Ramona: Oh Boy!

Oh boy,

Where do I begin?... haha this past week has been... amazing! 

sorry if this email seems a bit distracted but there is a freaking funny situation happening right now.  we are at the library and there is a super friendly girl who is going around talking to people. I mean she'll say a few things here and there but it isn't too bad. But this guy just started freaking out and left because she was talking. haha sorry, fun times in public places!

Anyway, that is so cool that Connor gave his farewell last week! I wish I could have been there but oh well! 

I'm not too sure if I have any crazy amazing stories for you this week.  Just a bunch of little things have gone well and things are chuggin' along in Ramona.  The Spanish branch in here is getting 7 baptisms this week, Ramona Oaks (my old area) is killing it, our investigators are doing well.

Actually one story for you guys.  

So there was once a guy named Matthew,  and he was sort of investigating for a little while about 6 months ago. Then he left Ramona without notice and was off the radar.  He is super hard to find because he is really poor and usually just rides around in his truck around Southern California BUT, 2 weeks ago, we found him! He was in town for a total of 20 minutes and we happened to stop by his Grandma's (not really his grandma but she kinda took him in) and find him in that short time.  As we were talking to him he said that he had ran into some missionaries near the coast and chatted with them for a while and concluded that God was after him. haha.  He had to leave but he said he would call us when he came back into town. 

 Well, he didn't. :D however last Wednesday we had MTEs and guess who happened to be in town and out front of his Grandma's as we drove by!  

Matthew couldn't hide from us for long! We sat down and talked to him for a while. He said he believed everything we have taught him so far and that he wanted to really start making changes in his life.  So, expecting a miracle, we asked him if he would be baptized and he accepted! We went back the next day, found him again, and he was still good for baptism.  

So we are sorta half way through this story currently and it is exciting to see how God directs us to where we
need to be when we need to be there.  I hope we continue to find Matthew around and see miracles as he makes the changes in his life for the better.

We have another investigator named Victoria who is just absolutely amazing! She has completely changed from when I first met with her. She is able to understand what we are teaching and reading about.  We have been reading the Book of Mormon with her and it has been so fun to see her progress.  

The Zanie family is doing well.  They are super strong in the Church they are going to right now but we commited the father to read and pray about the Book of Mormon so now we just have to have faith that Heavenly Father will do his part and answer his prayer.

I am loving it out here! Even if it is blazing hot! haha I love you all and can't wait to hear from you next week!

Love,
Elder Ethan John Rowbury