Tuesday January 2nd, 2018

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  (Mom's birthday is this Friday.)

Hey guys! Well, I'm sure you're wondering why I didn't write yesterday, well the answer is that we received instructions from President Gabaldón that all the cibers would be closed, so we all had to write today.

This week was pretty good!  We hadn't really been able to find need until this week. We felt prompted to watch a short video about how to strengthen your marriage, and when we watched it, Teresa started crying and telling us everything that's been going out. They both really opened up and we were able to make some plans to help them improve their relationship.

This week we were also able to put a baptismal date with Raul and Gloria. They were both really receptive. Raul had some questions about the Book of Mormon and how the church was restored, and usually we pull out the scriptures, pamphlets, and our testimonies to teach the story; but this time we brought the full Restoration video to show them. We watched the entire 1 hour and 20 min video with them, and it was super powerful! They both understood the importance of the Book of Mormon and a Prophet. The Spirit was super strong. It was an awesome experience.

So, yesterday and Sunday, for safety reasons, we had to be in the house by 7:30 pm, so our District Meeting started at 5 instead of at 6 to give us more time to get back home in time. In my district, there's us, two more elders, and two sisters. Well, we all left the church building at 6:30 to give us plenty of time. At 7:20 we started to call the District Leaders to see if their district was at home, or a least close. All were at home, except for the sisters from our district, who weren't answering. We, as well as their District Leader, continued to call them and send them messages for the next 20 to 30 minutes with no results. I called the Assistant to the President who instructed us to keep calling for the moment, and he would give us further instruction in a few minutes. I told him that the sisters live near a member and that I could call the member to go and check and see if the sisters were in their apartment. When I called the member, she wasn't at home, so she couldn't go and see. We then got a call from President about 10 minutes later telling us to go to the sisters' home to see if they were there. Since they live a little ways away, we would have to take a taxi. As we were getting ready to go, a weird number called us, it was the sister missionaries. They had lost their phone, and had called us from one of their neighbor's cellphones. We let the Assistant and the District Leader know that they were safe and we started  making our dinner when President called us saying that he wanted us to go to their apartment anyway to make sure that all was okay, and to take an extra phone we had in the house to them. When all was said and done, we got back to our house at like 9:15, the sisters were safe, and the taxi didn't charge us very much. It was a crazy night!

Mosiah 3: 17,19

I love you guys! Have a great week!

-Elder Radmall

Food is obviously important to Elder Radmall!

Questions:

Dad: Not a whole lot, mostly about the weather and how many brothers and sisters I have.  (What questions to people ask you about in regards to your family and home?)

Mom: I like to ask the question why do they think they're here on the earth, or what they think will happen after we die, and then start teaching the Plan of Salvation.  (What phrase gets most people to listen to you?)

Holly: By remembering who you are, and what you stand for.  (How can you stay pure even when the people around you aren't?)

Sam: Here, New Year's Eve.   (What is celebrated more, New Year's Eve or New Years Day?)

Dylan: Yes.  (Do you still have to hand wash your clothes?)