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grey skies, bright future

Saludos a todos en casa! This last week we've had quite a few things going on. First crazy thing is the weather. The cold came early this year and this whole last week it's been grey skies and in the 40s. It is supposed to be like this all week this week as well. I heard a member say it was supposed to snow tomorrow, but I highly doubt it. I'm loving the cool weather though. 

Me and Elder Ruiz are really happy here in our area as we have many people progressing. We will be having 2 baptisms this coming Sunday and 1 more the next week. On Sunday we had 5 investigators in church. This Saturday our ward is going to the temple and we are going to go with a few of our converts who are going for the first time. So we are super happy for everything going down in our area. 

I wish I could say the same for the rest of the zone. We have several areas that are struggling right now to find new investigators and get them to church. We also had an Elder get sent home today and his companion got sent to another area. So for the last 3 weeks of the change we will be getting two new missionaries in the zone that will be entering that vacant area in white wash. 

One of the first things that you realize when you're called to be a leader is that even if you are having success, you won't feel completely satisfied if there are some under your care that are struggling. Especially as a Zone Leader, you want to see everyone having success. You want to help everyone as best you can so that togther we rejoice in the success of the entire Zone and even the whole mission. Success isn't just baptizing. Success is personal progression, getting better a little bit every day, being diligent, being obedient, working towards bettering the lives of others and giving ourselves up in serving the Lord. "Con la mira puesta únicamente en la gloria de Dios." (D&C 4). No matter the numbers at the end of the week, if you can do all that, then you will have had success. The sad thing is sometimes you want to do everything possible to help the missionaries apply all this and even then 1 or 2 will choose to do otherwise. It hurts, but we can only teach good principles and encourage them. In the end they have to decide. Just a few little things I've learned while I've been out here.

Well we are almost in November and that is just rediculous. We'll see what winter brings. Hope all of you have a wonderful week! 

Elder Hoyt

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