Week 46

Hi Everyone,

We met someone we had to pass on to the English Speaking missionaries, since we're Spanish speaking missionaries. She was outside, and we asked her what she was doing and she was like I am looking for my work keys I can't find them anywhere and i've been looking for hours! I was like so when I was younger and would lose something I would always just say a prayer and find it after is it okay if I say a prayer? she said yes. Then her boyfriend walked out of the house, not a minute later, saying "hey I found them!" super cool, haha she was like "OH MY GOSH." 

I went on 2 exchanges this past week. It was pretty sweet! went to my old area in Sun Valley for one of them. My Zone Leader Elder Palmer told me not to be suprised if I got a call for leadership this transfer... (still hoping to dodge that bullet though :) ) 

Funny story of the week: When I was with a new elder ,a lady we didn't know snuck up on us when we were sitting in our car and she knocked on the window and we rolled it down. and she started yelling at us about how its not fair we have a car when she's homeless and has to walk and I was like my companions leg is broken... and she kept freaking out and then was like" I'm not crazy. everyone says I am, but im not." then she proceeded to tell us that drones are following her and how there are ones that are un-detectable. It was pretty interesting and a little unnerving to say the least. She kept reaching towards her bag too, I thought she had a pistol or something. 

Gave a tour of the outside of the temple to a family we are teaching. she's a member reactivating and he's an investigator. 

I also spoke in church  this past week. It was pretty cool. except  I prepared a 15 minute talk. and I got 5 minutes to share it. haha awkward. oh well though. Things are going great! 

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Elder Quinton

Week 45

Hi All,

So many miracles again this past week. Elder Knight and I have moved our lesson count into the upper 40's! We have almost 10 people who are progressing pretty rapidly towards baptism. Hopefully we get to stay in the area long enough to see them all the way through :)

One of the missionaries was telling us in a meeting this past week an idea that I really liked. It was pretty cool they were sayiing that at dinners back home with family every night they would ask everyones high and lows of the day and then also who they served through the day. Pretty cool I thought. 

I got petty sick this past week for a day or two it was awful. 

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Elder Quinton

Week 44

Oct 12th letter:

We had a phenomenal week! We started applying things that worked for me in my first area really well between finding methods and stuff in general and our numbers doubled this past week. It was awesome, we are super pumped. 

We went to the temple this week also! First time since I've been a missionary that ive been able to go it was super fun. 

Funny story so this past week I was at a spanish dinner and I was trying to describe the person, Carlos, that we baptized this last week and I was going to say "viajito" which means pretty much little old man" but I accidentally said "viajoto" which isnt a word. But joto pretty much means gay. so it was implied. Everyone laughed at me it was awkward, yet super funny haha!

Speaking of Carlos, we baptized him this past week it was super awesome! 

Someone sent us a referral and we called the guy, turned out to be a wrong phone number (classic) and Knight was going to hang up and I was like "dude, try to share the gospel with him" and so he was like well have you ever talked to misisonaries before? and started teaching him over the phone and then I was like Knight, ask him to say a prayer with you over the phone. And he totally did! It was so funny. a fun experience. 

Sal, Isaacs room/our friend/ward mission leader. was at dinner with us last night and He was like elders you didnt eat very much! We had eaten a full plate but I was like wellllll we dont want to gain weight and we are trying to work out more and he was like "ohhhhhhhhh I understand what you're doing, you want to be the guys that go to the beach and all the girls stare!" and then he was like "con razon elder," which kind of means that he understands now and then he imitated the face and then said we call those guys in spanish "Las traigo muertas" which literally means I bring the girls death. It was SO funny. we were all laughing so hard. 

Last night we were supposed to have a lesson with this guy that we just met that is an alcoholic and he called to tell us he was busy and not to stop by. Then 2 hours later another set of elders call us asking if we teach him and we were like yeaaaaaaaa why? and apparently alberto saw 2 missionaries walking and came running because he thought it was us and knew we needed to come over and he really wanted to talk. Then they called us. It was really cool. especially because our appointment we were suipposed to have at the time we received the call just had cancelded. miracles for days!

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Elder Quinton

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Week 43

Oct 5th 2015

 This week went super well! :) this coming saturday we have a baptismal service so that is pretty awesome. I will send pictures next week.

One of the missionaries going home this past week said something I thought was pretty profound it was "Heavenly Father can get anything he wants in this world except the souls of his children(meaning salvation), and that is why we are here"

We met this lady this past week, taught her about the restoration and she said she already knew it was true and she wants to get baptised so that was a super cool miracle! 

ALSOOOOO! Someone we are teaching named Aris, shes 25 and she has a husband and 3 little girls. I found out she is from MOUNT VERNON! I made a reference to Seattle and she was like "oh I am from Mount Vernon." Turns out, we went to highschool together and she lived just down the road from my parents. Small world!

We saw some other miracles but like all weeks, I dont have much time so sorry! 

Thank you for all the supprt though! I hit my 10 month mark this week wooooo! almost half done, that is pretty weird lol. 

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Elder Quinton

Week 42

Hi All,

I get to stay here for another transfer woooo! this past one went superrrrrrrr quick. I will be staying with Elder Knight. 

We are doing good though. He keeps still struggling with focusing because of girls buttttttttt it is a work in progress! 

Crazy things for this week:

Hostage situation right next to my house. at the sparks highschool . It was super sad. That is right next to my house though, may have made national news who knows! 

We met this black man named Paris and he asked what happened to Knights foot because hes in a big ol' boot. and then when we left he asked if he could say a pray and he was like "dear Lord creator, I know you have a sense of humor today on the news a man found a snake with 2 heads, but they say two heads are better than 1 so please bless this man (my companion) that he can grow 6 toes, because 6 toes are better than 5" hahaha It was great! :)  Funny man.

We have a baptism in two weeks! This guy we met about a month ago and his wife. Him first, she wants to wait a few more weeks but he told us we were sent from Ggod and whatnot. Which you know, is pretty true. 

We've been playing more soccer lately, Ive found that old skills are starting to come back a little, that has been nice. 

Have a great week!

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Elder Quinton