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¿Cómo están ustedes?
This week was super cold! It stayed at about negative 28 degrees celsius for most of the week but on Tuesday with the windchill it was about -40. It is the kind of cold that when you go outside it hurts your lungs. But we never really stayed outside long enough for it to be dangerous.
We found a lot of people to teach this week. We are definitely seeing the Lord's blessing in the work. Our teaching pool increased and we are looking forward to meeting with all these people next week. On Tuesday and Wednesday, we went on exchanges with the district leader. Elder Wan is my district leader and I went and worked in his area (which is technically my area too, ha ha). But Elder Wan is the only missionary that speaks Cantanese and Mandarin in the whole mission. He has to cover his area and then travel all over the city teaching the Chinese people as well. He is a very busy man. But I got the opportunity to teach a woman that was baptized on Saturday. Her name is Tawne and she is from the Ivory Coast. I have to say she has the coolest hair ever. But is was a cool experience because when we started talking about prayer she opened up and told us about her experiences through all the civil war in her country.
On Thursday we had dinner with the Mesen's. They are definitely one of my favorite families out here and they made this fettucini alfredo with shrimp and they expected us to eat it all. I thought I was going to die and Elder EZ was turning red and getting really hot. It was funny. We also met with Mr. Mario Fica and he has moved hospitals. It turns out that it was the one that is right across from our apartment. He wants us to come over and see him every day now! But he is walking better now and just waiting to be moved to a permanent housing location.
We met with Vianney on Friday since he recently moved and it turns out that the people that he is living with are from Mexico and Gabriel the father is a member! He is married and has three children. He is inactive and they moved from Puerta Vallarta about two weeks ago. He was a spear fisherman and he took tourists out on his boat. We invited them to come to church yesterday and they showed up! Even though they could not speak any English, two return missionaries really helped us out and got them to the classes they needed to go to. It is hard because there are no Spanish families in their ward, but I think they had a great time. The wife seemed very interested in the Plan of Salvation when they talked about it in Gospel Doctrine. So, we are super excited to start teaching them. Thanks Vianney!!
We also met with two former investigators from a long time ago. Enslemo from Nicaragua is totally a cowboy. We met with him for only about 20 minutes but he is interested in having us come back and visit with him. He remembers a lot about the Book of Mormon and seems interested so we are excited. Last night we were blessed to go visit Maricio. We walked in and I could tell that he was a little apprehensive. As we began to talk to him, his mood seemed to change and he wants to meet with us again this week. It's amazing how the Spirit works.
Spiritual Thought: D&C 82:3
Thanks for all the prayers and love. Just remeber to share a smile with those you meet and if you get the chance, share your testimony. Everyone is a missionary!
Elder Kipp
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