hellooo family!
So yesterday was labor day so we couldnt email so today were doing it. So thank you for the letters. mel, the pictures of the kids in nh are soooo awesome. i've got some cute sobrinos. Im loving all the pictures. But thanks for all the letters everyone, sounds like everyone is doing great.
So this week has been... interesting. haha So this area like i told you has been totally dead. Like nothing going on. haha so its taking some time but were working hard and its getting better! slowly but surely. We've knocked a lot and found some great people. We've got about 4 SOLID investigators now and were still looking for more. Whats so great though is this ward is amazing. (im still in spanish btw) Such a missionary based ward and EVERYONE is always willing to come out with us and help out which is sooooo helpful. Almost everyone in the ward is a convert of just a few years and so their sooo excited about missionary work and sharing their testimonies. help the missionaries! And what i love is the youth in this ward. Their amazing. Their always asking us when they can come out with us. haha and right now im like, let us find people to teach first! haha but so we've brought the youth out with us to go finding. And they love it. haha their so cool, they all look like punk teenagers, a little like cholos, but then when they get in a lesson their amazing. you'd never expect it. The strongest testimonies ever. They all look up to missinoaries so much and they are just soooo anxious to be missionaries themselves. (ps price a youth in the ward taught me how to shuffle and jump style) hahaha But the ward is just so great and helpful. that makes all the difference.
So one day last week my companion and I planned on knocking and contacting for a long time, almost the whole day. The morning of we got a map of our area and prayed for a long time to try and figure out where the Lord wanted us to go. It took awhile but we got it down to this one little area. We went their and knocked the first complex and it was sooo great ! we found this one lady named Sylvia who we are teaching now who was like looking for the right church. Her husband is a different religion that she doesnt like and she was sooo happy we came. The next time we came with a member and she was explaining to the member how she felt the day we came and how she felt something "different." It was the best. And that same day of knocking we met this lady who was like, yea I went to that church for a couple times but i lost my car and i havent been able to. hahah we were like.. hhmmm, we can fix that. it was just so cool. it was very inspired that we went there that day. And then just the other day we went knocking in that same area. We went to this other complex and the door to the complex was open so we started knocking. The place had kind of a bad vibe and it didnt seem like anyone was there. So we decided to go somewhere else. We were leaving and the door to the complex was locked this time and people were waiting to come in. I didnt notice it but my companion did. The door would like slam shut and lock every time. but for some reason it was open when we first got there. Which i dont know how cuz it wouldnt stay open after. We figured we should stay and knock cuz there was someone there we needed to find. So we stayed and a couple of doors later we found this woman and she seemed to be moving. We were like can we help? and she was like yea, help me out with the word of God. and she grabbed two chairs and put them in front of herself and her other friend. hahah she was really nice and happy so we sat down and started talking to her and her friend. She was in a hard situation with her family and it was a pretty emotional talk. It seemed to be just in time. It was great. And she's got a punk teenage kid and when we finished to talk we made him and his friends help us move their furniture to the truck. haha it was funny. We've got a cita with them this thursday which im excited about and were bringing a cool youth kid.
Its amazing knowing that this truly is the work of God. And if we trust in Him and not in ourselves, little miracles happen all the time. It is such a great feeling being lead by the Lord in everything we do. Especially when we dont realize it. I love it. So this area is getting better! slowly but surely. we have a ton of work to do but it will be great. thanks for your letters, keep writing! love you all !
love, Elder Foulger
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