We had beach p day today! It was fun and a lot of good excersize! We played a lot of ultimate frisbee and a game similar to that called Air Force. It was the first day in like a week that it was not 85 and sunny though so that was a little bummer. I am getting very excited for next Friday's conference with the Arcadia mission and Elder Perry or Elder Nelson I forget which... We have temple p day next Wednesday so that should be great as well. I feel like I just went to the temple with Jorge for his first time Feb 16th.Things are going great down here! We are working very hard and I am being more obedient and diligent than perhaps I have ever been on my mission.
Amada is progressing, albeit slowly, but progressing. She is still praying for her answer on when or if she should be baptized. She came to church the week before last. (this past week she said she was going to come late because she was going to go to a family members first communion) We plan to take her up to the Visitor's Center to help her receive her answer in a quicker more efficient way.
We are working with a lot of other people that are showing some potential, like two new former investigator families.
-We finally (after one and a half transfers of going every once and a while) got in touch with Ana and Rodney as the last thing we did with our "mini misionero" Alan Rodriguez. (We recognized each other because he attends the South Gate ward, where I just got transferred from. I did the mini mission with the Santa Monica stake last year. It is always a good way to see a little bit of just how different missionaries are and it helps me to remember back to how I used to be and how much I have grown.) They are excited to start learning again! They were taught by Elder Lovelace first and then Elder Tuttle.
-We also set up a return appointment with the Calderon family. They have been through eight or so sets of missionaries, but show some great potential as well.
-We are also working with Maria, a referral from the Harbor City sisters. She accepted the invitation to be baptized but said she felt too rushed to accept a date. She also said she would have to talk to her husband, whom she said was not too supportive of her religious endevours.
We are also teaching and being blessed with some success on the Less-Active front.
-Marina Suazo came to church after around 45 years of inactivity. She was baptized in Honduras a long time ago but has never been here in the States. She lives in an extremely small and humble apartment. It was a miracle of how we came into contact with her a few weeks ago. She was praying with a lot of faith that God would provide food for her. I had been thinking in the previous few days about what to do with the inordinate amounts of food we are blessed with from an Hermana in the branch. We came by 20 minutes after her prayer and she told us about it and I offered to drive home and get it and she gladly accepted. I love being an instrument in God's hands to answer his children's prayers. I have been thinking a lot about the recent service and charity focused General Conference.
-Zorayda Bowman drove the long trip to General Conference at the Stake Center and loved it. She has 2 unbaptized sons.
