May Update

I think I speak for Elder Monk and Elder Harris when I say that the highlight of their mission was eating dinner with me and my family. Just kidding, but it was the highlight of my month!

My husband Thad and I, and our little girl, Analyn, drove down to Pacoima, picked up Dave and his companion, and took them to Olive Garden. We had a nice dinner and talked about the family, his area, food that he eats, and interesting stories that they had to tell.

They get fed mostly Mexican food and Dave likes it a lot. But some of the meals are pretty spicy, as he illustrates: "This past friday Elder Harris and I and the 2 other missionaries in the ward had dinner with a family in the ward and it was the hottest food I have ever eaten in my life. With Hispanic families, they never eat with you. They serve you the food and then leave. So all of us are trying to eat the food and are just pouring sweat, our face, arms, legs, everyting was sweating. I guess they accidentally put a little too much chili in."

It sounds like the work is really progressing in Pacoima. In one of his recent emails, Dave wrote: "Little by little we are finding new people to teach. Elder Harris and I have been going through the old records of some of the former investigators and visiting some of them that we feel might have potential."

In his last email, Dave proudly informed us that he and Elder Harris taught 25 lessons, which is a record for their companionship. He wrote:
"We both feel like the work is continuing to progress little by little. We have been visiting a lot of the members in ward the past few weeks and a couple of the less active members and families have come to church for the first time since I have been here. Its a great feeling on Sundays when a less-active family that we have been working with walks in the doors into the chapel

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