Camron's letter...... August 20

Hola familia, This week was really good and we worked really hard. We were able to find a lot of new investigators with the hope that they will be able to progress. We are teaching this family that is pretty pare they live in this house with wood boards and also a tarp to cover part of there roof, but they are a really good family. There son that is 23 went to church this week and he accepted a baptismal date for the 15th of september and he seems to be pretty excited because he told his parents that he was gonna be baptized and that he also enjoyed going to chruch. This week as a zone we are gonna go over there and help them cut down weeds so that they can start a garden in there lot. I hope serving them will help them to see that we care and being representatives might help them to feel the importance of the church and that it makes us diferent then the rest. The 18 year old Luidy wasnt able to go to church this week because he was sent to a little village out side of our area and didnt get home till today so i hope that he will be able to go to church this week. We watched the joseph smith movie with him  this week and he really enjoyed it and was really enterested in the fact that moroni hid the plates and then appeared to joseph smith to show him where they were hidden. But we will see what happens this week with him. We have realized something very cool this week one of the best ways to activate in active is to teach them first as missionaries and then after have the President of the Branch and ELders Quorum go visit them after a couple days. IT was cool because a family with mom dad and four kids came to church and the dad of another church after not going to church for quiet awhile. I am pretty sure that it helps the people know that they are appreciated and that they mean a lot to the branch. Its great becaus the branch is starting to be strengthened a lot and starting to grow. IT is starting to get way hot here but a think i am gettin used to it my companion hasnt gotten used to it yet he is sweating like crazy and it hard for him to sleep in all this heat. But i am sure he will get used to it soon. We played a good game of soccer this morning and our team one and i got a few goals that were pretty good. I have been wondering if after the mission will i ever play soccer again in my life haha but we will see. ITs pretty crazy President Maines that just got called to the presidency of the quorum of the twelve is coming in a week to our mission but we are out of santa cruz so i doubt we will see him but oh well we will be able to work more time. We have been contacting some pretty poor houses this week and it is pretty sad the condiciones that they have to live in but it truely shows you that money does not make you happy because these families are happy and great people. What truely makes someone happy in live is the gospel because you can become spiritually full and in other aspects in life you can never get enough to be satisfied, money, car, clothes, theses things just cause us to want more. But just like christ says the water that i can give thee will cause that you will never again have thirst. And also when he said come and buy of the milk and honey with out price. You can truely understand during the missionwhat truely makes you happy and you learn to hate all the bad stuff especially here because you can see a lot of stuff that happens that truely doesnt make the people happy here. Its truely a blessing to be born in the gospel to grow up surrounded by things that truely make you happy. Some times when its all around you you can get used to it and not realize what its worth just like we are taught by moroni that you need to go to the depths of humility when you are prospering to remember how much god has truely blessed us and how much he has given us to truely recognize how priviledged we are to live in these circumstances. The church is 100% obviously true just like the sky is blue. Hope you guys have an awesome week,and  cant wait to talk to you next week Love Elder Christoffersen