Email 7/18/11

Buenas Dias

This week was long.  We are struggling to find people to teach. 

Yesterday we decided if we were to sum up Tempe in three words they would be:

Tempe Is Crazy. But for some reason we love it. Mainly because it keeps us pretty entertained.

We have some great OYMS that make for awesome quotes. I love hearing other missionaries stories in the area too. The other day one of the English elders companionship's met this guy who 

legitimately thought he was Batman and asked them if they would like to join him in the fight against good and evil. I guess he was some super ripped guy walking 10 miles an hr and they followed behind him and

he talked about crime fighting and how they could train with him.  He also role played with them...ha ha!

Sometimes it's funny but for the most part is sad how many people here are permanently damaged from all sorts of drugs and have really lost it. Did I tell you about the lady we met at the bus stop who kept yelping 

randomly because there were "animal spirits biting her through the bench" she kept saying "dang animal spirits"  It was really hard to keep a straight face she also talked about how she'd been abducted by aliens 

and if one day she met Jesus she would tell him to "Go get his own America"...We also had no idea what that meant.

It's slim pickins when it comes to people to teach. Almost every lesson we had set up this week fell through or they weren't there...We are starting to wonder what we are supposed to be learning from it all...

Hopefully we find some people pronto.We did have a cool experience at church yesterday though. 

One of our members brought her husband's cousin who just got out of jail with immigration and when he got out his wife had taken his kids (that weren't her kids they are his kids with his wife before) 

So we were in gospel principles and talking about sacrifice and randomly this man started to cry and for the entire hour long class he cried and talked about wanting to change his life and how his 

time in jail made him reflect so much and how he knows he is here for a reason and how he's always wanted to learn about Mormons ever since his cousin converted and how he'd never felt like he felt in 

the church before. It was cool because the class consisted of 5 of our recent converts and the teacher and they all were giving him advice and sharing their testimonies. I love hearing my recent converts share their

testimonies. But the best was "M" (she got baptized my first transfer here) she has been going through a really hard time and recently moved into the smallest trailer where her and her two daughters sleep on the floor of this closet sized room..she hasn't been coming to church and has had kind of an attitude and her daughter said something to us about her being baptized for the wrong reason and how she never had a testimony...which is like the worst the to hear as her missionary because I know the woman has a testimony.. 

but she surprised us by coming to church.. and she was crying all during the class..It was exactly what she needed. And what I needed..I don't want to be responsible for someone getting baptized for the wrong reason and then going inactive..It's been worrying me a lot but after yesterday I know she'll

be fine.

Okay that's pretty much all that happened this week.

Pray for us that we wont have to bike..we're running low on miles...NOOO

I love you!