October 10th, 2011



Hola mi querida familia,

How are you all? So first off-  sorry for last week. I don’t like the computers in Trujillo; they are terrible.  But today I am in Tocoa so we have some better computers.  Thanks for sending your testimonios for our investigators this last week.  That will really help a lot.  Could you send them too in letters and with pictures? Mom, I did receive my package and I received it on my one year mark so that made it so much better. Well, so for the last 2 weeks I can’t really remember much but general conference was really good.  I liked how they focused on Christ so much.  That’s one thing that I have been trying to do is teach more with examples of Christ.  Everyone thinks that we just teach about Joseph Smith, so it helps when I use Christ more in my teachings.  Elder got confirmed this last week too.  This week was really good.  To start off, we had 5 baptisms.  Isael, Rafael, and Miguel; they’re 3 brothers that have gone to church for about a month now.  They’re really cool guys and having the gospel in their lives will really help them.  It’s hard for teenagers and youngsters here; just with all of the temptations and stuff around them.  Then Alan baptized his mom who is named Alba and we also baptized a sister named Gloria. They’re all super cool and love the church.  It’s kind of hard because Alba and Gloria can’t see well enough to read but we’re going to find them some glasses.  Then we also have 2 weddings that we are planning. Familia Marcia- the missionaries had always passed by there but the wife finally had the desire to get baptized.  Her husband is a member and they live with his mom who is an active member.  They have 4 kids; 2 of whom can be baptized with their mom. We have them set to be married on the 28th and the baptism on the 29th.  Familia Mejilla- this sister has been going to church for 2 months now or more but the husband didn’t want to get married.  So one night this week, I was talking to him and I asked him what is preventing him from getting married and he said nothing really was.  He was just a little concerned about the time and money.  So we explained that we will plan everything and that the church helps a little with the weddings.  So now he wants to get married.  So I might be pulling out a little extra money this month to help out with some weddings if that’s ok.  With these 2 familias, it will be 7 more baptisms this month.  We have 6 right now and our goal is 10 so I know we can reach that; but we’re going to pass it too.

The members here are really great and we have received some really good referrals from them.  So we have some more possibilities too.  You should all work on that and think of some referrals to give to the missionaries.  The work is a lot more effective when the members help.  Mom, for the Christmas package that you were talking about sending, I think I might need just 2 new shirts.  But I’ll have to tell you my size because I definitely need smaller ones.  I weighed myself today and I’m down to 225 pounds! - haha.  With all my other clothing and stuff I’m still good plus it’s cheaper to get things made down here.  What I do want is Gatorade mix.  Gatorade is a lot down here and I really miss it – haha.

Well, thanks for everything familia and amigos.  You guys are the best.
I love and miss you All!!!
Con Amor Elder Kapple.