Brett-October 20, 2008

Hey everybody. Today is my eight month mark, 1/3 of the way there. I can't believe how fast it's going. This past week has been a blast and has flown by. We had interviews with President Robison on Wednesday, interviews are always awesome. On Friday night we had a fireside with Mario Facione. He used to be a member of the Mafia in Detroit. He came and told his conversion story, it was way cool. Elder Zambrana had to translate so I got to listen to a little bit of it in Spanish. Our Ward Mission Leader here in Roswell just got back from his mission in Detroit, where he met Brother Facione, the same mission that Sister Palmer is serving in. Small world. It was an awesome fireside. Saturday we got permission from President to go to the NMMI homecoming football game. The ZL's are teaching Bryce Spencer who plays TE and Brandon Bennet a member here plays MLB. Brandon is leaving for Uruguay in December and Bryce is planning on getting baptized right before he leaves for his mission. Its been a fun weekend. As for missionary work we've been working with this awesome less active family, the Salazars. The husband just left a couple weeks ago but sadly it seems to be for the better. They've got 3 girls and 2 boys. All within the ages of 8-16. The youngest daughter turns 8 tomorrow and wants to be baptized, the youngest son who is 9 or 10 hasn't been baptized as well. The 13-year-old son wants to receive the priesthood. So we're going over tonight for FHE to start teaching them about baptism and priesthood. I'm so excited!! Well that's about it over here in New Mexico. Love y'all!! Have a great week.
Elder Harber