Livin' La Vida Loca

So far, so good with Kemah! Today is actually not our P-Day. We got permission to email and shop today, but we're taking our P-Day on Saturday to go to the temple with a member in our area who is taking out her endowment. We're so excited! Let's see what I can conjure up for an email.

     We went to Chuck E Cheese for dinner once with a member haha. That was different! I love playing Skii-ball :) 

     We spent a lot of time with Marc, the guy that Elder Sharp is really good friends with. I didn't like that at first, but he actually started progressing this week. He's struggled all of his life with understanding why we need a Christ. He is very advanced in thinking, and his logic just didn't click until this week. He read His Grace is Sufficient by Brad Wilcox, and it made the wheels start spinning. He fed us a couple times this week. On Monday, he spent over $100 on dinner. Dang. He and his parents are loaded. 

     I did a service project with Elder Yancey, when we were on exchanges this week. We helped a guy raise his deck outside of his trailer. It was a huge, heavy project. It was fun though, and the guy's wife fed us a ton of really good food. She made albundigos (meat balls) which reminded me a lot of Mom's. That was cool.

     Spiritual High of the week: Dalila and Nefi. So Elder Sharp and I have been thinking about how to capitalize on the lesson they heard in Gospel Principles on Law of Chastity. We spent a whole companionship study figuring out how to convince them that it's time to get married, stop living in sin, and get Dalila and Omar baptized. The lesson we had with them later that night was SO powerful. Accompanied by so much prayer. So spiritual. Such a divine intervention. We didn't want to pressure them in front of the kids. Omar was asleep! Nefito doesn't speak Spanish. It worked out perfectly! Dalila was in tears and said she needed this for her family. Nefi has to make the decision now. He's worried because he's had 2 divorces, and doesn't want to mess things up. We fasted for them, and are praying all the time for them. Some prayers in their behalf would be greatly appreciated. 

     I'm so sorry this email is so short. It wasn't a crazy week, and we have limited time today. But know that I love you all tons! Have a great week, and enjoy fall!

-Elder Spjute