Samuel's Mission e-mail May 19, 2008

Everyone:
Well, this week has been really, really hot. Apparently we've been breaking temperature records for this time of year. So, yes, not fun, that. But as for this week:
On Tuesday and Wednesday we mostly had our normal tracting and such like routine, though we did do our service at the care home on Wednesday like we usually do.
On Thursday, we planned, tracted, and we visited Lir Torres. Lir is a less-active who I think I've mentioned before. She lives in the same apartment complex where Elder Chadwick and his companion lived before I transfered in (we're now in a complex that has three other member families in it, one of which includes our ward mission leader--that's very convenient), and there was a murder there not long before I transfered in, so Lir is going to be testifying, so we mostly shared some comforting thoughts and scriptures with her.
On Friday, we had our zone meeting and tracted, as usual. On Saturday we tracted and we had our lesson with Rosie. She's almost ready for baptism!
On Sunday, Rosie came to church with her 11-year-old sister. Then later in the day Rosie called and explained that her mom was not happy about her little sister sneaking out to go to church with her, and that now she was afraid to get baptized and wanted to do it without telling her family. Eventually Elder Chadwick persuaded her to go ahead and tell her family, and she did that evening, and everything went fine (just as long as her little sister doesn't try to sneak out again). So, hopefully we can get her parents to come to her baptism. We also tracted a bit and we visited a less-active named Dana and talked with her a lot.
Today, we went bowling, but this time just at a bowling alley.
Elder Samuel Stephens