Santo Domingo

We had a great week this week in Selma. Elder Mountford and I kept teaching people and having meetings and stuff. 

We found couple named Domingo and Genie. I had previously given Domingo a Book of Mormon a few months ago, but we never saw again until this week. We talked to Genie first and she exclaimed, "Oh, my husband has your bible!" We only were able to teach them a little bit because they liked to talk a lot. They asked if they could come to church, and we invited them, and they committed themselves. 

On Domingo, Domingo and Genie came to church 40 minutes early, even before we got there. The Spanish Elders found them (Spanish sacrament is first). We came and taught them more of the restoration before church, and then they went to their classes.They were only able to stay for 2 hours, but they loved it. Because it was the 5th Sunday, for our combined hour, President Callister, the temple president, taught us all, including Domingo and Genie, about temples and answered questions that people had submitted. He had pre-selected the questions. It was great because Domingo and Genie had lost a son. They told us that as we had taught them they had felt like their son was there as well. We have high hopes for them.

Elder Mountford and I have been practicing using the Book of Mormon in teaching during our studies, and in some of our lessons this week. It has been fun to role play as investigators with silly concerns (What about iced tea, it's not a hot drink!), and then watch how Elder Mountford tried to resolve it with the Book of Mormon. Elder Mountford has been growing a lot. He is learning the Selma life.

We weren't able to see the Zamoras again this week. Our Investigator Connie hasn't been able to come to church because her grandson keeps running away and she has to stay home in case he comes back. He is only 13. She has had a little stress about it.

Elder Keeley

Temple trip, Interviews, and the Zamoras are back

Our greatest miracle this week was probably the progress that we were able to have with the Zamora boys. We were able to work with the ward council and find a ride for some of the boys and they came to church on Sunday. We had a great lesson with them. Max, Nick and Kevin (Kevin might be a little behind) will be asking their mom if they can be baptized on the 25th of June. They have come to church 3 or 4 times, and have watched conference twice. They are currently are longest being taught investigators. Max is basically the best. When we sang hymns in church he would read follow along and read all of the Lyrics. He loves to feel the spirit. He's only 14.

We had a good week this week. We got to go to the temple. It was good. I love to go to the temple and feel the spirit that is there. 

We also were able to have our president interviews for this transfer. They are really short, but it is edifying to talk to president Clark. 

My bike's derail-er is is broken, just like Elder Oliver broke his twice. I was hit from behind by Elder Mountford. Antonio Bikeman is working on it. I borrowed Elder Peterson's bike. We also have a car, so that's nice.

I can't think of any other exciting stories off the top of my head.

Elder Keeley

Mothers Day and the OLE OLE FIESTA

I had a good week. We had a party thing on Friday. It was pretty good. Elder Mountford and I helped set up the Cultural hall. We almost cooked hamburgers and hot dogs for lunch.Elder Mountford went on splits with our ward mission leader and learned how to navigate throughout our area. It was a great learning experience for him, and he loved it. He did well, and learned much. 

Elder Mountford has been doing very well. He is fearless, and will even tract in Kingsburg if I ask him. We got brutally rejected every time, but Elder Mountford and I kept our spirits up. We have been having effective role plays and studies, and I have been doing my best to delegate responsibilities to him. It is a good learning experience for me to hand off responsibility, and it has helped me grow much as a leader.

Our Investigators with the most potential to be baptized during this month are Irene and Connie.

We have been teaching Irene for a while, and she has been keeping many of her commitments, and has been progressing in many ways. Her struggle has been coming to church, she often gets called away by her family to go to different events/ activities, and hasn't made it yet. 

Connie is a foster Mother for seven of her grandchildren. The oldest two are very rebellious, and get into trouble, even though they are 15 and 13. She came to church the week before this one, and came to the ward/branch party. She missed church this week, but we do not know why yet. She has been keeping all of her other commitments and wants to be baptized. She just needs to come to church, and quit drinking coffee. All seven of the Grandkids that she watches are boys. # of them came to the party.

Mothers day was pretty good. We went to the Engstrom's home and Skyped from there. The computer was a little slow. We ate dinner there as well. We were there for a while, but it was a good place to be.

Everything has been going pretty well. 

Love,

Elder Keeley