Burrrrrr, It's A Cold Cold Night!

Dear Family & Friends,

Well you sound so cold there!  You will love this, the beginning of this week we ranged from 45-63 degrees.  Yesterday it went to 40-45 and today it’s about 32.  No snow as of yet, we had some rain earlier this week but overall its been a beautiful week.  Apparently, it’s supposed to get colder this week but it's still been a very mild winter.  Two mild winters in Ohio, I sure lucked out.  Hopefully you don't all freeze solid out there.

Isn't it amazing what's happening with the missionary force?  This March we will have 29 new Elders and Sisters coming.  This is the most I have ever seen at once.  Not saying they won't keep adding however.  This past week President Vellinga, Elder Skalla, and myself with the help of Elder Metcalf, Elder Prince, and Elder Parkinson, (all former assistants still in the mission) all met together.  We went through the whole mission figuring out where we are going to stick 60 more Elders and Sisters, new areas, Zones, where we are taking cars/giving cars, new biking areas, etc.; and we still have tons of other things to figure out before then.  We have to think differently but it is going to really bless the work in this mission and around the world. It is an exciting time and we are eager to work hard and help this mission continue to grow and witness many mighty miracles.

I had a great exchange with Elder Ingersoll this past week.  We visited with a couple of their potential investigator families, a family of 8 and another family from Africa. Both of them are actually looking for a church and were intrigued by what we as missionaries said. While doing a little contacting we met a lady walking her dog. She explained that she had a lot of Mormon’s in her family and even a nephew in the area who no longer attends. We asked for his name and found out he was a less active man that Elder Ingersoll had never met before.  He's been there about 6 months. We looked him up and dropped by. This man works a lot of weird hours and we just happened to "catch him" as he said, at the right time. We got to meet with him and his son and offer a prayer in their home. Don't know what is going to come of it, but I know we would never have met with him and prayed with him had it not been for meeting his aunt on that street. I hope that it was a start to opening him up for future visits and to returning to activity in the Gospel and Church of Jesus Christ.  

Any new members/returning members in our ward back home?  How is the young man in Melissa's class that isn't a member doing?  I was thinking about Matt Roundy the other day too, any news on how he has been doing?

Hope you all have a great day and week!  

Love,

Elder Weaver