May 2, 2011

We have been curious to find out who Jeff's last companion/replacement will be for his last six weeks of the mission. Here is his second to last comp Elder Clark.

So my last comp will be Elder Hollister!  He is a really cool guy, I know him from before because I was his DL out on the coast.   I told him too, One day we'll be comps.  And what do ya know he will be my last here on the mish. He is great, we get a long great and he'll help me finish the mission strong.  So I am really happy, I was nervous to see who my last comp would be.  But I am very relieved that it's Elde Hollister.  He is from Springville Utah.  He played football too, corner back.  Elder Clark actually went to San Antonio!  How cool is that, I know he'll enjoy the coast a lot.

Things here in Chile are going well though.  We still have quite a few investigators that are progressing well.  We hope to see baptisms this month, I'd really love to before I leave.  But if not, I'll be just as content to know that the seeds were planted and starting growing.  And miracles happen.

Man, sorry to hear about the lousy weather in MN and all of the states, I hope all the tornadoes stop.  Those aren't cool, and one of the only downfalls about living in the Mid west. 
 And as for mothers day I will be doing Skype on Sunday at 6:30 here which should be 4:30 there and 3:30 in Utah.  I plan on calling you guys in MN first and then calling the others in Utah.  So you shouldn't be getting a call from me before then, unless something changes about when I'll be calling.  Haha, it will be a lot of fun to talk, then in less than a month I'll be talking with you face to face!  Pretty crazy. 
Haha, mom you crack me up because you are using all the little text abreviations, its funny (lol).

I told Jeff that the 150 millionth copy of the Book of Mormon was recently printed, passing another milestone in the book’s 181-year history.
Wow, 150 million copies, it's fun to say that I've given away a tiny little chunk of that :) 

On the mission I've had lots of cool little experiences. For example, the other night we were walking around knocking some doors because all of our appt had fallen through. Then we walked by this guy cleaning his car (a nice 1983 Porsche) and we got like 20 feet past went I felt we should turn back and talk to him. So we turned around and contacted him and turns out he was a really cool guy and we were able to note down his address and we have an appt with him for tommorow. It's just cool little experiences like that or little miracles that strengthen the testimony of a person. So we need to always be looking for the little miracles in our lives :)

Well, I hope that you are all well! I love you all and look forward to talking with you on Sunday. Take care (Cuidense!)
Love,
Elder DeLong