I love my Life!

Well everything is great here in the Ghetto of Santo Domingo. My area is very nice compared to the others in the Zone. Elder Russell and I are still continuing to meet our goals. We now have 6 baptismal dates. 4 on the 1st of March the same Day as Andrew´s wedding. And we also have dates for the 15 and 29 of March. We are really seeing the fruits of working hard. We are working hard trying to get members in our lessons and it has paid off. Those people are way more prepared. I also have a story that I would love to share with you all: A little bit over a week ago we were walking down a street and a guy stoped us and said in English ¨Why dont you guys ever stop here and talk to us¨, and then my companion said because we have never been invited. We talked with him and learned that the place we were in was a home or clinic for drug addicts. They go there for help and live there. The man we talked to was Nestor. We is the oldest one there and is the leader of them all. He is pretty much a staff member. We talked to him about what we do and he loved it. So he invited us to teach everyone the next saturday. So this last saturday we went adn taught an awesome lesson with them. It was one of the better times I really felt the spirit in my mission. It was quiet and all eyes adn ears were focus. THey want something to hold on too and Jesus Christ is the key. He will never leave us and he is our biggest suppot. We had grerat interactions with them and they help us teach the lesson. Because they learn more if the teach themselves. THey all shared their feelings on hte matter and we really began to understand the importance of Prophets and how badly needed was a restoration of the Gospel. Being filled with the spirit I bore my testimony of Jospeh Smith and how this is the church of Jesus Christ. I could feel the power and the influance of the Holy Ghost as I fought away tears and bore my Testimony to 19 drug addicts whos lives are in a despret need of repair. I was really humbled for the good choices I had made in my life before my mission. I am so thankful for all my Family, teachers and Friends that helped me stay on the right path. This is such a beautiful Gospel. I know I need to appreciate it more adn wok harder to bring others to the Gospel. We will continue to work with those men adn try to put them on the right path. This is such a beautiful message and I am so deeply grateful to my Heavenly Father for the opportunity to be here in the Dominican Republic. We have awesome investigators who really are understanding the importance of the restoration. We are teaching to young men who can teach us the lessons better than we can. The really remember everything and are excited to be baptized. Also We are working with an older Lady of about 55 years old. She had been with many missionaries before and never commited to baptism. She now has commited adn we are trying to help her see the blessings of being a member. She cant help but smile. This last week we have found some great futre investigators. I really learned the importance of following the spirit. And following my feelings. We meet to wonderful families because I had stoped and said ¨Lets go back behind here¨ It really is amazing how just going a little fathre or backtracting a couple of steps we can find hidden treasures. We found a family of a husband and wife and a 20 year old son. THe son had been with the missionaries before but the area was white washed and he was lost because no records were kept. We told us he loved the visits and had read teh Book of Mormon. He really has excitment to hear from us again. We also found a nice beatiful big family behind some bigger houses. This house is halfe underground adn half above. The fatehr was very inteested in the family adn about this special message. This has been a great week and we are hoping to keep up the good work.

Have a great week

Elder Spud