Oct 24, 2006
Dear Family,

How are you all doing? I am doing well. Thanks for your letters.

This week, I went to two baptisms. One was somebody that Elder Jensen taught before they gave Mira Mesa 2nd ward to some other elders. Another was of a family in Penasquitos, the Esmaeli family. They're from Iran. Brother Esmaeli has been in America for 5 years, working for enough money to bring his family over here. He had to flee from Iran because he was put in jail and tortured for possessing a Bible. His family is here on assylum. They hardly speak English, but they have a lot of faith and knew it was the right thing to do. The baptism was great - the father, mother, and one of the sons. The night before the baptism, one of their family friends said she wanted to be baptized too, so they quick taught her the rest of the lessons, had her interviewed, and she was baptized too. What a great step in opening doors to preach the gospel in the middle east.

This week, we taught a few lessons to nonmembers while checking back on our potential investigators list. However, we didn't find any who were willing to investigate. So, we move on.

On Wednesday, we went to 99 Ranch with our English stand, then we went to teach Jimmy. He had some infections and asked a blessing. We gave him one; he's getting better now. Here's an interesting experience he had: he was feeling really weighed down by trials and he prayed for God to guide him to know whether he should keep going with the church. The next day, he got a call from the secretary asking him to speak in sacrament meeting on the topic of trials and enduring to the end. He recognized this as the answer to his prayer. So even in small callings, like assigning someone to speak, you can be the lord's instrument in answering prayers.

Last night we watched a video called "Family Answers" with Ronald and Calvin. It's a pretty interesting video, and even though it's a little bit cheesy it has some good ideas on building stronger families. It would be good for family home evening one of these nights, I think. You should be able to get it from distribution.

Do you guys still have ensigns saved up? If so, how would you like to send me all the conference editions you can find (except for the last two - I have them)? If possible, that is...

On Thursday we had lunch with Jessica Yan, who was baptized on Elder Elkington's last Sunday here. She's been in Hong Long for the last several months, but she's still doing well in the church. Do they have Souplantations up in Seattle? That's one of my favorite places to eat down here, besides some of the great Chinese and Vietnamese restaurants.

Other than that, not many noteworthy things happened. We're still working and trying to help the lord's will get done, however we can help.

I love you all,
Love,
Elder Myers