Aug 30 - Sept 5, 2010

Kamusta na Kayo!? This week was great! Everything is going well. We have a few real good progressing investigators, a few difficult ones who are addicted to alcohol or cigarrettes and we found a few great new investigators.

On Wednesday we had a special training again in Santa Cruz. It was good we had to split up and just teach by ourselves. It was good to do that. I learned alot. Also I got to see my trainer, my first companion! He is now a zone leader so he was there. It was way cool to see him again. He told me a few things that has happened about our area, San Marcelino. One of our investigators had died because of drinking, which was terrible to hear, but one other has a baptism goal date again, she had one when we were there but then she had a baby. But the coolest thing that happened that he told me was that Ferdinand Lagoy, I am pretty sure I told you about him way in the end of March. Me and Elder Maccasudduc were the first ones to teach him. And he said he has been looking around at different churches and that he believes in our message, that God sent us to him and this is the way. That was so cool to here that, especially when I was still new but I could understand that. So the great news is he was baptised and is an active member in San Marcelino!! That was so awesome to hear! I so want to go back there and see how everyone is doin.

(this is what his companion said on his blog about the training on Wed) "For the duration of the training they seperated the companionships. Elder Pennock got put with 2 sisters, one that is still new in the mission, and one that doesn't know very much english. I think it was good for him! He seemed to learn a ton. And he had to talk a lot more cause I was not there to do it." (his blog is http://www.elderchasewestwood.blogspot.com/)

On Friday we and the branch president cleaned the church again. But we do not have to do it this week because the youth are goin to clean the church. Yay!! Also we cleaned the baptismal font cuz we had a baptism on Sunday after church! 4 of our investigators got baptized and i member. I baptised 2 and Elder Westwood baptised the other 2 and the member. It was so cool to get a baptism again. We have a few more with a goal on the 26th. It is great to finally have some success for all our labors.

We have started to teach a few part member families and the Brother (dad) of one of the families, where the mom is a member finally went to church on Sunday! Also the other part member family, the parents aren't members, the mom has been going to church now and the dad just said last night he wants to join the church. When he said that his 3 daughters were all excited, because a while ago he said that in a dream and his wife and kids heard it.

So the work is goin well. Walang problema. Mahal ko kayong lahat. Elder Pennock