Letters from Kelsey - 58

Hey everyone!!!

Well... another week has come and gone and I once again decided that I don't like the city and I am very content in my little Manvel. We had exchanges this week and for the first time I am the one that left. I went to Houston 4 which is on the edge of Sugar Land and Houston. Sugar Land is all good and dandy but I do not like the city, which is very unfortunate because if I get transferred on the 22nd I will most likely get sent to the city... oh well such is life. It was a good week though- RJ and his family and Victor came to church yesterday!!! YEAH!!! I was stoked... yet we had other investigators that did not come- yet again- that just make me want to give up... what can ya do. Well here we go in to the Investigator Weekly!

RJ: As I said they came to church yesterday!! It was great. We had a church tour with them this week... which was not as spiritual as we wanted, but we did have a good talk with his mom. Her life is really hard right now and we are trying to help her realize that to accomplish everything she wants all she needs to do is come to church. She wants to be happier- church; she wants her kids to behave more- church; she wants to get a job- church= blessings. She keeps telling us that when she was happiest in her life was when she was going to and was really involved in the Church! They came yesterday though and I'm praying that she recognizes that her week will be tons better. She also invited us over for dinner this week so we can talk to her husband! This is HUGE!! He has not liked missionaries in the past and has not wanted them over when he was home- so the fact that he is open to us coming over to a big step. We are hoping that if they keep coming to church then RJ can be baptized on the 18th.

Victor: They came to church yesterday as well! We are trying to get things changed a little this month with his dad coming to get him so that he can come to church next week also and then get baptized on the 11th. It has just been hard because his dad comes and gets him every other Sunday most weeks so its hard to get him at church regularly but we are trying to switch it to two weekends in a row with his mom so he can get baptized and then two weekends in a row with his dad- we find out tonight if it will work!

Andrea: She didn't come to church even though she promised... I don't know what to do... maybe it just isn't her time. There is a part missing and we just don't know what it is. We have a lesson tonight and we are going to watch the Restoration DVD and kind of state our purpose and she what she says. I don't want to drop her but if its not her time then there is nothing I can do.

Musqueda Family: They are pretty awesome. We just started teaching them and they are already reading the Book of Mormon. They are so willing to learn but they are super busy so its hard to meet a lot with them. They are just English enough to where they are willing to work for things and to where they are willing to do a little more work to find stuff out, yet still Spanish enough for us to teach them! Gotta love it! Mayra- the mom- wants her family to eat dinner together every night and wants her kids to be involved with good kids and everything. They are great and I'm excited for them to come to the activities on Wednesday night!

Well that's about it for today. OH! Just kidding. So a couple weeks ago some members invited us over to have some cake for their little girls birthday. We sang happy birthday and they recorded it and put it on youtube and I got the link for y'all! I haven't seen it yet, but it was fun to be with them. Y'all are invited to check it out if you want! The title of the video is: Cumple Anne 3. And the link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvj6czFyp7c I hope it works for y'all! This is with the Leija family who will be getting sealed this month when the husband completes his one year as a member! They are so great! Well I'm out of time but I hope y'all have a good week and that the Lord blesses ya! Love and miss y'all! Go Cougars!!

Love Always,
Sister Kelsey Berg