Samuel's Mission E-mail July 28, 2008

Everyone:
Well, this has been a pretty standard week, for the most part. Let's see...
On Tuesday we tracted and worked on contacting former investigators and some people the Bishop asked us to visit. One of them was Benjamin Arteaga. He and his wife moved into the ward recently, and while they've been less-active for a little while, they want to come back now. Honestly, the only time anyone goes anywhere is when they actually want it.
On Wednesday, we had interviews with the President, we did our normal service at the care home, tracted a bit, and had our normal correlation meeting. On Thursday, we had our weekly planning, we tracted, and we worked more on contacting former investigators.
On Friday, I was on splits with Elder Mataele, of Tonga. We tracted basically all day and had dinner with the Arteagas. On Saturday I was on splits with Elder Pepper (yes, my MTC companion is now my zone leader), so we tracted and then tried contacting people in this area he had taught when he was here, as well as other people in the area book we'd never met.
On Sunday we had church as normal, we tracted a bit and tried to visit a couple people.
Well, I think that's it. Just remember--stay strong to your testimonies. It doesn't matter what people say, if you have a witness of the Book of Mormon, the Church is true.
Elder Samuel Stephens