April 20, 2009

hi mommy,

I am glad you had a fabulous stake conference. Church here was not so great. The villa family came, so basically 5 hispanics came to church. I had to give a talk, but i guess that it was all more like a member lesson then a talk. Foley needs some serious change, and i am really trying, but there is only so much a can do.

We currently have zero progressing investigators. We have like 40-50 people that we visit, and so we are visiting lots of people, and if teaching is involved we almost dont have a chance to do it the right way because we have a hard time meeting with them again and following up with things. I have learned that following up on commitments is just as important as the commitment itself. If we dont follow up, we arent exercising our faith that they are actually doing what we asked them to do, and if we dont exercise our faith, they wont exercise theirs. Patterns have to change. Foley needs to come out of this rut it has fallen into. I hope it can happen this transfer.

Let me tellyou some of my goals. I want to read D&C before i get home, but i dont want to spend my time in Personal study on that, so i am reading when i wake up (it helps my mind to come into perspective) and at lunch/dinner. Also i want to read through PMG one more time as well. In spanish this time. I probably will finish the BoM 1.5 times before i get home. And i dont want to gain weight.

So those are some of my goals. Check up on them for me.

I love you mom, hope all is well and everyone is feeling good. Have a wonderful week. Please pray a little harder for me, i need a little extra strength to try and get something going here.

Love

Elder Kenck