week 5

Hello, No, I didn't get the package. yet. The day I read the e-mail that said you were sending it, they told us that all packages would be held till Christmas. I'm pretty tight with the office elders though, so I might pop in and see if they will give it to me. Elder Wilkins is way cool. He would probably bring it to our house if I asked him to.
      When we teach, We switch off during the lesson teaching different points, and support each other. You really have to listen to Spiritual promptings so you know what to say. We have taught a few times this week. We found a new investigator, his name is Carlos, he is 18 and looks like he should be in a gang, but is the nicest guy. He got in trouble with the law for doing something, IDK what, and he did a lot of his community service hours at a church. That got him interested in his salvation. When we knocked on his door, we told him about the Book of Mormon, and He was pumped about it, because we told him it would help him get to Heaven. I went on splits with a member and sat-down and talked with him about faith and prayer. We are going to see him again tomorrow. A couple other Investigators are progressing, the girl that Purcell has been teaching for a while is only a couple steps away from baptism. We just told her that we wouldn't be coming by for awhile so that she notices that We bring something with us, and when we leave it's not there.
                Christmas, as my roommate puts it, "Means jack squat out here!" We won't go tracting because people get really mad at us for disturbing their holidays. We have a dinner appt with a member. But she doesn't have a phone so we will have to call from elsewhere. All the members here love us and I'm sure anyone we ask would love to let us use their phone. Because of that, I have no idea when I will be calling. Some random time probably. Or not at all. Just kidding, Relax! It was a joke! No! Not the Spoon! ow. If i have a approximate time, I will let you know. Wait, Cam is still in the MTC? I thought he was in Peru by now.... hmmm.
Disneyland is about 2 hours away if the traffic's good. Don't worry, after my mission, I plan on coming back for a nice visit. We can hit the 3 southern Cali temples. Redlands, LA, San Diego. It will be fun. Check out a picture of the San Diego temple, it's way cool.
       Love you! It's 80 degrees here! Keep the Faith! Go Chargers! -Elder Williams

week 4

 So... work has been really slow until this week. Now we have so much work, we don't know what to do. The girl that Purcell has been teaching for awhile says she wants to be baptized. We ran into another lady who agreed to take the lessons. Then there is some guy named Ray who says we can stop by and chat sometime. We're getting less-actives to come back to church. (Which is really hard) I'm just living it and loving it. (I got your Gingerbread package on Thursday. Thank you. The gingerbread thing made me kind of Trunky though. I'm trying to decorate it. I still have no artistic talent. Chuck's letter wasn't very uplifting. He basically just told me all the fun he is having with his Xbox. Tell Debbie and the girls thank you for their letter.) Other than that it is pretty much just same old same old. I gave dad a spiritual thought for Family home evening. It's a good one. I'm reading the Book of Mormon. I'm about to Alma 15. After I'm done with that, I'm going to read Jesus The Christ. Which is a beast BTW. Oh! Another weird California thing is that nobody has a basement. People talk about going to Utah and going in a basement. (They say it reverently) It's like a legend. One lady commented on it, "Well I guess it's a good place to send the kids when they're bad." I didn't tell her my room was in the basement. Love you! Stay strong and remember that working out is worth it! -Elder Grandote. (Spanish. Run it through a translator)