Training Elder Sarduy

FOTOS PROMETIDAS DE LA CAPACITACIÓN
good afternoon family and friends,
well im glad to hear that everyone is doing well, and im thankfull for the letters i have been receiving from you all. its fun to hear about all the things that are going on at home. i also wanted to personally congratulate tara for her first date! drivers license! and job! thats so cool. be sure to tell carson i say hi, and that im watching from a distance... haha jk. also happy birthday grandma sumner!
well everything is going great here in acapulco still. every night at 6 it starts raining pretty hard, and we are not getting sick, so im really enjoying it! elder sarduy is really fun, but sadly its a little hard to understand him and his accent. he is from veracruz, mexico, but also had lived in cuba(where his dad is from) for 9 years. it is a very cut up spanish and very quick. on the coast, they always drop off the ´s´ at the end of the word, but in cuba, they take it out always! haha. he is actually the oldest elder in the mission with 27 years, and will complete 28 in november. he has had a lot of good companions that should have taught him a lot, but we are coming to realize that we still have a lot of things to work on, such as using time wisely(im not the best, but im learning) and teaching methods. the good thing is that he is also willing to learn, and accepts my advice. we have progressed a lot in just one week, and a few more responsibilities are coming that elder sarduy is going to have to learn. this wednesday, we are having interviews with president spannaus and need to prepare the church, get rent money organized, and pass statistics. so we are doing a lot of learning here!
we are also doing decently well with our stats, but are lacking in a few things. we have been doing pretty good on finding people and challenging, but the problem is that we just arent finding the elect sons and daughters of god right now. for the last four weeks, the poeple we find, just dont progress like we are asking. even the people that are progressing, just arent completing with all of their requirements. no one went to church yesterday.... so we are going to need to drop a few investigators, and keep looking for new poeple. we are actually going to start a new project in the ward, called 5 families. the bishop and priesthood executive commitee will find five inactive or less active families in the ward that have potential to come back, and we go visit them, and treat them just like investigators. we teach them all the lessons, leave them reading/praying assignments, and invite them to church. as one family becomes reactivated, or doesnt progress, we, with the PEC, can drop them and bring up a new family. i think it is going to be a great program to reactivate, and also help us get more references by reconverting these members. im really excited. also we are planning a stake missionary meeting, in which we, as the missionaries of the stake, will train the stake on how to get and give references. we will do role play, short classes, and teach them how to invite their friends in different situations. i hope that will also be able to help get things moving a little, and animate the stake members. mom, you have nothing to worry about. im going to give it all i can in this last month, because i know that president left me here to train a future super leader, and help members, missionarys, and investigators come unto christ. i dont regret staying here at all, and am going to enjoy it as much as i can.
well sorry i dont have much more time, but i just wanted to tell elderito facer, that god has elected you to be in this waiting mission for a reason. all he does is with a divine purpose that we, many times, dont know or might never know. but i know that god is watching over you. elder wilding(my trainee) also was in idaho pocatello for 2 months, and actually found some distant relatives that had some valuable information on his treasured and beloved grandpa that was such a good example to him. he didnt baptize any one there, but came away with much more also.
by the way mom, i dont know if you remember the ink catridges that i ask you to send me last time, but i need some more. maybe if you could communicate with dan snyder by facebook etc that would be really appreciated if you could send it in a future package.
thanks for everything from all of you. i really am grateful for all that you are doing for me and the other missionarys that need your help. may god bless you in this week, and recognize his all powerful hand bless you. much love
elder brigham facer