¡Hola mis amigos! ¿Qué tal?

What's going on? How was the week? Canada has some super beautiful summers I have to say. Especially because we live near the river valley. It is so green! It is just a reminder to me everyday that there is a God up in heaven that is watching over us.

Incredible things have been happening all around us these past couple of weeks. I can really see the Lord's hand in people's lives around me. First of all, I need to tell you about Justine. She is from the Congo originally but moved to Spain ten years ago as a refugee. Because the Spain economy is terrible, she looked online where to find a job. Edmonton Alberta came up on her search first. So she got her two daughters, Cloti and Sophie, managed to get three tickets to Canada one way, and showed up at the airport 3 weeks ago. There was a women that discovered her situation and amazingly handed her the keys to her apartment because she was leaving to go to Montreal. So Justine and her kids went to the apartment and then the next day went to a humanitarian place to get some food. A returned Spanish missionary found them there and invited them to church. They loved it and the bishop stepped in and started taking care of them. Then we were introduced to them and started teaching them. She wanted us to come over like everyday because she "didn't want to waste anymore time. This past weekend she found a job that would give her a work permit so she went down to the border yesterday and re-entered Canada as a worker. So now she can work and her daughters can go to school. We thought that she was just investigating the church because it was helping her so much, but she said that God provided a way for her to get to Canada and she wants to keep learning and have a better life for her daughters. There is no way that you can look at her situation and not see God's hand. When German, our other investigator found out about her situation, he said that there are too many "Diosidencias" (Godly coincidences). It is a testimony to me that God is really watching out for his children. How crazy is that !?!?

German is coming along so well. We feel like we are not doing anything. When we met with him on Saturday he had read a bunch and studied about the Priesthood on the church website. He is really excited to keep on learning and he says that his desire to learn is just getting stronger as the days go by. He is still looking forward to his baptism on June 23. Mauricio is also working toward that day as well and they both came to church yesterday. Alexandra came to church as well with Chris. We are going to talk to them about their marriage date and see if we can move it up, because that is a long engagement.

We are meeting with a new family that we met last week. They are former investigators and they are pretty cool. We think that Carlos, the father, knows that it is true because he comes to church occasionally by himself, but his wife is holding him back a little bit. It turns out that they have a daughter with autism. She is really funny and reminds me a lot of Cass. They have the same thing where they have a different thing they are focused on like every six months. It was pretty cool. We talked about Cass and their daughter Tatyana for like a half an hour. They are really cool and we are excited to teach them again. It will be better this time because the time before it was in English. They seem more excited this time.

I have to tell you a funny story. So we were driving up in a more remote part of the north part of the city and the GPS told me to turn onto a road. There was a "dirt road" like right before it and I turned onto it. Elder Crocco was yelling at me and I went into panic mode. It turns out that is was a walking path and it weaved through a bunch of trees. Super funny! Luckly, we did not hit anyone and we got to a place we could turn around. It reminded me of something mom would do. just kidding mom...

I love this gospel and I testify that it is true. I want everyone to know the joy that I feel from simply following the Savior and choosing to Haz Lo Justo. Stay strong and keep the faith.

Mucho Mucho amor,

Elder Kippy

P.S.  If you know someone that can make "arroz con pollo", ask them politely if they could make you some. ¡LO MEJOR!