Week 33

Life is still good but I am sad to report that the Bustamante Family will not be baptized anytime soon and it is hard to hear that and experience that. Of all things, Jacquie is hung up on the Word of Wisdom and as of right now does not want to change. Or, I should say she wants to change and has felt the Spirit work through her and she is scared of that change in her life and does not want to be baptized. It is sad right now but we have done pretty much everything possible and it is now all up to her agency to choose for herself.

We have another amazing family that we are teaching named the Salazar Family and they will be in the church some day sooner or later. Henry(dad) is a member and has not been active for many years since he was a teenager and is trying to find for himself what is the "right church" for his family and he hopes that it is this one The Church of Jesus Christ! I am pretty sure that sounds goods to him or at least should.

I am sad also because our ONE spanish investigator, Georgina, is hard to find and havent been able to teach her too much lately. I love teaching her because everytime I teach, she has to acknowledge " tu tienes un accento muy CUTE" pretty much she says that my accent is cute and loves to listen to me teach. She is Dominican and loves religion and we have also gotten ahold of her sister to have other missionaries teach her.

This ward is great and I have a whole mess of people that I have to visit whenever I visit and they all want me to stay at their house for free because they would never have me stay in a hotel, they love me too much.

Anyways we had a great lesson about the Great Apostacy and learned something really simple. Either the Great Apostacy happened as the Lord told his disciples or the Catholic church is the true church of Jesus Christ. Pretty much all other christian churchs branched off as protestant churchs of the catholic church..... food for thought.

I have inherited a good ammount of stuff. I have now a crock pot, a rice cooker, a set of slippers that look like blue Bart Simpson shoes, a jacket that was worn by a member in Long Beach that searches for living Dinosaurs and 10 pounds of rice. So I am doing pretty well and working hard. Love all ya and please pray for me.

Elder Jimmie G. Watkins