesn’t want to contact at all so I have to like force him to do everything. I really gave it to him the other day and I told him that he needs to end his mission better and he cant just give up and be selfish just cause he is leaving in a couple weeks. He took it well and now we have some goals that we are gonna make this week so I am excited. Today we went to the temple again as a zone! once again it was amazing. it was really cool because the entire area presidency of Central America was in there with us and I got to shake there hands and talk to them a little bit. its amazing how you can just tell how spiritual those guys are. it blows my mind. then we went to buy some WENDY`S and it made the whole day so much better! I haven’t had that in 2 years it was amazing.
Love you all and hope all is well
Elder toolson
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