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Dear Family,

        This week has been really great! We have two new investigators. There names are Karen, and Tiffany. With have met with both of them once, and have a return appointment with them this week. I hope they keep their commitments. Karen has committed to pray this week, and Tiffany is going to pray about being baptised, and a baptismal date! Neither of them attended church this week though, so we will have to talk to them about that. Even though this has been the week without the car it has been a surprisingly short week. We kept ourselves busy, and were able to get member rides out of the compound (Montara). We were able to meet our new investigators because of this. We have had a week with lots of referrals. We usually struggle to get referrals,but this week we received 7 of them. The members out here are really great at helping out. Marvella continues to progress. We were able to bring her to the baptism of an 8 year old in the ward so she could see a baptism. This really helped her see how it's done, and we were able to answer the questions she had about it. Her baptism is set for this Saturday at 11. It has all moved so fast. I feel my teaching is really improving as I've gotten out here. I have been working on asking inspired questions which has greatly increased my effectiveness.

            One of the things the members love to do is bring us out to eat. Many of them love taking us to buffets. I have already been to buffets like 6 times, and out to eat many other. I think if i am going to gain weight in this area it is due to the buffets. Yay for food! I keep learning, and don't mind watching my companion to see how things are done. He has done a lot of teaching by example, but is great at asking me of i need extra help in something, or how i am feeling about a certain topic. We teach gospel principles class every Sunday which i love. It takes the principles of the gospel and expounds them in a way that it is simple, and easy to understand, but you get what you need to. It is amazing how every week i can tell how the Lord is blessing me out here. Lots of blessings that are so prevalent here. The Lord truly loves me, and wants to help me do my best for him. I love being here, and being his servant. I know this is where i need to be right now. I love you all. Bryan good luck up at school, Natalie good luck with... Life, and Lila, Kristy good luck with senior year, Tyler good luck with soccer and school. Mom and Dad i love you. You are the best parents i could ask for. Thank you for raising me in the gospel. This is truly the Lord's Church on the Earth today.

Love, Elder Shurtz