It is Such a Small World

Hey y'all,

 So this last week has been great! Here are some of the highlights of what happened.

First of all, Chelsie Alvarado is progressing tremendously! We had stake conference this last Sunday and it was a broadcast covering all of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. Elder Kapishke from the Seventy and Elder Russell M. Nelson from the Quorum of the 12 Apostles spoke. Two powerhouse speakers back to back. There was so much doctrine taught that Chelsie loved every ounce of it! She was originally planning on getting baptized on the 9th of February but in order for her family and YSA friends to attend, we moved it back a week to the 15th. Not a problem at all. We get the feeling like shes trying to get her parents more included in her steps of coming closer to Christ. We are trying to get her mother who is more receptive of the family to join in the next few discussions we have until shes baptized. Who knows, maybe her entire family will follow her example along with Christ's and get baptized soon. 

It's such a small world I swear, this week we've been going to Chili's, our favorite hot spot for dinner recently. We aren't eating with members as often as we would like. We became good friends with a waiter there named Andy. He happens to serve us every time we go. He recognized us as Mormon missionaries and has asked many questions about our "vacation" he calls it, along with questions of our beliefs. We then find out and met one night at Chili's his wife who is the sister of a member in the 2nd ward. She is also the daughter of the one and only Rodger Larsen in our ward. Rodger and I are very close because he used to live in Draper, a few blocks away from my home when it used to be all farms and pig fields. He is good friends with our neighbors (in Utah). We graduated from the same High School, GO BEETDIGGERS!! Anyways, so we invited Andy and his less active wife to church and we are continuing to befriend them and will hopefully start teaching Andy about the restored gospel. To top this story off, they live in our apartment complex and have already offered to have us over for dinner! If I wasn't on my mission he would teach me how to surf and snowboard too!

My ankle is still giving me some grief. Its been three weeks since I've sprained it. I cant workout as hard as I would like to. Luckily enough I'm able to ride my bike and walk for now. 

Well that's about it for now! Take care y'all.

Love, 

EG