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)