San Diego #24 12-15-08

Hey Fam:

Thanks for all the future packages I'll get next monday. They're still holding them all back. But thanks anyways.

Sounds like your'e all keeping pretty busy. It's better to have too much to do than nothing to do (just ask Jen) ha ha. Well here are a few funny stories that will cheer ya up.

1. It's so cold, I now have to wear my pink sweatpants (capris) under my skirt at night.

2. I hit a land mark on Saturday. I've now been in every less active member's home in my area!

3. In Spanish "suegra" is mother-in-law and "cuñada" is sister-in-law. I unfortunatly learned that the hard way. We were trying to set up this perfect lesson for the Gonzalez family (plan of salvation) so I called Hna. Medina, the sister-in-law to see if she could come to their house, but I asked her to go to her mother-in-laws house.

4. So, we've been teaching this crazy little lady named Sophia. Her sister is less active. They are losing their hair, really Catholic, but sweet. Anyway...me and Sis. Howarth have tried a few times to get her with a baptism date but haven't been able to. So we were on exchanges the other day. So it was me and Sis. Marsh and I was just checking on how her reading is going and we were talking and the conversation went to baptism. Sis. Marsh committed her, the Sophia says "I think thats a little too soon." (For the 25th of December) and normally we have to work hard at helping people decide that is waht they want and all Sis. Marsh said was "no, it's not" and Sophia was okay with that. Too bad she went to a 7th Day Aventist Church yesterday! Needless to say we still have some work to do with her.

5. We had a meeting with Pres. Donaldson the other day adn he said they want to split the CASD (CALFORNIA SAN DIEGO) Mission into 3 or 4! Soon! Here are some population statistics: Utah-2.5 million people, San Diego-2.1 million people Ü

6. Fla Grande! Well, we have been working with this less active family: the Fla Grande (they all have different last names so it's easier that way) They were all baptized like 7 or 8 people a little over a year ago and are all very less active now. We got them to go to the temple with us though-and got a refferal out of it! It's a super long, stressful, Hiliarous story, but my hand is tired so if you want to know, you'll have to ask.

So...Thanks for everything

Ben-we ate Thanksgiving with the Aguirre's family. The food was well, immitation American Food, not very good

Christmas? We dont want to go back to the Aguirre's, so we'll see if any one invites us. If not, we're going to saty home.

Probably between 5 and 7 we'll call, but we don't really know

Love, Hna. Baker