Elder Pérez' Mission: Week 56, September 8, 2014- Pomona

Dear home,

This week went by way too fast! It makes it kind of hard to remember what happened.

This past Saturday we had Elder Brent Nielsen of the first quorum of the 70 come talk to us at MLC. It turns out he just recently got called to be in his calling. His assignment is all of California right now, so the meeting was a bit more of an evaluation rather than a counseling instruction. After the meeting, we had lunch and I was going to ask him another question but instead he told me to sit next to him during lunch, so that was cool to get to talk to him a bit more personally. But overall, it was not as "mind blowing" as I expected it. I guess that just means we have more room to learn on our own.

Elder Ramos is in my old area (Lincoln Heights) which is awesome! He told me that the recent converts I helped are doing awesome, it is always awesome to hear good things about them. I don't know of you remember the lady I talked about in an email a few months ago that I contacted? The one that I talked to in Lincoln heights who we had an awesome lesson with but we had to pass off to another area? Well apparently her and her soon-to-be husband are going to get baptized in a few weeks!! Hopefully I get to go to that baptism haha.

This week, Rigo went to church! It was pretty awesome to see him go.

We had a big miracle as we fasted with him last week. He was able to get this Sunday off to go to church. He did have leave for a bit to satisfy his narcotic temptation, but he loved church and really wants to go back.

We have continued to teach jenny and Sara, and they are doing awesome.

On Tuesday, we went to court with her 21 year old son, Luis. He has a

3 year old daughter that he was trying to get more custody of his daughter. But I have to say, I never want to be in a courtroom again.

The commissioner was so inconsiderate and there was just a lot of sad family cases there. It definitely confirmed to me that God has really been taken out of the law systems. But it was good to be there for Luis, we ate with him after and I think him and I would have definitely hung out before the mission. The only thing is that he has a bit of "flojeritis" so he has a bit of a hard time getting up for church.

Right now, we are focusing on finding more elect investigators who are ready to change and progress. We have been getting a little too comfortable with what we have, so we are really focusing on this.

I know the church is true. I know God lives. I know that the Book of Mormon and the bible are both true. And I know that families can be together forever!

Love you!