Hey Everyone!
I hope you
all are enjoying the start of the Christmas Season. It's a little different
from what I'm used to in Los Angeles as it’s not as cold, but as of late it’s
been raining quite a bit here. Something cool that the Los Angeles Temple
Visitors Center does here throughout the whole month of December is they hold a
little Christmas concert every night. As missionaries, we've been inviting all
the members and investigators to go up one night to feel the spirit of
Christmas Season, and to see the lights set up around the Temple. I personally
haven't seen it lit up yet, but we are making plans with our investigator
Fredrico this weekend to see them. Elder Reeves are I getting into the
Christmas mood with music, eggnog and all kinds of good stuff. Anyway, this
week was up and down but it could be worse. Elder Reeves and I tried out an
idea I had this week to carry around a bag a candies where each one has a Book
of Mormon scripture on it. It made it a lot easier to talk to people on the
street, but no immediate results came from it. But we did run into a woman
running backwards in the park, so we talked to her, not interested though. We
did meet a guy named Dywane trying to contact a former, and he told us how he
did military training in Springfield Missouri, but didn't like it because everyone
is racist against black people. Then he told us the story of how his house
burned down when his Air conditioner blew up. The insurance company and
government paid for the reconstruction He gave us a tour of his house, and it’s
the nicest house I've been in beside the mission home in the mission. He's also
unemployed but the government is paying for him too; mortgage and everything.
Now I'm starting to understand why California's in debt! But the best part of
this week was that we were assigned a mini missionary from the Hermosa Liahona
ward. Where I was born in the mission!! His name is Jesus Martinez Morgan (19
years old), and he was taught before by Elder Reeves when he was in his area.
He was baptized 2 months ago, and he's a fun guy. I got to go back to the Stake
Center in Torrance, where I ran into Kevin Godinez and Violeta his Mom who got
baptized my second transfer in the mission. They are my favorite family in the
mission and my last companion in that area (Centinela), Elder Cressman, is
still there. I miss my birthplace! Anyway, we had fun with Jesus. We found a
guy in his house blasting music from his apartment, and he said he was baptized
in Utah, but he's a major alcoholic. Then he when off to tell the story on how
his friend ran through his front door window. Super Funny! Later we taught a
lesson to a woman named to Yolanda who's from El Salvador but her husband is the
biggest African American I've ever met! They got married 15 years ago, and she
spoke no English at all. She was super hard to teach as she kept changing the
subject speaking nonsense. Before the lesson we planned to have Jesus extend
the baptismal invitation, but he got nervous and she misunderstood, but I don't
think she was able to understand the lesson because she didn't try to listen at
all. She made us some really good carrot cake though. Lastly, some other Elders
in our area had a baptism and they invited us to give a missionary message to
invite the people in attendance to have their friends listen to the
missionaries. Jesus gave a great testimony of his conversion story and his love
for the Book of Mormon. It was great to serve with him. We hope this week that
our investigator, Fredrico, will accept another baptismal date this month and
he will feel the urgency and desire to be baptized! Anyway I hope you all enjoy
the Christmas season, and find a way to give a little more of your heart to
some in need
Os amo tanto!!!!
Elder Marrott
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