9.29.14 - Conozca a los mormones!

Has everyone already heard about the church produced movie, "Meet the Mormons?" I hope so. It should come out in select theaters by request of locals starting October 10th. We got to see it early at Zone Conference this last week so we could talk it up and so we can know what people are going to be learning about the Mormons. I really liked it! I laughed and cried and when it ended I wanted to be a better person. So that's what makes a movie good right?

The update on iPads is that ... we'll get them before the end of the year! Which is what they said last year. So, whatever. I hope we do though.

A quick thought, this morning I as Elder C and I were switching spots in the bathroom I came out to find his gallon of gatorade/crystal light drink spilled all over the inside of the fridge. So I spent this morning doing some mopping. I usually don't mention little stuff like that, but just so everyone knows that those things happen.

After 4 weeks of meeting with the Acosta family they finally came to church. All 7 of them. We filled up a center pew. So that was a happy day. The San Antonio temple president and his wife came and spoke so I was really pumped for them to give a great talk on eternal families. They spoke on the 13th article faith.. so their thoughts on the holy ghost were hitting the peak of my understanding and just soared over Francisco Acosta's. The family left after Sacrament meeting claiming the grandma was diabetic and needed to eat. I believe that was true... to an extent. We'll go see them tonight for the final results.

A great logistical crisis this week was trying to get Monique Guerrero to the temple to do Baptisms for the Dead. We got it done Friday, and had a 23 year old return missionary take her named Jeremy. We tried super hard to get this temple date going and Jeremy just picked her up and dropped her off, no stop for ice cream on the way home, nothing. Haha, we gave him a hard time for the rest of the weekend.

James Richard has been visiting his Dad in Alabama all week. He  made it sound like they just sit around and smoke together. Hopefully he's ready to quit forever as soon as he gets back.

A great group of Foothill Ward Activities Day girls sent us some pancake mix this week. They were delicious and let us mix up the routine.

Here's a picture of some of the missionaries I'm serving with. Elder Olsen, Hilario, Giles, Shorts, and sisters Pectol and Beaumont.

I love you! I miss you!

Stay Salty!

Elder Tyler Meidell