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Singing in the Plaza!

August 21-

 Hey everyone! This week was pretty great. We had a lot going on. We had our Zone conference on Thursday which meant we went to Monterrey on Wednesday and stayed in our Zone Leaders house for the night and then wake up early to get to the conference. We were instructed a lot about obediance and memorizing scriptures. We went to a buffet called Josephinos afterwards so that was cool. 

This week we had a goal of getting 13 new investigators. We worked super hard and by lSunday we came up with 10. We were 3 short of our goal. So Sunday afternoon we thought we'd give it one last shot to make 13. We started out contacting the streets kinda close to the house. We found a less active and a nonmember that we talked to and agreed to listen. We taught them and their kids about the importance of baptism. The nonmembers friend who was inside the house was listening and ended up coming outside and wanting us to come back and visit. So there we came away with two more new investigators, but we were still one short and it was starting to get late. So we decided to go to the plaza that is also close to the house because there are usually a ton of people there on Sunday nights. Elder Quilter whipped out the harmonica and while he played I sang hymns. After a little while 2 young women who had been walking around the plaza came over and listened to us perform a couple more hymns and then approached us and asked who we were and what we did. We shared a brief message with them and they both accepted an invitation for a visit to each of their houses to talk with their families as well. This experiance was super awesome! I have always felt that music has an ability to bring the spirit unlike anything else. There are endless ways to do missionary work. You just have to look for them. 

So we ended up with 14 new investigators and surpassing our goal of 13. Yeah!!!
The work is going well. I love this people. I love the Lord. 

I love you guys and I'll talk to you next week.

Elder Hoyt


Elder Quilter and Elder Hoyt rocking new hair cuts.


Elder Brown drying off after our game.

P Day Water Balloon Volleyball

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