January 15, 2005

Excerpts from January 10, 2005 Letter

Elder Bowden wrote:

"It's pretty crazy here. It's been raining pretty much the last five days or so, non-stop. Biking in the rain is a blast, let me tell you. Sun City isn't built for rain, so all the flood canals are overflowing, and the city built streets that dip into the flood canal."

"Despite the rain we've had a successful week. Our most solid investigator...told us we had worn out our welcome. This took us completely by surprise. We were upset but the next day we just kept going, and went tracting and we got three new investigators, two of which are almost golden."

"Our mission is part of a new pilot program for Family History. We hand out Family History cards to people that aren't interested in the Gospel. They fill out information back to their grandparents. We give it to a Family History consultant who makes a packet and we bring it back and present it to the person. They already tried it in Sacramento and it revolutionized the missionary work there. I'm excited about it , but it is still getting set up here."

"I'm getting along great with my companion. We're trying our best to keep our conversations on Gospel topics, and it has really helped our missionary work in every aspect."

Posted by jim at January 15, 2005 02:44 PM