Dear Family,
So, after one week in our new ward, Nocedal, we've found almost all the investigators that the previous elders left us (which is quite a few). We even got to see one of them today and he passed us a form listing a bunch of receptive contacts they had done. It had about 30 names in total so we just have TONS to do!
We have 2 investigators with a baptismal date right now, both for the 25th of November, but one of them will probably need a later date. The that is on track is Brenda, a 26 year-old woman and she is a machine! We're were going to teach her yesterday but she got home late from work so we could only get to know her, but it was easy to tell she's very prepared! She even wears a CTR ring! We have an appointment with her tomorrow and if all goes well then she'll be ready for a baptismal interview this Saturday!
We then have a Haitian woman and her daughter that live with a member and have gone to church, each, about 4 times, even to our recent stake conference! Their Spanish is a bit of a barrier but we have a fantastic recent convert who's also Haitian and helps translate. The mother, Andrizi, has a baptismal date, but has received very few lessons so she may not make it on the 25th. However, if it falls through, it's okay because we'll work on a date for both of them!
There's also another person who we are going to start teaching! A ten-year-old girl named Josefa. Her mom is a recently reactivated member. When we visited the bishop he gave us the referral so we passed by and the mom answered and was just like, "Hey, I need you guys' help! You need to teach my daughter so she can be baptized. She wants to learn more about the church!" We're going to go by today with Bishop.
There's even a man who's the husband of the first councilor's mom. He has Alzheimer's and repeats the same things every 10 minutes or so. He's told us the same stories about him living in Argentina and how the best soccer team in the world is Boca Junior (the rival of my comp's team 
) However, after a few times he remembers certain things and recogonizes stuff. When the wife mentioned that the missionaries about a year ago said he couldn't get baptized because of his condition I was curious (my face: 
). I called up my pal, President Gwilliam, and asked him about it, and he gave me a resounding YES in favor of the man being able to get baptized. We haven't passed by yet, but I think they'll like the good news!
So that's where we're at! We actually have about 6 other families in our teaching pool (our sector is very populated). They aren't progressing quite as well but still are doing pretty well. It's been a stark change from my old neighboring ward.
It's really hot though! We're already getting into the 90s and summer's just getting started! We're going to teach more in the mornings and less in the afternoon hours (4-6) and swap that time out for some studies because those hours are just killers!
My comp's a funny Argentine. I'm just trying to make sure he doesn't die before he dies! It helps a lot, though, that we have so much to do!
That's about it! Everyone have a good week!
-Elder Sierra
