Happy Valentines 2/15/10

Time is passing really fast isn´t it? Wow. Anyway how is everybody doing? I loved all the emails I got this week. I am so blessed to have family and friends that care about me and let me know whats going on back home. You are all the best! Anywho, news from Crevillente. Yesterday I had to translate during sunday school and priesthood and it was not the easiest thing I have ever done. When I say translate I mean sign language. It is hard because there are 4 different sign languages in Spain. There is 1 in North and South America. So everybody that teaches me, teaches me something different! Its challenging but its a lot of fun. Next week I get to speak in Sacrament meeting and translate the rest of the time so Sundays are now stressful days for me. Elder Mitchell is a good companion. He has brought a lot of ideas from his last area so we are combining our ideas to try and get some success. Something pretty funny happened yesterday. When we were greeting the members as they came to church, one member shook Elder Mitchells hand and said Welcome to Hell. Haha I thought it was pretty good. I guess its because Crevillente isn´t the easiest area to do missionary work in but I like it just fine. As for our ideas to find new investigators, we are thinking about starting up a scripture study class, having a movie night, and we are spending at least 1 hour a day knocking doors. The funny thing is I have already knocked most of the buildings in Crevillent because its so small! I think my favorite thing about Crevillente is a family that is completely chaotic. The father isn´t a member and is south American, the mother is coming back to the church, two of the kids just got baptized a couple months ago, and the other two little kids are just there. All the kids are under the age of 10 and are the closest things to devils in human form. But i have seen a lot of change in them since I have got here. We are really trying to help them progress in the gospel and get some peace in the home. We are now teaching the father and he has really warmed up to us. Yesterday we had an appointment with them and it was amazing. We showed them the movie called the Lamb of God so we could get the kids attention and after testified of Christ and His atonement. There was such a strong spirit and a calm I had never felt in the home before. It just made me feel good because even though I haven´t had any baptisms here yet, I can at least be an instrument in the Lords hands to try and help families come together and realize whats important. Its a lot of fun and we are becoming really good friends. Well I love all you. Thank you again for all you do for me and for just being the best. You are all in my prayers. Have a great week!